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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


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


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


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

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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


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


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.


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.


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


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.


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.


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


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


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


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


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


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.


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.


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


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


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


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]

mailto:[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

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