Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 589 - HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING COMMISSION, OFFICE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT › Division 20 - WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT › Section 589-020-0210 - Distribution of WIA Title IB State Incentive Grants for Local Performance Measures

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Purpose: This rule establishes the requirements and methodology that the Office
			 of Community Colleges and Workforce Development will utilize for distribution
			 of state incentive grants and performance improvement plans pursuant to the
			 federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA),
			 PL
			 105-220, its amendments and regulations thereto.
(2) Definitions:
(a) Continuous Performance Improvement Plan:
			 Funds made available to Local Workforce Investment Areas (LWIAs) that achieve a
			 cumulative program area score less than 100% and at least 80% of the negotiated
			 performance level on each performance indicator within a program area. See
			 agency Policy 589-20.2 for application process.
(b) Cumulative Program Area Score: The
			 aggregate amount by which a Local LWIA exceeds or falls below the negotiated
			 performance levels in a particular program area.
(c) Exemplary Performance: Having achieved a
			 cumulative program area score greater than 100% and at least 80% of the
			 negotiated performance level on each performance indicator within a program
			 area.
(d) Failure to Meet: Actual
			 performance for any of the performance indicators that falls below the
			 negotiated level of performance. Technical assistance is required to be
			 provided under WIA Section 134(a)(2)(B)(iv) to Local Workforce Investment Areas
			 (LWIAs) that fail to meet local performance measures.
(e) Grantee: Recipient of grant funds from
			 the Department of Labor. Refers to the Office of Community Colleges and
			 Workforce Development (the Office).
(f) Incentive Awards: Funds awarded to LWIAs
			 that meet Exemplary Performance.
(g) Incentive Grants: A portion of the
			 Statewide Employment and Training Activities funds under WIA Title IB Section
			 134(a)(2)(B)(iii) and (vi) that is required to be used to award exemplary
			 performance by local areas on the local performance measures and to provide
			 technical assistance for LWIAs that fail to meet local performance measures.
(h) Local Performance Measure: A
			 performance measure established under Section 136(c) of WIA. Local performance
			 measures consist of the core performance indicators established under Section
			 136(b)(2)(A) of WIA and fall into four program areas - adult, dislocated
			 worker, youth, and customer satisfaction.
(i) Local Workforce Investment Area(s): The
			 area(s) in the state designated by the Governor under Section 116 of WIA to
			 which WIA Title IB funds are allocated to carry out WIA Title IB programs.
(j) Mandatory Performance
			 Improvement Plan: LWIAs that achieve a cumulative program area score of less
			 than 100% and less than 80% of the negotiated performance level on a
			 performance indicator within a program area must prepare and seek funding for a
			 plan to address failure to meet performance. See agency Policy 589-20.2 for
			 application process.
(k)
			 Negotiated Performance Level: The numeric performance targets agreed to by the
			 State and the LWIA for each of the core performance indicators.
(l) Performance Measures: The performance
			 indicators required by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
(m) Program Area: Four program areas used in
			 the evaluation of performance for incentive purposes; adults, dislocated
			 workers, youth, and customer satisfaction.
(n) Program Year (PY): The period July 1
			 through June 30 of each year.