“Equal Opportunity Employer/Program - Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.
Any individual with a disability may request accommodations by contacting the Disability Resource Coordinator at the
Workforce Centers, 316-771-6800, TDD: 711 or 1-800-766-3777, ([email protected]).”
WIOA YOUTH PROGRAM ORIENTATION FOR POTENTIAL
YOUTH CONTRACTORS
9/16/2020
WIOA Youth Request for Proposals
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Goals of the RFP
Seamless services available for youth aged 16-24 at the American’s Job Center
Employment is the primary outcome
Spend 20% on Youth Work Experience
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
14 Youth Elements
1. Tutoring, study skills training, instruction, and dropout prevention services
8. Adult mentoring
2. Alternative secondary school services or dropout recovery services
9. Comprehensive guidance and counseling
3. Paid and unpaid work experience 10. Financial literacy education 4. Occupational skills training 11. Entrepreneurial skills training 5. Education offered concurrently with
workforce prep and occupational training 12. Services that provide labor market information
6. Leadership development opportunities 13. Activities to help youth prepare and transition to post-secondary education and training
7. Supportive services 14. Follow-up services
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Tutoring, study skills training, and instruction that leads to a high school diploma can include:
• Providing academic support
• Helping a youth identify areas of academic concern
• Assisting with overcoming learning obstacles
• Providing tools and resources to develop learning strategies
Dropout prevention strategies intended to lead to a high school diploma can include:
• Activities that keep a young person in-school and engaged in learning
• Tutoring
• Literacy development
• Active learning experiences
• After-school opportunities
• Individualized instruction
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Alternative secondary school services assist youth who have struggled in traditional
secondary education. Dropout recovery services assist youth who have dropped out of
school.
Examples include:
• Basic education skills training
• Individualized academic instruction
• English as a Second Language training
• Credit recovery
• Counseling and educational plan development
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Work experience is a planned, structured learning experience that takes place in a
workplace and provides youth with opportunities for career exploration and skill development.
A work experience may take place in the private for-profit section, the non-profit sector, or the
public sector.
WIOA identifies four types of work experience for youth:
• Summer employment and other employment opportunities available throughout the school year
• Job skills training (typically in prep for job placement)
• Pre-apprenticeship programs
• Internships and job shadowing
• On-the-job training
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Work experience continued….
What is your role
Prepare youth for working at a host site
Provide supports and barrier remediation while youth is participating
Evaluate youths work experience’s outcomes
Youth contractors will have to work with our Business Services Team on the
recruitment and maintenance of host employers
WA will have to enter into a host agency agreement with any new organizations
WA will continue to use Employer of Record contracts to pay youth for their work
experience time
If you have different ideas or suggestions you can include those in your
submission and those can be discussed during the negotiation process
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Occupational skills training is an organized program of study that provides specific
vocational skills that lead to proficiency in performing actual tasks and technical functions
required by certain occupational fields at entry, intermediate, or advanced levels.
Occupational skills training:
• Is outcome-oriented and focused on an occupational goal specified in the ISS
• Is of sufficient duration to impart the skills needed to meet the occupational goal
• Leads to the attainment of a recognized postsecondary credential
WA will pay the educational vendors directly for these
services. A contractor can bill time for providing
services that help the youth enroll in occupational skills
training and providing case management during their
education. Educational vendors will respond to a
separate request for proposals.
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Education offered concurrently with workforce preparation and training for a
specific occupation reflects an integrated education and training model and
describes how workforce preparation activities, basic academic skills, and hands-on
occupational skills training are to be taught within the same time frame and
connected to training in a specific occupation, occupational cluster, or career
pathway.
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Leadership development opportunities encourage responsibility, confidence,
employability, self-determination, and other positive social behaviors.
Leadership development includes activities such as:
• Exposure to postsecondary educational possibilities
• Community and service learning projects
• Peer-centered activities, including peer mentoring and tutoring
• Organizational and team work training, including team leadership training
• Training in decision-making, including determining priorities and problem solving
• Citizenship training, including life skills training such as parenting and work behavior training
• Civic engagement activities which promote the quality of life in a community
• Other leadership activities that place youth in a leadership role, such as serving on youth leadership
committees
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Mentoring is a formal relationship between a youth
participant and an adult mentor that includes structured
activities where the mentor offers guidance, support, and
encouragement to develop the competence and character of
the mentee.
