Prince George S County Local Workforce Development Board

RFP NO. WDB 023-10/17 WIOA Out-of-School Youth Programs

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD 1801 McCormick Drive, Suite 400 Largo, Maryland 20774

WIOA 14 SERVICE ELEMENTS DELIVERY PLAN

Organization: If a provider does not directly provide the services below, it must demonstrate the ability to make seamless referrals to appropriate providers of such services. The Sub recipient will have primary responsibility for ensuring that each participant receives the full continuum of services.

WIOA Description of Elements Indicate YES If your agency is NOT Indicate YES Required or NO if your directly providing this or NO if a Program agency is element, identify who you formal detailed Elements directly will be partnering with to linkage providing provide this required agreement is in this element element (name of the plan organization, address and (provide contact person to confirm agreement with proposal) 1. Tutoring, These strategies must lead to completion study skills of the requirements for a secondary YES YES training and school diploma or its recognized instruction equivalent (including a recognized NO NO leading to the certificate or attendance or similar completion of document for individuals with secondary disabilities) or for a recognized schooling postsecondary credential. including dropout prevention strategies 2. Alternative Defined as a public secondary school secondary that addresses needs of students that YES YES school typically cannot be met in a regular offerings school, provides nontraditional NO NO education, serves as an adjunct to a regular school, or falls outside the categories of regular, special, or vocational education. Instruction and support for secondary credential attainment (includes GED preparation, alternative secondary education instruction, opportunities for credit retrieval, and support for obtaining a high school diploma). 3. Paid and Work experience helps youth understand unpaid work proper workplace behavior and what is YES YES experiences necessary in order to attain and retain including employment. They are designed to NO NO internships enable youth to gain exposure to the Page 1 of 11 RFP NO. WDB 023-10/17 WIOA Out-of-School Youth Programs

WIOA Description of Elements Indicate YES If your agency is NOT Indicate YES Required or NO if your directly providing this or NO if a Program agency is element, identify who you formal detailed Elements directly will be partnering with to linkage providing provide this required agreement is in this element element (name of the plan organization, address and (provide contact person to confirm agreement with proposal) and job working world and its requirements. shadowing Work experiences can serve as a stepping stone to unsubsidized employment and is an important step in the process of developing a career pathway for youth. This is particularly important for youth with disabilities.

A work experience may take place in the private for-profit sector, the non-profit sector, or the public sector. Labor standards apply in any work experience where an employer/employee relationship, as defined by the Fair Labor Standards Act or applicable State law, exists. Work experiences provide the youth participant with opportunities for career exploration and skill development.

Work experiences must include academic and occupational education. The types of work experiences include the following categories:

Summer employment opportunities and other employment opportunities available throughout the year; Pre-apprenticeship programs; Internships and job shadowing; and On-the-job training (OJT) opportunities.

Please Note: WIOA places increased

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WIOA Description of Elements Indicate YES If your agency is NOT Indicate YES Required or NO if your directly providing this or NO if a Program agency is element, identify who you formal detailed Elements directly will be partnering with to linkage providing provide this required agreement is in this element element (name of the plan organization, address and (provide contact person to confirm agreement with proposal)

emphasis on work‐based learning and

work experience opportunities for eligible youth. This type of service element should be integral to your youth program design. 4. Occupational Occupational skills training shall include skill training; priority consideration for training YES YES programs that lead to recognized postsecondary credentials that are NO NO aligned with state and local in-demand industry sectors or occupations. Such training must: Be outcome-oriented and focused on occupational goals specified in ISS; Be of sufficient duration to impart the skills need to meet the occupational goal; and Result in the attainment of a recognized post-secondary credential. 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. Occupational skills training is training typically delivered to participants through community college, industry partners, and/or private career schools to

provide them with employer‐driven,

specific vocational skills at entry, intermediate or advanced levels.

