Okaloosa County BOCC — April 19, 2016 — CareerSource Okaloosa 2016-2020 Plan for County Commissioners Review — reading text

If any required partner is not involved, explain the reason. All of the required WIOA partners are included in the CareerSource Okaloosa Walton Workforce Development System. The CareerSource Okaloosa Walton Board oversees the local Workforce Development System that includes one comprehensive One-Stop Center located in Ft. Walton Beach in Okaloosa County; a satellite office located in DeFuniak Springs in Walton County; and a Mobile Business Center with 13 work stations available to serve customers located in the rural areas of both counties. The CareerSource Okaloosa Walton Board was approved by the CareerSource Florida Board to operate a direct service model and provide Career Services for WIOA adults and dislocated workers; and WIOA youth programs. CareerSource Okaloosa Walton April 30, 2016 44 | P a g e The Career Council provides the vision, guidance, direction, and evaluation of performance of the CareerSource Okaloosa Walton One-Stop System. The Career Council also provides oversight and analysis of performance of the system and its partners. Chaired by a private sector Board member, the Career Council provides continual feedback and recommends policy changes or new policy development to the full CareerSource Okaloosa Walton Board. The individual Centers are managed by a CareerSource O k a l o o s a W a l t o n Center Manager who reports directly to the CareerSource Okaloosa Walton Chief Operating Officer who reports to the Executive Director. The Department of Economic Opportunity has designated state staff to provide Wagner-Peyser and Veterans Services. MOU’s outline the terms and conditions for providing services through the Workforce Development System by other One-Stop partners. The Chief Operating Officer and each Center Manager are responsible for the integration of all services provided as part of the One-Stop System. The monthly Managers Dashboard Report includes performance of all programs provided through Wagner-Peyser funding, WIOA, Welfare Transition, Veterans, Military Spouse, Individuals with Disabilities, and other special populations. As indicated below, five of the six core programs are co-located in the Career Centers and pay a proportionate amount of infrastructure costs: a. WIOA Title I - Adult Program The WIOA Adult Program services include Career Services, Training Services and job placement assistance. Priority is given to recipients of public assistance, other low- income individuals, veterans, and individuals who are basic skills-deficient. b. WIOA Title I - Dislocated Worker Program The WIOA Dislocated Worker Program services target individuals who lost jobs due to plant closures, company downsizing, or some other significant change in market conditions. In most cases, eligible workers are unlikely to return to their occupations, and they must be eligible for (or have exhausted) unemployment compensation. c. WIOA Title I - Youth Program The WIOA Youth program services include the attainment of a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent, entry into postsecondary education, and individualized delivery of 14 types of career readiness opportunities. d. WIOA Title II – Adult Education and Literacy Act Program (Adult Education or AEFLA) The Adult Education and Literacy services include: adult education; literacy, workplace, family literacy, and English language acquisition activities; and integrated English literacy and civics education, workplace preparation activities, and integrated education and training. CareerSource Okaloosa Walton April 30, 2016 45 | P a g e  Note: This core program is not currently co-located in the Career Centers and do not pay a proportionate amount of infrastructure costs. e. WIOA Title III – Wagner-Peyser Act Program (As amended by WIOA Title III) Wagner-Peyser, often referred to as basic labor exchange services, provides access to employment services to all job seekers including job search preparation and placement assistance services. Employers may receive general or specialized recruitment services through self-service or staff assisted job orders. f. WIOA Title IV – Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Programs (Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by WIOA Title IV) Division of Vocational Rehabilitation – Vocational Rehabilitation programs provide training services to help eligible individuals with disabilities become employed. The priority is competitive, fulltime employment. Depending on the individual’s disability and functional limitations, however, other outcomes such as part-time employment, self- employment, or supported employment are also appropriate. Services focus both on helping high school students plan as they prepare for transition to work, as well as delivery of a range of individualized adult services. In addition to the six core programs, the following required partner programs are co-located in the Career Centers and pay a proportionate amount of infrastructure costs: a. