Unified or Combined State Plan and Plan Modifications under the Workforce Improvement Opportunities Act, Wagner-Peyser WIOA Title I Programs and Vocational Rehabilitation Adult Education
ICR 201503-1205-020
OMB: 1205-0522
Federal Form Document
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Unified or Combined State
Plan and Plan Modifications under the Workforce Improvement
Opportunities Act, Wagner-Peyser WIOA Title I Programs and
Vocational Rehabilitation Adult Education
New
collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is not approved at this
time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency should
provide to OMB a summary of all comments received on the proposed
information collection and identify any changes made in response to
these comments.
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This consolidated information
collection would implement sections 102 and 103 of the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (P.L. 113-128), which
requires each State to submit a Unified State Plan or, in the
alternative, a Combined State Plan. The Unified or Combined State
Plan requirements improve service integration and ensure that the
workforce system is industry-relevant by responding to the economic
needs of the State and matching employers with skilled workers. To
that end, the Unified or Combined State Plan would describe how the
State will develop and implement a unified, integrated service
delivery system rather than discuss the State's approach to
operating each core program individually.
This consolidated information
collection would implement sections 102 and 103 of the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (P.L. 113-128), which
requires each State to submit a Unified State Plan or, in the
alternative, a Combined State Plan. The Unified or Combined State
Plan requirements improve service integration and ensure that the
workforce system is industry-relevant by responding to the economic
needs of the State and matching employers with skilled workers. To
that end, the Unified or Combined State Plan would describe how the
State will develop and implement a unified, integrated service
delivery system rather than discuss the State's approach to
operating each core program individually. Section 102(a) of WIOA
requires each State, at a minimum, to submit a Unified State Plan
that fosters strategic alignment of the core programs, which
include the adult, dislocated worker, and youth programs (title I);
Adult Education and Family Literacy Act program (title II); the
Wagner-Peyser program (title III); and the Vocational
Rehabilitation program (title IV). In the alternative, section 103
of WIOA permits a State to submit a Combined State Plan that would
include the core programs plus one or more of the optional Federal
programs listed in section 103(b). If the State chooses to submit a
Combined State Plan, such plan will incorporate all of the common
planning elements required in the Unified State Plan, as well as an
additional element describing how the State will coordinate the
optional programs with the core programs (WIOA sec. 103(b)(3)). The
consolidated information collection for the Unified State Plan will
replace existing planning information collections for the core
programs. For States that choose to submit a Combined State Plan,
those programs' existing information collections for the optional
programs, including for program-specific planning requirements,
will continue to exist under their current control numbers. A
State's Combined State Plan must meet the information collections
for all optional programs that a State includes. However, a State
that submits a Combined State Plan is not required to submit any
other State plan to receive funding for any optional program
covered under that Combined State Plan (WIOA sec. 103(b)(2)). The
Departments anticipate that the above collections consolidated in
this new information collection request may be phased out or
modified, as appropriate, as the WIOA requirements are fully
implemented, with a corresponding drop in burden.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
1205-4NEW final 3 26 2015.docx
WIOA state plan