Local Workforce Development Boards (WDBs) are responsible for identifying eligible providers of career services for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Adult and Dislocated Worker programs and eligible providers of youth workforce investment activities for the WIOA Title I Youth program.

Local WDBs must select providers of WIOA Title I Adult and Dislocated Worker program services and WIOA Title I Youth program services through a competitive procurement process as described in Allowable Methods for Competitive Procurement of Service Providers. Local WDBs may select separate entities to provide WIOA Title I Adult and Dislocated Worker program services and WIOA Title I Youth program services.  The entity selected to provide WIOA Title I Adult and Dislocated Worker program services will also be the provider of National Dislocated Worker Grant services.

Competition is intended to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of service providers providing career services and youth workforce investment activities by providing a mechanism for the Local WDB to regularly examine performance and costs against original expectations.  

If the Local WDB has an established standing youth committee, it may assign the committee the function of selection of service providers.  Local WDBs, or their standing youth committee, must select youth service providers best positioned to provide program elements in accordance with Program Elements resulting in strong outcomes.