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

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(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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