NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Solicitation of Public Comment on the Pennsylvania Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Combined State Plan for 2024—2028
[53 Pa.B. 7813]
[Saturday, December 16, 2023]The Department of Labor and Industry (Department), Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board announces a period of public comment beginning December 16, 2023, for the Commonwealth's proposed Federal fiscal year 2024 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Combined State Plan (Plan) for 2024—2028. The Plan is the blueprint for the provision of workforce development services in this Commonwealth. This notice is provided under the WIOA of 2014.
The WIOA requires the governor of each state to submit a 4-year unified or combined state plan outlining the state's workforce development strategy and modify that plan after 2 years. The Commonwealth plans to submit a Plan to include the six core programs (Adult, Dislocated Worker, Youth, Wagner-Peyser, Adult Basic Education and Vocational Rehabilitation), as well as the following optional programs:
• Career and Technical Education
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
• Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers
• Jobs for Veterans State Grants
• Senior Community Service Employment
• Community Services Block Grant
• Reintegration of Ex-Offenders
• Unemployment Insurance
This comment period provides individuals, advocates and other interested parties or organizations, or both, opportunities to present their views and recommendations regarding workforce development services in this Commonwealth.
Written comments may be submitted by mail to the Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board, 651 Boas Street, Room 514, Harrisburg, PA 17121 or by e-mail to RA-LI-PAWDB@pa.gov.
Written comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday, January 16, 2024.
To obtain a copy of the proposed 2024—2028 WIOA Plan visit the Department's web site at https://www.dli.pa.gov/Businesses/Workforce-Development/Pages/WIOA.aspx and click on ''2024 Draft WIOA Combined State Plan.''
NANCY WALKER,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 23-1735. Filed for public inspection December 15, 2023, 9:00 a.m.]
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