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)/Welfare Transition Program. Prior to 1996, states used welfare funds strictly to provide ongoing cash assistance so children in qualified families could be cared for in their own homes or the homes of relatives. Only by approval of a federal waiver were states able to develop programs that included training, employment services or support services with welfare dollars. With the passage of the 1996 legislation, Personal Responsibility Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), states were provided with increased flexibility to spend TANF dollars. The Act ended the welfare entitlement programs and introduced the TANF block grant. The TANF block grant was designed to provide states flexibility in designing and implementing ongoing cash assistance programs, self-sufficiency programs and pregnancy prevention programs. The TANF block grant is comprised of federal funds CareerSource uses to implement TANF programs, provide services and provide benefits that meet one of the four purposes of TANF. According to federal legislation, CareerSource must use TANF funds to serve one of the four purposes of TANF. CareerSource Okaloosa Walton must spend TANF funds in an effort to: (1) Provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives; (2) End the dependence of needy parents on government benefits by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage; CareerSource Okaloosa Walton April 30, 2016 46 | P a g e  (3) Prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies and establish annual numerical goals for preventing and reducing the incidence of these pregnancies; and (4) Encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families. Depending on the availability of funds, the CareerSource Okaloosa Walton Board authorizes the use of TANF funds to operate special projects for eligible youth and adults. b. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Florida’s Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) is designed to provide SNAP recipients who are able bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) with the education, training, support services and skills needed to become self-sufficient through employment. 7 CFR 273.7 (c) (5), states that each component of the State Agency’s E&T program must be delivered through its statewide workforce development system, unless the component is not available through a local workforce system. To comply with this requirement all SNAP Program activities are administered by Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) through the statewide workforce development system operated by the CareerSource Boards (CSBs) through the One-Stop Delivery System. CareerSource Okaloosa Walton’s SNAP Program will serve all ABAWDs ages 18 – 49 in Okaloosa and Walton Counties. The CareerSource SNAP Program will focus on assisting ABAWDS in meeting their work participation requirements, in order to ensure continued program access for compliant individuals. In order for ABAWDs to meet work participation compliance, they must meet the following work requirements: (1) Work 20 hours per week (20 hours a week averaged monthly means 80 hours a month); (2) Participating in and complying with the requirements of a work program 20 hours a week; (3) Performing any combination of work and participation in a work program for a total of 20 hours per week; or (4) Participating in and complying with a workfare program (i.e. Florida’s Work Experience or Self-Initiated Work Experience components). CareerSource Okaloosa Walton April 30, 2016 47 | P a g e  CareerSource has Six Guiding Principles for the SNAP Employment and Training Program: (1) Focus on work attachment. (2) Balances the short-term goal of moving participants into immediate employment and the long-term goal of moving households to self- sufficiency. (3) Respond and adapt to the local economy. (4) Maximize collaboration and expertise of local partners. (5) Use measureable results to ensure program funds are used for efficient and effective components. (6) Uses communication skills that expand cooperation and respect for customers. c. Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program. The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program was first established at the Department of Labor by the Trade Act of 1974, and has been amended several times. Individual workers who are members of the certified worker group apply for benefits and services at an American Job Center. Individual workers who meet the qualifying criteria may receive: job training; income support in the form of Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA); job search and relocation allowances; and Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC) (as determined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)); and for workers age 50 and older, a wage supplement in the form of Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA). The TAARA 2015, title IV of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-27), was signed into law by President Barack Obama on June 29, 2015, and both amends and reauthorizes the TAA Program. The Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act (TAARA) of 2015 restores the worker group eligibility and benefits established by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 (TAAEA). The TAARA 2015 also authorizes the operation of the 2015 Program and continuation of the 2002 Program, the 2009 Program, and the 2011 Program through June 30, 2021. CareerSource Okaloosa Walton Board will provide will provide services for all