877—7.3 (84A,PL105-220) Definitions.
“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 (RWIB)” 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.