WIOA Trailblazer Award

WIOA Trailblazer Award

The WIOA Trailblazer Award recognizes a workforce development board that has been a leader in implementing the system changes envisioned in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and expanding its ability to develop comprehensive workforce solutions for its community. WIOA provides the workforce system with the opportunity to make changes that will significantly improve its ability to meet the needs of residents and employers through partnerships with government agencies, business and industry, economic development, training and education, and community-based organizations.

The WIOA Trailblazer Award is focused on the systemic changes required in WIOA. The award will be presented to the workforce development board that has made the most progress in adopting and implementing the changes envisioned in WIOA and expanding its ability to develop comprehensive workforce solutions for its community.

The WIOA Trailblazer Award nomination measures progress in nine areas. Applicants are asked to provide the following information in each of these categories (all nine categories must be addressed to be considered and reviewed):

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1. Strategic Planning: Describe the strategic planning process. Include who was involved and the contribution each made, data was used, and the key results of the effort.

2. List your planning activities

3. Sector Strategies: Describe the sector strategies you have initiated, including both your activities and the role that employers play. Include any results to date.

4. Governance: Describe how your board is part of a strategic decision-making process, which may include board structure, meeting agendas, material shared prior to meetings, meeting processes, board responsibilities outside of meetings, etc.

5. Youth Services: Describe any creative strategies or programs you have developed for serving youth, including meeting the 75 percent out-of-school youth spending requirement and/or continuing to effectively serve in-school youth with reduced funding. Include any results to date.

6. Business Services: Describe any efforts you have taken to develop and provide training services to employers, such as on-the-job training, customized training, or apprenticeship. Include any results to date.

7. Career Pathways: Describe any efforts you have taken with partners to define career pathways and develop education and training programs in line with those pathways. Include any results to date.

8. Integrated Program Delivery: Describe efforts you have undertaken to combine the services you are providing with your partner organizations to meet the needs of individuals in a seamless manner, including how you are integrating services at your one-stop centers. Include any results to date.

9. Program Data: Provide information on your funding level and sources, the number and type of participants you serve (e.g., adult, youth, dislocated worker), outputs and outcomes (e.g., number trained, number placed), and performance vis-à-vis standards.

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