N.M. Admin. Code § 11.2.5.9

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 17, September 10, 2024

Section 11.2.5.9 - ONE-STOP PARTNERS AND PARTNER RESPONSIBILITIES

WIOA establishes goals for the integration of workforce development programs. These goals are intended to maximize the value and benefits to customers of services available to them under federally-funded workforce development programs. Planning and coordinating services among all federally-funded workforce development partners is necessary in order to achieve the level of integrated services delivery required by WIOA. This means that all federally-funded workforce development programs must work in partnership to optimize the quality of services provided. Successful integration is directly related to coordinated and joint use of resources.

A. These required partners are entities responsible for administering the following workforce development programs and activities in the local area:

(1) Title I Programs (Adult, dislocated worker, youth, Job Corps, Youth Build, Native American and migrant and seasonal farm worker programs);

(2) Wagner-Peyser Act employment service program authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act ( 29 USC 49, et seq), as amended;

(3) Vocational Rehabilitation program authorized under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ( 29 USC 720, et seq), as amended by WIOA Title IV;

(4) Adult Education and Family Literacy Act programs under Title II of WIOA.

(5) Senior community service employment program (SCSEP) authorized under Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 ( 42 USC 3056, et seq);

(6) Career and technical education programs at the postsecondary level, authorized under Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006( 20 USC 2301, et seq.);

(7) Trade Adjustment Assistance authorized under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 USC 2271, et seq);

(8) Jobs for veterans state grants programs authorized under Chapter 41 of Title 38, USC;

(9) Employment and training activities carried out under the Community Services Block Grant ( 42 USC 9901, et seq);

(10) Employment and training activities carried out by the department of housing and urban development;

(11) Programs authorized under state unemployment compensation laws under 1978 NMSA 51-1-1, et seq (in accordance with applicable federal law);

(12) Reentry employment opportunities (REO) (formerly known as ex-offender programs) authorized under Section 212 of the Second Chance Act of 2007 ( 42 USC 17532); and

(13) Temporary assistance to needy families (TANF) authorized under the Social Security Act, unless exempted by the governor.

(14) Other entities that carry out a workforce development program, including federal, state or local programs, and programs in the private sector, may serve as additional partners in the one-stop delivery system if the local board and chief elected officials approve the entity's participation, in accordance with 20 CFR 678.410.

B. Each required partner must provide its workforce development programs or activities through the one-stop delivery system.

C. Each local board is mandated to establish a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with each of the required one-stop partners in that local area that describes their programmatic and fiscal contributions for infrastructure, and additional costs necessary to support the one-stop delivery system.

D. WIOA and related regulations outline the requirements for federally-funded workforce development partners to contribute to infrastructure funding of the one-stop system in each local area. Partner programs and additional partners that carry out a program in the local area are required to share infrastructure costs and certain additional costs. When two or more grant recipients or contractors of a required partner program carry out a program in a local area, these entities are considered one-stop partners, and they must reach out to the local board to assist in carrying out the roles and responsibilities of the workforce connection centers, including negotiating their share of the infrastructure costs.

E. When one or more required partners is the recipient of multiple federal grant awards, each grant or contract recipient carrying out the workforce development program in that local area must contribute towards the infrastructure costs. Contributions must be based on the proportionate use and relative benefit received by those partners from the workforce connection centers. As required one-stop partners, Native American programs are strongly encouraged to contribute to infrastructure costs, but they are not required to contribute. Any agreement or contribution or non-contribution to infrastructure costs by Native American programs must be documented in the MOU carried out by the US department of housing and urban development;

N.M. Admin. Code § 11.2.5.9

11.2.5.9 NMAC - Rp, 11.2.6.8 NMAC, 8-15-2012, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXIX, Issue 11, June 12, 2018, eff. 7/1/2018