May a local area develop a residency requirement for use of their program funds?
Yes. In developing policy to govern the workforce system, WIA does not prohibit a local area from limiting its expenditure of WIA funds to participants who reside in the local area. Section 661.120 of the WIA Regulations gives states and local areas responsibility to develop WIA policies as long as they are consistent with the law, regulations, federal policy and, in the case of local areas, state policy. Since the state has not developed a policy in regards to residency, the local areas may develop such a policy at their discretion. [10/03] ADM-WIA18 — Is a youth council mandated to have a youth coordinator? If so, how is that position funded? No. The WIA does not mandate that a youth coordinator position be assigned to the youth council. This is a Local Workforce Investment Area (LWIA) staffing decision. [12/02] ADM-WIA17 — Are the WIA participant application, enrollment, exit and follow-up forms on the WIA Web site that I may download? No. While the WIA data forms you have listed
