The local plan shall include all of the following:
(a) A description of the strategic planning elements consisting of
each of the following:
(1) An analysis of the regional economic conditions, including,
existing and emerging in-demand industry sectors and occupations and
the employment needs of employers in those industry sectors and
occupations.
(2) An analysis of the knowledge and skills needed to meet the
employment needs of the employers in the region, including employment
needs in in-demand industry sectors and occupations.
(3) An analysis of the workforce in the region, including current
labor force employment and unemployment data, and information on
labor market trends, and the educational and skill levels of the
workforce in the region, including individuals with barriers to
employment.
(4) An analysis of the workforce development activities, including
education and training, in the region, including an analysis of the
strengths and weaknesses of such services, and the capacity to
provide such services, to address the identified education and skill
needs of the workforce and the employment needs of employers in the
region.
(5) A description of the local board's strategic vision and goals
for preparing an educated and skilled workforce, including youth and
individuals with barriers to employment, including goals relating to
the performance accountability measures based on primary indicators
of performance described in Section 3141(b)(2)(A) of Title 29 of the
United States Code in order to support regional economic growth and
economic self-sufficiency.
(6) Taking into account analyses described in paragraphs (1) to
(4), inclusive, a strategy to work with the entities that carry out
the core programs to align resources available to the local area, to
achieve the strategic vision and goals described in paragraph (5).
(b) A description of the workforce development system in the local
area that identifies the programs that are included in that system
and how the local board will work with the entities carrying out core
programs and other workforce development programs to support
alignment to provide services, including programs of study authorized
under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
(20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), that support the strategy identified in
the State Plan under Section 3112(b)(1)(E) of the Title 29 of the
United States Code.
(c) A description of how the local board, working with the
entities carrying out core programs, will expand access to
employment, training, education, and supportive services for eligible
individuals, particularly eligible individuals with barriers to
employment, including how the local board will facilitate the
development of career pathways and co-enrollment, as appropriate, in
core programs, and improve access to activities leading to a
recognized postsecondary credential, including a credential that is
an industry-recognized certificate or certification, portable, and
stackable.
(d) A description of the strategies and services that will be used
in the local area in order to facilitate engagement of employers,
including small employers and employers in in-demand industry sectors
and occupations, in workforce development programs, support a local
workforce development system that meets the needs of businesses in
the local area, better coordinate workforce development programs and
economic development, and strengthen linkages between the one-stop
delivery system and unemployment insurance programs. This may include
the implementation of initiatives such as incumbent worker training
programs, on-the-job training programs, customized training programs,
industry and sector strategies, career pathways initiatives,
utilization of effective business intermediaries, and other business
services and strategies, designed to meet the needs of employers in
the corresponding region in support of the strategy described in
paragraph (5) of subdivision (a).
(e) A description of how the local board will coordinate workforce
investment activities carried out in the local area with economic
development activities carried out in the region in which the local
area is located, or planning region, and promote entrepreneurial
skills training and microenterprise services.
(f) A description of the one-stop delivery system in the local
area, including all of the following:
(1) A description of how the local board will ensure the
continuous improvement of eligible providers of services through the
system and ensure that such providers meet the employment needs of
local employers, and workers and jobseekers.
(2) A description of how the local board will facilitate access to
services provided through the one-stop delivery system, including in
remote areas, through the use of technology and through other means.
(3) A description of how entities within the one-stop delivery
system, including one-stop operators and the one-stop partners, will
comply with Section 3248 of Title 29 of the United States Code, if
applicable, and applicable provisions of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.) regarding the
physical and programmatic accessibility of facilities, programs and
services, technology, and materials for individuals with
disabilities, including providing staff training and support for
addressing the needs of individuals with disabilities.
(4) A description of the roles and resource contributions of the
one-stop partners.
(g) A description and assessment of the type and availability of
adult and dislocated worker employment and training activities in the
local area.
(h) A description of how the local board will coordinate workforce
investment activities carried out in the local area with statewide
rapid response activities, as described in Section 3174(a)(2)(A) of
Title 29 of the United States Code.
(i) A description and assessment of the type and availability of
youth workforce investment activities in the local area, including
activities for youth who are individuals with disabilities, which
description and assessment shall include an identification of
successful models of such youth workforce investment activities.
(j) A description of how the local board will coordinate education
and workforce investment activities carried out in the local area
with relevant secondary and postsecondary education programs and
activities to coordinate strategies, enhance services, and avoid
duplication of services.
(k) A description of how the local board will coordinate workforce
investment activities carried out under this article in the local
area with the provision of transportation, including public
transportation, and other appropriate supportive services in the
local area.
(l) A description of plans and strategies for, and assurances
concerning, maximizing coordination of services provided by the state
employment service under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 49 et
seq.) and services provided in the local area through the one-stop
delivery system, to improve service delivery and avoid duplication of
services.
(m) A description of how the local board will coordinate workforce
investment activities carried out in the local area with the
provision of adult education and literacy activities in the local
area, including a description of how the local board will carry out,
consistent with subparagraphs (A) and (B)(i) of Section 3122(d)(11)
of Title 29 of the United States Code and Section 3322 of Title 29 of
the United States Code, the review of local applications.
(n) A description of the replicated cooperative agreements, as
defined in Section 3122(d)(11) of Title 29 of the United States Code
between the local board or other local entities described in Section
101(a)(11)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 721
(a)(11)(B)) and the local office of a designated state agency or
designated state unit administering programs carried out under Title
I of that act, other than Section 112 or Part C of that Title (29
U.S.C. Secs. 732 and 741) and subject to Section 3151(f) of Title 29
of the United States Code, in accordance with Section 101(a)(11) of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 721(a)(11)) with
respect to efforts that will enhance the provision of services to
individuals with disabilities and to other individuals, such as cross
training of staff, technical assistance, use and sharing of
information, cooperative efforts with employers, and other efforts at
cooperation, collaboration, and coordination.
(o) An identification of the entity responsible for the disbursal
of grant funds described in Section 3122(d)(12)(B)(i)(III) of Title
29 of the United States Code, as determined by the chief elected
official or the Governor under Section 3122(d)(12)(B)(i) of Title 29
of the United States Code.
(p) A description of the competitive process to be used to award
the subgrants and contracts in the local area for activities carried
out pursuant to this act.
(q) A description of the local levels of performance negotiated
with the Governor and chief elected official pursuant to Section 3141
(c) of Title 29 of the United States Code, to be used to measure the
performance of the local area and to be used by the local board for
measuring the performance of the local fiscal agent, where
appropriate, eligible providers, and the one-stop delivery system, in
the local area.
(r) A description of the actions the local board will take toward
becoming or remaining a high-performing board, consistent with the
factors developed by the board pursuant to Section 3111(d)(6) of
Title 29 of the United States Code. This federal requirement is
separate and apart from state standards pertaining to the
certification of high-performance local workforce development boards.
(s) A description of how training services will be provided in
accordance with Section 3174(c)(3)(G) of Title 29 of the United
States Code, including, if contracts for the training services will
be used, how the use of such contracts will be coordinated with the
use of individual training accounts and how the local board will
ensure informed customer choice in the selection of training programs
regardless of how the training services are to be provided.
(t) A description of the process used by the local board,
consistent with subsection (d), to provide an opportunity for public
comment, including comment by representatives of businesses and
comment by representatives of labor organizations, and input into the
development of the local plan, prior to submission of the plan.
(u) A description of how one-stop centers are implementing and
transitioning to an integrated, technology-enabled intake and case
management information system for programs carried out under this act
and programs carried out by one-stop partners.
(v) Any other information as the Governor may require.