Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 877 - Workforce Development Board and Workforce Development Center Administration Division › Chapter 7 - Iowa Workforce Investment Act Program › Rule 877-7.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Chief elected official board"
means the units
				of local government joined through an agreement for the purpose of sharing
				liability and responsibility for programs funded by the Workforce Investment
				Act of 1998.
"Contractor"
means grantees, subrecipients,
				coordinating service providers, and service providers.
"Coordinating service provider "
means the
				entity or consortium of entities selected by the regional workforce investment
				board and the chief elected official board to coordinate partners within the
				workforce development center system. The coordinating service provider is one
				of the workforce development center system partners.
"Department"
means the department of workforce
				development.
"Director "
means the director of the
				department of workforce development.
"Local elected official"
means the county
				supervisors and mayors of a region's cities with a population of more than
				50,000.
"Local grant recipient"
means the chief
				elected official board.
"Mandatory partners "
means the service
				providers that make their services available through the workforce development
				center system and use a portion of their resources to support the operation of
				the regional workforce development center system and the delivery of core
				services to their customers. Entities that carry out the following federal
				programs are required to make their services available through the workforce
				development center system: Wagner-Peyser Act; Unemployment Insurance; Senior
				Community Service Employment Activities - Title V Older Americans Act; Adult
				Education and Literacy Activities - Title II; Title I of the Rehabilitation Act
				of 1973; Welfare to Work; Veterans Services under Chapter 41, Title 38;
				Employment and Training Activities under Community Block Grants; HUD Employment
				and Training Activities; and Post-Secondary Vocational Education Activities
				under the Carl Perkins Act. In addition, those entities selected to provide
				Workforce Investment Act funded services for adults, dislocated workers and
				youth are mandatory partners, as are service providers for Native American
				programs, migrant and farm worker programs, veterans workforce programs, and
				Job Corps.
"Regional workforce investment board (RWLB)"
means a board established according to 877-Chapter 6, "Regional Advisory
				Boards," Iowa Administrative Code.
"Subrecipient"
means an entity selected by the
				chief elected official board to receive the Workforce Investment Act funds in a
				region from the department and disburse those funds to the entity(ies)
				designated by the regional workforce investment board.
"Workforce development center system"
means
				the regional network of workforce development centers and access points for
				workforce development services supported by the chief elected official board,
				regional workforce investment board, partners, service providers, and vendors.
				The system is focused on meeting the needs and priorities of the customer
				through an integrated service delivery system based on interagency partnerships
				and the sharing of resources.
"Workforce Investment Act of 1998, " "WIA " or "the
				Act"
means Public
				Law 105-220.