Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Workforce Services
Title R986 - Employment Development
Rule R986-600 - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Section R986-600-603 - Youth Services
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 986-600-603
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) The goals of WIOA Youth services are to:
(a) reconnect
out-of-school youth to education and employment;
(b) provide options for improving educational
and skill competencies;
(c) provide
effective connections to employers;
(d) ensure access to mentoring, training
opportunities, and support services;
(e) provide incentives for achievement;
and
(f) provide opportunities for
leadership, citizenship, and community service.
(2) WIOA Youth services may be available to:
(a) an in-school youth, age 14 through 21,
who is low income and who has one or more barriers to employment including
barriers that interfere with the ability to complete an educational program or
to secure and hold employment;
(b)
an out-of-school youth, age 16 through 24 and who has one or more barriers to
employment including a youth who:
(i) has
dropped out of school;
(ii) has
attendance issues;
(iii) is an
offender;
(iv) is
homeless;
(v) is a
runaway;
(vi) is in foster
care;
(vii) has aged out of foster
care;
(viii) is pregnant or
parenting;
(ix) is
disabled;
(x) has received a high
school diploma or GED and is basic skills deficient; or
(xi) is an English language learner after
obtaining a high school diploma or GED; or
(c) an out-of-school youth, age 16 through
24, who is low income and who has one or more barriers including a youth who:
(i) is Native American;
(ii) is a child of an incarcerated
parent;
(iii) has substance abuse
issues;
(iv) is a victim of
domestic violence; or
(v) is a
refugee.
(3) An incentive may be paid to provide recognition of achievement to eligible youth.
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