REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Local Area Subsequent Designation and Local Board Recertification Application for Program Year 2023-25 for NOVA Workforce Development Area
Report
BACKGROUND
The federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) stipulates the criteria for Local Area designation and Local Board certification. WIOA requires that local areas apply for an initial Local Area designation, demonstrating that the local area performed successfully and sustained fiscal integrity. This is defined by the absence of significant findings from audits/reviews, gross negligence, or failure to observe accepted standards of administration. Following initial designation, WIOA requires that local areas apply for subsequent designation, demonstrating that the local area is also in compliance with WIOA requirements and other federal and state laws and regulations, and has engaged in regional planning.
WIOA also mandates that local boards apply for initial certification and recertification, demonstrating compliance with Board membership requirements and Local Area designation requirements. Membership requirements include a majority of members represent business; 20% represent the workforce including services for individuals with barriers to employment, organized labor representation, and labor/management apprenticeship programs; and representation from adult and higher education and from economic and community development.
The state has combined the applications for Local Area subsequent designation and Local Board recertification into a single application. It is now renewed every two years.
The Council approved the initial certification of the NOVA Workforce Board at its Feb. 10, 2015, meeting (RTC No. 15-0136) and a modified initial designation of the NOVA Workforce Development Area to add San Mateo County to the now eight-jurisdiction consortium at its Feb. 24, 2015, meeting (RTC No. 15-0182). The consortium comprises the cities of Cupertino, Los ...
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