Alaska Administrative Code
Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development
Part 7 - Employment Security Division and Alaska Workforce Investment Board
Chapter 85 - Employment Security
8 AAC 85.842 - Priority of service: Workforce Investment Act
Universal Citation: 8 AK Admin Code 8 AAC 85.842
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) If Workforce Investment Act (WIA) program funding under 29 U.S.C. 2801 - 2945 becomes 65 percent obligated, and other one-stop partner agency funding is unavailable, the director will implement the following priority of service when providing WIA program participants with intensive and training services:
(1) the division shall establish and maintain
a mechanism to provide for priority funding to the following target groups in
the following order:
(A) low-income veterans
and military spouses;
(B)
low-income individuals with disabilities;
(C) public assistance recipients;
(D) other low-income individuals;
(E) individuals who are not
self-sufficient;
(2) the
level of significance of the individual's disability is identified as one of
the following three priority categories:
(A)
individuals with the most significant disabilities;
(B) individuals with significant
disabilities;
(C) individuals with
disabilities.
(b) In this section,
(1) "individuals with disabilities" means
individuals who
(A) have a physical, mental,
or sensory impairment;
(B) have a
substantial impediment to employment as a result of the impairment;
and
(C) need vocational
rehabilitation services to prepare for, secure, retain, or regain employment
consistent with the individual's strengths, resources, priorities, concerns,
abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice;
(2) "individuals with significant
disabilities" means individuals who
(A)
receive Social Security disability income or supplemental security income, or
have a severe physical, mental, or sensory impairment that seriously limits one
or more functional capacities, such as mobility, work skills, self-care,
interpersonal skills, communication, self-direction, or work tolerance in terms
of an employment outcome; and
(B)
needs multiple vocational rehabilitation services over an extended period of
time;
(3) "individuals
with the most significant disabilities" means individuals with significant
disabilities who have severe physical, mental, or sensory impairment that
seriously limits three or more functional capacities.
Authority:AS 23.20.045
AS 23.20.100
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