Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5101:9 - ODJFS Practices › Chapter 5101:9-31 - Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Allocations › Section 5101:9-31-01 - General requirements for use and expenditures of workforce development activities by local areas

Current through all regulations passed
			 and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Definitions.
The following definitions are applicable to this rule:
(1) "Local area" means
			 a geographic area of a state designated by the governor
			 in accordance with section 106 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
			 (WIOA) that serves as a jurisdiction
									
			 for 
									the administration of workforce
			 development activities delivered through a local workforce development
			 system.
(2) "Grant
			 recipient" means the Ohio department of job and family services
			 (ODJFS).
(3)
									"Subgrantee" means local area chief elected officials. For
			 purposes of this agreement, "subgrantee" has the same meaning as "grantee" as
			 defined in division (A)(3) of section
			 5101.20 of the Revised Code and
			 "grant recipient" as defined in section 107(d)(12)(B) of WIOA
									.
(4) "Agreement"
			 means contract, subgrant agreement, memorandum of understanding (MOU), and/or
			 interagency agreement.
(5)
			 "Financial assistance" means all cash, reimbursements, allocations of funds,
			 and cash draws provided by ODJFS to a local area. All requirements related to
			 financial assistance shall also apply to public money used by the county to
			 match state or federal funds.
(6)
			 "Chief local elected officials," when used in reference to a local area, means
			 the chief elected executive officer of a unit of general local government in a
			 local area; and in a case in which a local area includes more than one unit of
			 general local government, the individuals designated under the agreement that
			 specifies the respective roles of the individual chief elected
			 officials.
(7) "Fiscal agent" means
			 an entity designated by the chief elected official in
			 accordance with section 107(d)(12)(B)(i)(II) of WIOA to assist in the
			 administration of workforce WIOA grant funds under the direction of the local
			 workforce development board. The WIOA fiscal agent shall receive and manage all
			 formula workforce development funds for the area and other federal, state, or
			 local funds allocated to the local workforce area as detailed in rule
			 5101:9-7-05
			 of the Administrative Code.
(8)
									"Local workforce development board (LWDB)" means the
			 board established by chief elected officials per section 107 of the WIOA to set
			 policy and to be responsible for administration and oversight of the local
			 workforce development system in collaboration with the required and additional
			 partners and local workforce stakeholders.
(9)
									"Workforce
			 development activity" as defined in section
			 6301.01 of the Revised Code,
			 means an activity carried out through a workforce development system with the
			 primary goal of achieving one or more of the following:
(a)
										Help maximize
			 employment opportunities;
(b)
										Help employers gain access to skilled
			 workers;
(c)
										Help employers retain skilled workers;
(d)
										Help develop or
			 enhance the skills of incumbent workers;
(e)
										Improve the
			 quality of the state's workforce; and
(f)
										Enhance the
			 productivity and competitiveness of the state's economy.