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TRAINING SERIES. WIA Dislocated Worker Eligibility. Dislocated Workers. WIA. Workforce Investment Act. ELIGIBILITY. To participate in WIA programs, all participants, dislocated workers must meet general eligibility requirements and provide acceptable documentation. . WIA.

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TRAINING SERIES

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  1. TRAINING SERIES WIA Dislocated Worker Eligibility WIA Workforce Investment Act

  2. Dislocated Workers WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  3. ELIGIBILITY To participate in WIA programs, all participants, dislocated workers must meet general eligibility requirements and provide acceptable documentation. WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  4. General Eligibility Requirements • Age at time of registration/participation [Act 101(1) and 20 CFR 663.110] • Citizenship or Authorization to Work [Act 188(a)(5)] • Selective Service Registrant (if applicable) [Act 189(f)] WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  5. DISLOCATED WORKERS A dislocated worker is an individual who meets 1 of 6 categories: 1st Category: • Terminated/laid off or notified of lay off and • Eligible for or has exhausted Unemployment Compensation Benefits and • Unlikely to return to his/her previous occupation or job. WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  6. DISLOCATED WORKERS 2nd Category: • Terminated/laid off or notified of lay off and • Has been employed for sufficient duration to demonstrate attachment to the workforce but • Not eligible for Unemployment Compensation Benefits due to insufficient earnings or employer not being covered under state compensation law and • Unlikely to return to his/her previous industry or occupation WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  7. Examples of Acceptable Documentation 1st & 2nd Categories Terminated or Laid Off • Documented Collateral Contact With Employer • Layoff Letter From Employer • Unemployment Compensation (UC) Printout • Applicant Statement Eligible For or Exhausted UC • UC Documentation and/or Printout • Priority Reemployment Program (PREP) • Other (if shows UC status - record in Case Notes) WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  8. DISLOCATED WORKERS 3rd Category: • Individuals who are TERMINATED or LAID OFF or have received a LAYOFF or TERMINATION NOTICE from employment as a result of a permanent plant closure or substantial layoff at the plant, facility, or enterprise. WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  9. Examples of Acceptable Documentation 3rd Category Plant Closures or Substantial Layoffs at a Plant or Facility • Certification of Expected Separation • Letter From Employer • Media Announcement With Employer Verification • Layoff Notice/Layoff List(s) of Affected Employee per local definition of substantial layoff WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  10. DISLOCATED WORKERS 4th Category • If employer has made a general announcement that plant closure will occur within 180 days, ALL services may be provided. HOWEVER, • If employer has made only a general announcement that plant closure will occur, with no date or within a timeframe greater than 180 days, ONLY Core Services may be provided. WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  11. Examples of Acceptable Documentation 4th Category General Announcement of Plant Closure • Public Notice (Certified by State’s Rapid Response Team) • Pay Stub As Proof of Employment at Plant at Time of Closure or Impending Closure • WARN Notice to Individual With Separating Employer shown • Telephone Verification • Applicant Statement • Other (Record in case notes) WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  12. DISLOCATED WORKERS 5th Category: • Previously Self-Employed/Currently Unemployed- due to economy conditions in the community of residence or because of natural disaster WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  13. Examples of Acceptable Documentation 5th Category Formerly Self-Employed • Business License/permit • IRS Document • State Employer Business records • Applicant Statement WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  14. Examples of Acceptable Documentation 5th Category General Economic Conditions in Residing Area • Labor Market Information • Unemployment Rate • Business Ledgers • Published Notice of Chapter 7 or 11Bankruptcy (Date must be shown) • Failure of Business Customers or Suppliers • Applicant Statement • Other (record in case notes) Natural Disaster • Federal or State Declaration of Disaster • Other (record in case notes) WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  15. DISLOCATED WORKERS 6th Category – Displaced Homemaker • Has been dependent on the income of another family member, but is no longer supported by that income AND • Is unemployed or underemployed and is experiencing difficulty in obtaining or upgrading employment WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  16. Examples of Acceptable Documentation 6th Category • Divorce Decree or Legal Separation • Death Certificate • Employer Statement/Lay off notice • Applicant Statement • Public Assistance Records • Court Records WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  17. INTERIM OR INCOME MAINTENANCE EMPLOYMENT Dislocated workers who have become re-employed in "income maintenance" jobs (a job with a lower rate of pay than the job of dislocation) may be served as long as the wage earned does not exceed the local criterion for self-sufficiency for dislocated workers. WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  18. SELF-SUFFICIENCY Self-sufficiency is defined as employment that pays at least the lower living standard income level, as defined in WIA, Section 101(24). Local boards must set the criteria for determining whether employment leads to self-sufficiency. Note: The self-sufficiency definition can be found in the local board’s Workforce Services Plan [20 CFR 663.230] The boards should consider the special needs of individuals with disabilities or other barriers to employment when setting criteria to determine self-sufficiency. WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

  19. Questions or Additional Information • If you have any questions or for additional information, please contact DEO’s WIA policy and technical assistance staff at: WP_WIAProgramInfo@deo.myflorida.com. WIA WorkforceInvestment Act

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