When do you assess whether a Local Workforce Investment Area (LWIA) is within the five percent window of serving youth who are not income eligible?
The five percent window is measured on a program year basis. However, from a program management point of view systems should be in place to track this as you go along. This will avoid surprises at the end of the program year and afford the opportunity to make corrections as you go along. [9/02] ADM-WIA12 — A Local Workforce Investment Board (LWIB) is considering changing from Individual Training Accounts (ITA), a voucher system, to a Request-for-Proposal (RFP) method as the primary means of procuring training. The ITAs are cited as the primary means of procuring training, with an option to use alternative means, in the approved local five-year plan. Would this require a 30-day comment period before release of the RFP’s, or would the original 30-day comment period for the local plan of a year ago suffice? The LWIB must first ensure that the proposed change in service procurement methodology from ITAs to RFPs meets one of the three allowable circumstances under which this may be done, a
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