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Comprehensive guidance and counseling provides individualized
counseling to participants. This program element also includes:
• Substance and alcohol abuse counseling
• Mental health counseling
• Referrals to partner programs
Providers of this element must be licensed in the State of Kansas
to provide these services.
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Entrepreneurial skills training provides the basics of starting and operating a small business.
This training helps youth develop the skills associated with entrepreneurship and the gig
economy, such as:
• Taking initiative
• Creatively seeking out and identifying business opportunities
• Developing budgets and forecasting resource needs for a business
• Understanding various options for acquiring capital and the trade-offs associated with each option
• Communicating effectively and marketing oneself and one’s ideas
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Examples of approaches to teaching youth entrepreneurial skills include:
• Entrepreneurship education that provides an introduction to the values and basics of starting and
running a business, such as developing a business plan and simulations of business start-up and
operation
• Enterprise development which provides support and services that incubate and help youth
develop their own businesses, such as helping youth access small loans or grants and providing
more individualized attention to the development of viable business ideas
• Experiential programs that provide youth with experience in the day-to-day operation of a
business
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Postsecondary preparation and transition activities that help youth prepare for and transition
to postsecondary education and training. These services include helping youth explore
postsecondary education options, including:
• Technical training schools
• Community colleges
• 4-year colleges and universities
• Registered Apprenticeship programs
Examples of other postsecondary preparation and transition activities include:
• Assisting youth to prepare for SAT/ACT testing
• Assisting with college admission applications
• Searching and applying for scholarships and grants
• Filling out the proper Financial Aid applications and adhering to changing guidelines
• Connecting youth to postsecondary education programs
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Labor market information refers to services that provide
labor market and employment information about in-
demand industry sectors or occupations available in the
local area and includes:
• Career awareness
• Career counseling
• Career exploration services
Labor market information also:
• Identifies employment opportunities
• Provides knowledge of job market expectations, including
education and skill requirements and potential earnings
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Financial literacy education refers to activities that provide youth with the knowledge and
skills that they need to achieve long-term financial stability.
Financial literacy education encompasses information and activities on a range of topics, such as:
• Creating budgets
• Setting up checking and saving accounts
• Managing spending, credit, and debt
• Understanding credit reports and credit scores
• Protecting against identify theft
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Supportive services enable an individual to participate in WIOA activities. These might
include assistance with things such as:
• Transportation
• Fuel assistance
• Bus passes
• Car repair
• Child and dependent care
• Employment related expenses
• Subsistence
• Housing
• Utilities
• Medical assistance
WA will pay supportive services directly. A contractor
can bill time for completing and submitting supportive
services requests.
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Follow-up services are critical services provided following a youth’s exit from the
program. The goal of follow-up services is to help ensure that youth are successful in
employment and/or postsecondary education and training.
Follow-up services may include regular contact with a youth and/or the youth's employer,
including assistance in addressing work-related problems that arise.
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Requirements to Get Paid:
• Receive written authorization from the WFC prior to providing services – Must be:
• Specific to each client
• Specific to each service
• Submit monthly progress reports to the WFC staff
• Promptly notify the WFC staff of any dropouts or problems
• Submit invoices to the WFC detailing the services that were provided
• Maintain compliance with all of the rules and regulations regarding WIOA Youth services
• This includes monitoring site visits
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
Important Notes:
• You can only bill for a service under one elemental category, i.e. if you are providing
financial literacy education as a part of your adult mentoring service, you can only bill
for one of the services
• Many elements or services have a lot of overlap, make sure that the service you are
providing falls clearly into the element description under which you are billing
• You must bill WIOA customers the same as you would any other customer
• Please notify WFC staff of any updates or changes to your agency contacts and
information
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
What’s in it for You?
• Payment for services rendered
• Ongoing referral of potential customers
• Positive promotion of your brand
• Prompt notification of problems or dropouts from our end
• A role in developing the future workforce in our community
• Warm, fuzzy feelings
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
RFP CONTACT PERSON:
CHAD PETTERA | Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas, Inc.
300 W Douglas, Suite 850 Wichita, KS 67202
P 316.771.6602 · F 316.771.6651 · E [email protected]
THANK YOU FOR HELPING OUR YOUTH!
Any questions?
RFP Key Dates
Notice of Intent September 25, 2020
Questions Due October 2, 2020
Pre Bid Conference October 7, 2020
Closes October 21, 2020