"Chief elected official board" means the units
of local government joined through an agreement for the purpose of sharing
liability and responsibility for programs funded by the Workforce Investment
Act of 1998.
"Contractor" means grantees, subrecipients,
coordinating service providers, and service providers.
"Coordinating service provider " means the
entity or consortium of entities selected by the regional workforce investment
board and the chief elected official board to coordinate partners within the
workforce development center system. The coordinating service provider is one
of the workforce development center system partners.
"Department" means the department of workforce
development.
"Director " means the director of the
department of workforce development.
"Local elected official" means the county
supervisors and mayors of a region's cities with a population of more than
50,000.
"Local grant recipient" means the chief
elected official board.
"Mandatory partners " means the service
providers that make their services available through the workforce development
center system and use a portion of their resources to support the operation of
the regional workforce development center system and the delivery of core
services to their customers. Entities that carry out the following federal
programs are required to make their services available through the workforce
development center system: Wagner-Peyser Act; Unemployment Insurance; Senior
Community Service Employment Activities - Title V Older Americans Act; Adult
Education and Literacy Activities - Title II; Title I of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973; Welfare to Work; Veterans Services under Chapter 41, Title 38;
Employment and Training Activities under Community Block Grants; HUD Employment
and Training Activities; and Post-Secondary Vocational Education Activities
under the Carl Perkins Act. In addition, those entities selected to provide
Workforce Investment Act funded services for adults, dislocated workers and
youth are mandatory partners, as are service providers for Native American
programs, migrant and farm worker programs, veterans workforce programs, and
Job Corps.
"Regional workforce investment board (RWLB)"
means a board established according to 877-Chapter 6, "Regional Advisory
Boards," Iowa Administrative Code.
"Subrecipient" means an entity selected by the
chief elected official board to receive the Workforce Investment Act funds in a
region from the department and disburse those funds to the entity(ies)
designated by the regional workforce investment board.
"Workforce development center system" means
the regional network of workforce development centers and access points for
workforce development services supported by the chief elected official board,
regional workforce investment board, partners, service providers, and vendors.
The system is focused on meeting the needs and priorities of the customer
through an integrated service delivery system based on interagency partnerships
and the sharing of resources.
"Workforce Investment Act of 1998, " "WIA " or "the
Act" means Public
Law 105-220.