Occupational skills training leads participants to proficiency in performing actual tasks and technical functions that are required by certain industries. After completing this training, participants may receive industry recognized certificates. This element requires integrated Education 5. education and training to occur YES YES offered concurrently and contextually with concurrently workforce preparation activities and NO NO with and in the training for a specific occupation or same context occupational cluster for the purpose of as workforce educational and career advancement. preparation This program element describes how activities and workforce preparation activities, basic training for a academic skills, and hands-on specific occupational skills training are to be occupation or taught within the same time frame and occupational connected to training in a specific cluster. occupation, occupational cluster, or career pathway. Youth participants will not be required to master basic skills before moving on to learning career- specific technical skills. Examples include, but are not limited to: Internships or job shadowing combined with GED® classes; Computer training coupled with basic skills training or literacy Page 4 of 11 RFP NO. WDB 023-10/17 WIOA Out-of-School Youth Programs

WIOA Description of Elements Indicate YES If your agency is NOT Indicate YES Required or NO if your directly providing this or NO if a Program agency is element, identify who you formal detailed Elements directly will be partnering with to linkage providing provide this required agreement is in this element element (name of the plan organization, address and (provide contact person to confirm agreement with proposal) activities; Summer work activities coupled with contextual learning on the job; Job readiness activities (resume writing, interviewing skills, applying for jobs online) combined with GED® classes or tutoring; or, Occupational skills training (i.e., Certified Nursing Assistant/Geriatric Nursing Assistant training) coupled with intensive medical terminology tutoring; and Enables individuals to attain a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent, and at least one recognized postsecondary credential. 6. Leadership Leadership development opportunities development include, but are not limited to: YES YES opportunities; Exposure to post-secondary education opportunities; NO NO Community and services learning projects; Peer-centered activities, including peer mentoring and tutoring; Organizational and teamwork training;

Training in decision‐making,

including determining priorities; Life skills training such as parenting, work behavior training, and budgeting or resources; Page 5 of 11 RFP NO. WDB 023-10/17 WIOA Out-of-School Youth Programs

WIOA Description of Elements Indicate YES If your agency is NOT Indicate YES Required or NO if your directly providing this or NO if a Program agency is element, identify who you formal detailed Elements directly will be partnering with to linkage providing provide this required agreement is in this element element (name of the plan organization, address and (provide contact person to confirm agreement with proposal) Civic engagement activities; or, Activities which put youth in a leadership role. 7. Supportive Supportive services provide financial services; assistance to participants who would not YES YES be able to participant otherwise. Supportive services for youth may NO NO include, but are not limited to: Linkages to community services; Assistance with transportation; Assistance with child care and dependent care; Assistance with housing; Needs-related payments; Assistance with educational testing; Reasonable accommodations for youth with disabilities; Referrals to health care; and Assistance with uniforms or other appropriate work attire and work- related tool costs Please Note: Supportive services may be provided to youth both during participation and after program exit. 8. Adult Adult mentoring for youth must: mentoring for Last at least 12 months and may YES YES a duration of take place both during the program at least twelve and following exit from the NO NO months, that program; may occur Be a formal relationship between a during and youth participant and an adult after program mentor that includes structured participation; activities where the mentor offers guidance, support, and encouragement to develop the Page 6 of 11 RFP NO. WDB 023-10/17 WIOA Out-of-School Youth Programs

WIOA Description of Elements Indicate YES If your agency is NOT Indicate YES Required or NO if your directly providing this or NO if a Program agency is element, identify who you formal detailed Elements directly will be partnering with to linkage providing provide this required agreement is in this element element (name of the plan organization, address and (provide contact person to confirm agreement with proposal) competence and character of the mentee; Include a mentor who is an adult other than the assigned youth case manager; and While group mentoring activities and mentoring through electronic means are allowable as part of the mentoring activities, at a minimum, the local youth program must match the youth with an individual mentor with whom the youth interacts on a face-to-face basis. Please Note: Should be offered to participants as needed and must be provided at a minimum of 12 months, which may occur both during and after program participation 9. Follow up Follow-up services are critical services services for not provided following a youth's exit from the YES YES less than 12 program to help ensure the youth is successful in employment and/or post-secondary months after education and training. Follow-up services NO NO the participant may include: completes the Leadership development and supportive program; and service activities; Regular contact with a youth participant's employer, including assistance in addressing work-related problems that arise; Assistance in securing better paying jobs, career pathway development , and further education or training; Work-related peer support groups; Adult mentoring; and/or Services necessary to ensure the success of youth participants in employment and/or post-secondary education Page 7 of 11 RFP NO. WDB 023-10/17 WIOA Out-of-School Youth Programs

All youth participants must receive some form of follow-up services for a minimum duration of (12) months. Follow-up services may be provided beyond the (12) months at the local board's discretion.

