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Active Duty
Full-time duty in the active military service of the United States. Includes full-time training duty, annual training duty, and attendance while in the active military service, at a school designated as a service school by law, or by the Secretary of the military department concerned. Does not include full-time National Guard duty.
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Administrative Cost Pool
An administrative cost center created by combining administrative funds from different programs or titles, to which administrative costs are charged.
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Administrative Costs
Expenditures incurred by State and Local Workforce Development Boards, direct recipients (including state grant recipients under subtitle B of Title I and recipients of awards under subtitles C and D of Title I), local grant recipients, local fiscal agents or local grant subrecipients, and one-stop operators in the performance of administrative functions and in carrying out activities under Title I that are not related to the direct provision of workforce investment services (including services to individuals and employers). Such costs include both personnel and non-personnel costs and both direct and indirect costs.
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Administrative Records
A category of supplemental follow-up that includes information obtained from an individual during case management or follow-up services.
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Adult Education
Academic instruction and education services that increase an individual’s ability to read, write, and speak English or perform mathematics or other activities necessary for the attainment of a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent, transition to postsecondary education and training, or obtain employment.
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Adult Education and Literacy Activities
Programs, activities, and services that include adult education, literacy, workplace adult education and literacy activities, family literacy activities, English language acquisition activities, integrated English literacy and civics education, workforce preparation activities, or integrated education and training.
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Adult Priority of Service
When using WIOA Adult funds to provide individualized career services, training services, or both, priority must be given to recipients of public assistance, other low-income individuals, and individuals who are basic skills deficient. Under WIOA, priority must be implemented regardless of the amount of funds available to provide services in the Local Workforce Development Area.
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Advanced Training
An organized program of study that provides specific vocational skills that lead to proficiency in performing actual tasks and technical functions required by certain occupational fields at entry, intermediate, or advanced levels.
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Adverse Effect Wage Rate
The annual weighted average, combined hourly wage for field and livestock workers in the states or regions as published annually by the U.S. Department of Agriculture based on its quarterly wage survey.
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Affirmative Action
Positive, result-oriented action imposed on or assumed by an employer pursuant to legislation, court order, consent decree, directive of a fair employment practice authority, government contract, grant or loan, or voluntary affirmative action plan adopted pursuant to the affirmative action guidelines of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to provide equal employment opportunities for members of a specified group which for reasons of past custom, historical practice, or other non-occupationally valid purposes has been discouraged from entering certain occupational fields.
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Agricultural Recruitment System
The recruitment system used to accept intrastate and interstate job clearance orders which seek U.S. Workers to perform farm work on a temporary, less than year-round basis.
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Alternative School
A structured curriculum established apart from a regular educational program designed to accommodate student needs and provide a comprehensive education consistent with the student learning goals and content standards established by the school district or by the school districts participating in a consortium. Instruction may include, but is not limited to: work-related training; reading, mathematics or science skills; communication skills; social skills; physical skills; employability skills; study skills; life skills; High School Equivalency Diploma (HiSED) preparation or high school diploma.
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American Job Center
American Job Centers, also known as One-Stop Centers, are designed to provide a full range of assistance to job seekers under one roof. Established under the Workforce Investment Act, and reauthorized in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, the centers offer training referrals, career counseling, job listings, and similar employment-related services.
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Apparent Violation
Occurs when staff observes, has reason to believe, or is in receipt of information regarding a suspected violation of employment-related law or employment service regulations by an employer.
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Appeal
A request from an entity for a review of an agency decision at a higher level within the agency or a higher authority.
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Area Career and Technical Schools
- A specialized public secondary school used exclusively or principally for the provision of career and technical education to individuals in preparation for entering the labor market.
- The department of a public secondary school exclusively or principally used for providing career and technical education in five or more different occupational fields to individuals in preparation for entering the labor market.
- A public or nonprofit technical institution or career and technical education school used exclusively or principally for the provision of career and technical education to individuals who have completed or left secondary school in preparation for entering the labor market, if the institution or school admits, as regular students, individuals who have completed secondary school and individuals who have left secondary school.
- The department or division of an institution of higher education that operates under the policies of the eligible agency and provides career and technical education in five or more different occupational fields leading to immediate employment but not necessarily leading to a baccalaureate degree, if the department or division admits, as regular students, both individuals who have completed secondary school and individuals who have left secondary school.
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Area of Intended Employment
The geographic area within normal commuting distance of the address of intended employment. Iowa’s normal commuting distance is 50 miles.
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Armed Forces Service Medal Veteran
Any veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded.
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Assessment
A formal or informal process utilizing interviewing, counseling, or testing to determine an individual's employability, aptitudes, skills, abilities, interests, and general health to develop a plan to achieve the individual's employment and related goals.
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At-Risk Student
A student who is not meeting or not expected to meet the established academic, personal and social, or career and vocational goals of the educational program who needs additional support. At-risk students include but are not limited to students in the following groups: homeless children and youth, dropouts, returning dropouts, and potential dropouts.
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Attachment to the Workforce
A term used for determining the eligibility of dislocated workers who are not eligible for unemployment compensation. Attachment to the workforce is demonstrated if an individual has been employed at least 26 of the last 52 weeks.
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Attending School
When an individual is homeschooled, attending classes, or is registered to begin classes at:
- A public or nonpublic educational institution offering any grade kindergarten through twelve;
- An alternative school program; or
- An institution providing post-secondary instruction which uses 'college,' 'academy,' 'institute,' 'university,' or a similar term in its name to imply that the individual is primarily engaged in education
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Audit
A formal oversight method conducted as required, or when deemed useful, for thorough inspection purposes. Various types of audits may be used; however, fiscal audits are the most common type of audits, and as required must be consistent with OMB Circular A-133, 2 CFR Part 200, and any other applicable Federal and State statutes, regulations, policies and the terms and conditions of any applicable awards or sub-award.