2020 Combined Plan for WIOA - Alabama

State of Alabama

2020 Combined Plan for WIOA

State of Alabama 10-31-2019

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Table of Contents

I. WIOA STATE PLAN TYPE ............................................................................................................ 7 A. Combined State Plan.................................................................................................................... 7 B. Combined Plan Partner Program(s) ............................................................................................. 8 A. Economic, Workforce, and Workforce Development Activities Analysis.................................. 9 1. Economic and Workforce Analysis .......................................................................................... 9 (A) Economic Analysis ............................................................................................................ 9 (i) Existing Demand Industry Sectors and Occupations..................................................... 19 (ii) Emerging Demand Industry Sectors and Occupations ................................................. 27 (iii) Employers' Employment Needs .................................................................................. 29 (B) Workforce Analysis.......................................................................................................... 30 (i) Employment and Unemployment. ................................................................................. 30 (ii) Labor Market Trends .................................................................................................... 37 (iii) Education and Skill Levels of the Workforce ............................................................. 52 (iv) Skill Gaps..................................................................................................................... 54 (2) Workforce Development, Education and Training Activities Analysis ............................... 57 (A) The State's Workforce Development Activities .............................................................. 57 (B) The Strengths and Weaknesses of Workforce Development Activities .......................... 59 (C) State Workforce Development Capacity.......................................................................... 60 1. Vision...................................................................................................................................... 61 (A) Competency-Based Career Pathways into the Middle Class: A New Social Compact for Alabama Predicated on Human Capital Development ........................................................... 61 (B) The Financial Incentives for Pursuing Paid Employment................................................ 62 (C)The Success Plus Postsecondary Education Attainment Goal .......................................... 66 (D) Special Populations under Perkins V and WIOA ............................................................ 67 2. Goals ....................................................................................................................................... 69 (A) Setting Bold Goals: Workforce Development Strategic Plan .......................................... 69 (B) State Plan Development ................................................................................................... 69 (C) 2020 Combined Plan: Local Stakeholder Input Meetings ............................................... 70 (D) State Plan Indicators of Performance and Program Quality and Accountability Metrics 75 (E) State Plan Goals................................................................................................................ 75 3

(A) The Career Cluster Strategy ............................................................................................. 78 (B) Secondary to Postsecondary Transition & Alignment ..................................................... 80 (C) Industry Collaboration...................................................................................................... 81 (D) Career Preparedness ......................................................................................................... 82 (E) The Strong Start, Strong Finish Initiative......................................................................... 85 (F) Governor's Office of Education and Workforce Transformation (GOEWT) .................. 86 (G) Alabama's Economic and Workforce Transformation .................................................... 86 (H) The Alabama Attainment Goal ........................................................................................ 89 (I) Braiding Federal Workforce Development Funding Streams ........................................... 92 (K) The Carl D. Perkins Act ................................................................................................... 97 (L) The Combined 2020 State WIOA Plan ............................................................................ 99 (M) The Alabama College and Career Exploration Tool (ACCET) .................................... 101 (N) Expanding Competency-Based Career Pathways in Alabama ...................................... 102 (O) Alabama's Apprenticeship Expansion Efforts ............................................................... 115 (P) The Alabama Terminal on Linking and Analyzing Statistics (ATLAS) on Career Pathways and the Alabama College and Career Exploration Tool (ACCET)...................... 120 III. OPERATIONAL PLANNING ELEMENTS ............................................................................. 122 A. State Strategy Implementation................................................................................................. 122 1. State Board Functions........................................................................................................... 122 2. Implementation Strategy....................................................................................................... 123 (A) Core Program Activities to Implement the State's Strategy .......................................... 123 (B) Alignment with Activities outside the Plan.................................................................... 124 (C) Coordination, Alignment and Provision of Services to Individuals............................... 125 (D) Coordination, Alignment, and Provision of Services to Employers .............................. 125 (E) Partner Engagement with Educational Institutions ........................................................ 128 (F) Partner Engagement with Other Education and Training Providers .............................. 130 (G) Leveraging Resources to Increase Educational Access ................................................. 131 (H) Improving Access to Postsecondary Credentials ........................................................... 133 (I) Coordinating with Economic Development Strategies ................................................... 135 B. State Operating Systems and Policies...................................................................................... 137 3. State Program and State Board Overview ............................................................................ 139 (A) State Agency Organization ............................................................................................ 139

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(B) State Board ..................................................................................................................... 140 4. Assessment and Evaluation of Programs and One-Stop Program Partners.......................... 143

(A) Assessment of Core Programs ....................................................................................... 143 (B) Assessment of One-Stop Program Partner Programs..................................................... 144 (C) Previous Assessment Results ......................................................................................... 144 (D) Evaluation ...................................................................................................................... 144 5. Distribution of Funds for Core Programs ............................................................................. 145 (A) For Title I programs ....................................................................................................... 145 (B) For Title II ...................................................................................................................... 147 (C) Title IV Vocational Rehabilitation ................................................................................. 151 6. Program Data ........................................................................................................................ 151 (B) Assessment of Participants' Post-Program Success....................................................... 152 (C) Use of Unemployment Insurance (UI) Wage Record Data............................................ 153 (D) Privacy Safeguards......................................................................................................... 153 7. Priority of Service for Veterans ............................................................................................ 153 8. Addressing the Accessibility of the One-Stop Delivery System for Individuals with Disabilities ................................................................................................................................ 156 9. Addressing the Accessibility of the One-Stop Delivery System for Individuals who are English Language Learners. ..................................................................................................... 157 IV. COORDINATION WITH STATE PLAN PROGRAMS .......................................................... 158 V. COMMON ASSURANCES ........................................................................................................ 161 VI. PROGRAM SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR CORE PROGRAMS................................... 163 A. Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Activities under Title I-B............................................ 163 Title I-B Assurances ................................................................................................................. 183 Appendix 1. Performance Goals for the Core Programs .......................................................... 185 Appendix 2. Other State Attachments (Optional) .................................................................... 192 B. Adult Education and Family Literacy Act Programs under Title II ........................................ 198 C. Wagner-Peyser Program (Employment Services) .................................................................. 223 D. Title IV: Vocational Rehabilitation ......................................................................................... 239 VII. PROGRAM SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR COMBINED STATE PLAN PARTNER PROGRAMS .................................................................................................................................... 324 A. Alabama SNAP Employment and Training Plan: Federal Fiscal Year 2020 .......................... 324

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