Section 8.85.842. Priority of service: Workforce Investment Act.

	(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.  

Authorities

23.20.045;23.20.100

Notes

Authority

AS 23.20.045 AS 23.20.100 ________________________

History

Eff. 4/24/2010, Register 194