Ohio Administrative Code
Title 5101:9 - ODJFS Practices
Chapter 5101:9-31 - Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Allocations
Section 5101:9-31-99 - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) general rapid response allocation funding

Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 5101:9-31-99

Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024

(A) The Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) issues Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) rapid response funding to assist local workforce development boards (LWDBs) that experience disasters, mass layoffs, plant closings, or other dislocation events that substantially increase the number of unemployed individuals.

(B) This allocation is one hundred per cent federal funds. The catalog of federal domestic assistance (CFDA) number is 17.278.

(C) Up to twenty-five per cent of dislocated worker formula funds may be reserved for rapid response activities as described in WIOA section 134(a)(2)(A) and 20 C.F.R. 682.300 to 682.370.

(D) The LWDB shall provide rapid response activities as described in 20 C.F.R. 682.300.

(1) LWDBs may apply for rapid response funds when they have experienced increased numbers of unemployed individuals due to:
(a) Plant closings;

(b) Mass layoffs;

(c) A mass job dislocation resulting from a natural or other disaster;

(d) Trade adjustment assistance (TAA) petition; or

(e) The provision of direct services as layoff aversion activities as described in 20 C.F.R. 682.320.

(2) Funds reserved for rapid response activities that remain unobligated after the first program year of fund availability may be used to carry out statewide activities as described in WIOA section 134(a)(2)(A)(ii) and 20 C.F.R. 682.370.

(E) The LWDB shall report expenditures as described in rule 5101:9-7-29 of the Administrative Code.

(F) The LWDB shall maintain documentation in accordance with the records retention requirements in rule 5101:9-9-21 of the Administrative Code. This documentation may be subject to inspection, monitoring, and audit by the ODJFS office of fiscal and monitoring services (OFMS) and the Ohio auditor of state (AOS).

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