10. Comprehensi Comprehensive guidance and counseling YES ve guidance provides individualized counseling to YES participants. This includes career and and academic counseling, drug and alcohol NO counseling, counseling, mental health counseling, and NO including referral to partner programs. The purpose of comprehensive guidance and counseling is to drug and promote growth in each youth's educational, alcohol personal, social, and employability skills. counseling Comprehensive guidance and counseling programs impart through counselor-directed and referral learning opportunities that help youth achieve to counseling the success through academic, career, as personal, and social development appropriate to meet the needs of the participant. 11. Financial Financial literacy includes activities which: Literacy Support the ability of youth participants YES YES Education to create household budgets, initiate savings plans, and make informed NO NO financial decisions about education, retirement, home ownership, wealth building, or other savings goals; Support participants in learning how to effectively manage spending, credit, and debt, including student loans, consumer credit, and credit cards; Teach participants about the significance of credit reports and credit scores; what their rights are regarding their credit and financial information; how to determine the accuracy of a Page 8 of 11 RFP NO. WDB 023-10/17 WIOA Out-of-School Youth Programs

WIOA Description of Elements Indicate YES If your agency is NOT Indicate YES Required or NO if your directly providing this or NO if a Program agency is element, identify who you formal detailed Elements directly will be partnering with to linkage providing provide this required agreement is in this element element (name of the plan organization, address and (provide contact person to confirm agreement with proposal) credit report and how to correct inaccuracies; and how to improve or maintain good credit; Support a participant's ability to understand, evaluate, and compare financial products, services, and opportunities and to make informed decisions; Educate participants about identity theft, ways to protect themselves from identity theft, and how to resolve causes of identity theft and in other ways under their rights and protection related to personal identity and financial data; and Support activities that address the particular financial literacy needs of non-English speakers, including providing the support through the development and distribution of multilingual financial literacy and education materials. Provide financial education that is age appropriate, timely, and provides opportunities to put lessons into practice, such as by access to safe and affordable financial products that enable money management and savings; and Implement other approaches to help participants gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence to make informed financial decisions that enable them to attain greater financial health and stability by using high quality, age- appropriate, and relevant strategies and channels, including where possible, timely and customized information, guidance, tools, and instructions. 12. Entrepreneuri Entrepreneurial skills training must al Skills develop skills associated with YES YES Training entrepreneurship. Such skills include, but are not limited to the ability to: NO NO Page 9 of 11 RFP NO. WDB 023-10/17 WIOA Out-of-School Youth Programs

WIOA Description of Elements Indicate YES If your agency is NOT Indicate YES Required or NO if your directly providing this or NO if a Program agency is element, identify who you formal detailed Elements directly will be partnering with to linkage providing provide this required agreement is in this element element (name of the plan organization, address and (provide contact person to confirm agreement with proposal) Take initiative; Creatively seek out and identify business opportunities; Develop budgets and forecast resource needs; Understand various options for acquiring capital and the trade-offs associated with each option; and Communicate effectively and market oneself and one's ideas. Approaches to teaching youth entrepreneurial skills include, but are not limited to, the following: Entrepreneurship education that provides an introduction to the values and basics of starting and running a business; Enterprise development which provides supports and services that incubate and help youth development their own business; and Experiential programs that provide youth with experience in the day- to-day operation of a business. 13. Labor Market These services should provide labor YES Information market and employment information YES about in-demand industry sectors or NO occupations available in the local area, NO such as career awareness, career counseling, and career exploration services.

WIOA Description of Elements Indicate YES If your agency is NOT Indicate YES Required or NO if your directly providing this or NO if a Program agency is element, identify who you formal detailed Elements directly will be partnering with to linkage providing provide this required agreement is in this element element (name of the plan organization, address and (provide contact person to confirm agreement with proposal) Activities that 14. YES YES help youth and Post‐secondary education and training youth adults NO NO prepare for transition to postsecondary education and afford participants long‐lasting training

economic and job opportunities. Therefore, activities that help youth

prepare for, and transition to, post‐

secondary education, and training are key.