17.267: Incentive Grants - WIA Section 503

17.267

Inactive

Employment and Training Administration (ETA) [DOL]

Sept. 3, 2019

Aug. 22, 2018

To carry out innovative programs consistent with the purposes of Title I of WIA (Workforce Investment Systems), Title II of WIA (Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), 20 U.S.C. 9201 et seq.), the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998 (Public Law 105-332, 20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) or a combination of two or more of these acts. This is the last year of incentive grants. The new legislation, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Public Law 113-128, did not authorize these grants.

B - Project Grants

A listing of States eligible to receive incentive grants for Program Year 2013 performance was published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2015. This is the last year that incentive grants will be awarded to states. WIOA does not authorize these grants. Under WIA, to qualify for a grant, a State must have exceed performance levels agreed to by the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Labor, the Governor, and the State Education Officer, for outcomes in Titles I and II of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and the American Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), which include placement after training, retention in employment, and improvement in literacy levels, among other measures.

Regulations at 20 CFR 666.210 authorize the state to use its incentive grant award to carry out an innovative program consistent with the requirements of any one or more of the programs within Title IB or Title II of WIA or the Perkins Act. See Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 20-01, Change 13 for additional information (http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL/TEGL%2020-01,Change%2013_Acc.pdf).

84.002 - Adult Education - Basic Grants to States

17.258 - WIOA Adult Program

17.259 - WIOA Youth Activities

84.048 - Career and Technical Education -- Basic Grants to States