NEVADA PYS 2020-2023 CONTENTS Nevada PYs 2020-2023 ........................................................................................................................................................... 1 I. WIOA State Plan Type and Executive Summary ................................................................................................ 3 a. WIOA State Plan Type ................................................................................................................................................. 3 b. Plan Introduction or Executive Summary ....................................................................................................... 3 II. Strategic Elements ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 a. Economic, Workforce, and Workforce Development Activities Analysis ........................................ 3 b. State Strategic Vision and Goals ......................................................................................................................... 54 c. State Strategy ............................................................................................................................................................... 57 III. Operational Planning Elements ............................................................................................................................ 67 a. State Strategy Implementation ........................................................................................................................... 67 b. State Operating Systems and Policies ............................................................................................................. 97 IV. Coordination with State Plan Programs ........................................................................................................ 130 V. Common Assurances (For All Core Programs) ............................................................................................ 131 VI. Program-Specific Requirements for Core Programs .............................................................................. 132 Program-specific Requirements for Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Activities under Title I-B ............................................................................................................................................................................. 132 Program-Specific Requirements for Wagner-Peyser Program (Employment Services) ....... 177 Program-specific Requirements for Adult Education and Family Literacy Act Programs .... 191 Program-Specific Requirements for Vocational Rehabilitation (Combined or General) ....... 201 VII. Program-Specific Requirements for Combined State Plan Partner Programs ........................ 282 Performance Indicator Appendix ............................................................................................................................ 282 All WIOA Core Programs ......................................................................................................................................... 282 Additional Indicators of Performance .............................................................................................................. 282 Other Appendices ............................................................................................................................................................. 283 Page 2 I. WIOA STATE PLAN TYPE AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. WIOA STATE PLAN TYPE This is a unified plan B. PLAN INTRODUCTION OR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY N/A II. STRATEGIC ELEMENTS A. ECONOMIC, WORKFORCE, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ANALYSIS 1. ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE ANALYSIS Nevada currently has two designated local workforce development areas (see Fig. 1): northern and southern Nevada. In compliance with WIOA, Nevada has developed state compliance policies that govern activities in the local workforce areas. The following counties and cities are designated as local workforce development areas: NORTHERN – Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey, Washoe, and White Pine. SOUTHERN – Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, Nye, Boulder City, Henderson, Las Vegas, and North Las Vegas. Economic and Workforce Analysis Nevada has a long history of significant population growth. For the five decades from the 1960s through the 2000s, Nevada was the fastest growing state in the nation, and for the 1980s through the 2000s Nevada was the only state to have a consistent population growth rate at 25 percent or higher. With Nevada’s economy being particularly hard-hit by the 2007 recession, Page 3 population growth since 2010 currently lags a few other states, but at 12.4 percent through 2018 is still the sixth-highest in the nation, and is currently tied with Idaho for fastest population growth over the year. Nevada’s population is highly concentrated in Clark County, with 73.6 percent of the population, or 2.25 million people living in this county. The next-largest area is Washoe County, with 15.1 percent of the population or 460,000 people. The remaining 11.3 percent of the population is distributed among the other 15 counties of the state. By age, Nevada’s population trends somewhat younger than the nation as a whole. Nevada has slightly more people under 18 as a share of the total population than the nation (22.7 to 22.4 percent), and slightly fewer people 65 or older (15.7 to 16.0 percent). By race and ethnicity, Nevada’s share of the population which is Hispanic or Latino is the fifth-highest in the nation at 29.0 percent, trailing only New Mexico (49.1 percent), Texas (39.6 percent), California (39.3 percent), and Arizona (31.6 percent). The share of the population which is Asian alone is sixth-highest in the nation at 8.2 percent, trailing Hawaii (37.6 percent), California (14.7 percent), New Jersey (9.7 percent), Washington (8.7 percent), and New York (8.5 percent). The share of Nevada’s population which is Black or African American alone is somewhat less than the national average (9.2 percent to 12.7 percent), but is near the middle of the road compared to other states, and is the highest of any state west of the Mississippi save Texas. The share of Nevada’s population which is White, but not Hispanic or Latino is the sixth-lowest in the nation at 48.4 percent. Looking at the economic profile of the state, the effects of the 2007 recession on the housing market in Nevada continue to linger. In 2018, the share of Nevada’s population living in the same house as a year ago at the time of the survey was the third-lowest in the nation at 83.5 percent, ahead of Washington (82.5 percent) and Colorado (82.8 percent). Similarly, Nevada had the third-lowest rate of owner-occupied housing in the nation over the same period at 59.0 percent, trailing only New York (57.1) and California (56.2). This, despite monthly housing costs of owners with a mortgage from 2014 to 2018 being lower than the national average ($1,469 to $1,558) while the median gross rent was higher ($1,060 to $1,023). Shifting to a population analysis of variables which might have a more direct impact on potential barriers to employment, Nevada’s rate of persons in poverty in 2018 runs slightly below the national average (9.1 to 9.3 percent), but is near the middle of the distribution of all states, ranked 23rd. Nevada has a relatively large share of the population aged 5 or older that speaks a language other than English at home at 30.9 percent, trailing California (44.6 percent), Texas (35.8 percent), New Mexico (34.1 percent), and New Jersey (31.7 percent). Of Nevada’s total population, 12.5 percent have a disability, comparable to the national rate of 12.6 percent, and near the middle of the distribution among all states, ranked 32nd. Nevada also has the eighth-highest share of the population under the age of 65 without health insurance at 13.0 percent, noticeably above the national rate of 10.4 percent. In 2018 dollars, Nevada’s median household income ($58,646) and per capita personal income ($31,604) each trail the national averages for the same measures ($61,937 and $33,831, respectively), but are near the middle of the distribution among all states. Nevada has an above-average rate of households with a computer present, among the top 10 in the nation with a rate of 93.6 percent, and somewhat ahead of the national rate of 91.8 percent. Nevada also is ahead of the national average in terms of households with a broadband internet subscription, 85.9 percent to 85.1 percent, but falls somewhat closer to the middle of the distribution when compared to other states. This is in part a reflection of the population concentration within Clark and Washoe Counties, as more rural areas of the state have significantly more difficulty receiving reliable broadband internet service. In education, the Page 4 share of the population 25 years or older with a Bachelor’s degree in Nevada is among the lowest in the nation at 24.9 percent, noticeably below the national average of 32.6 percent and ahead of only West Virginia (21.3 percent), Mississippi (23.2 percent), Arkansas (23.3 percent), Louisiana (24.3 percent), and Kentucky (24.8 percent). Nevada is similarly ranked in the share of the population 25 years or older with at least a high school degree 86.9 percent, which is below the national average of 88.3 percent and ahead of California (83.8 percent), Texas (84.0 percent), Mississippi