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Webinar February 12, 2019

Today’s conversation

✓Understanding the landscape ✓Zeroing in: How has one Texas community tackled this issue? ✓Implications for other states and localities ✓Your questions!

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The big picture

✓Adult learners and jobseekers with disabilities need high-quality services ✓Three systems set up to serve those individuals are not always well aligned ✓Better policy can help!

See our new policy brief: https://tinyurl.com/RuralCapital

The WIOA puzzle pieces

✓Title I: Workforce services (~$3 billion; administered through DOL and workforce boards) ✓Title II: Adult education (~$600 million; administered through ED and a wide variety of education agencies/providers) ✓Title IV: Vocational rehabilitation (~$3 billion; administered through ED and state agencies)

People are multi-dimensional…

…but systems sometimes aren’t.

Zeroing in: An example from Texas

Rural Capital: Workforce partners

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Rural Capital: Adult Ed partners

Doug M Doug Mud udd, d, Adult Adult Ed Ed Dir Director ector Francesca Ramirez, Car Career eer Couns Counselor elor and and Colle College ge Pr Prep ep Coor Coordina dinator tor

Anson Green Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) Director Texas Workforce Commission

At the state level

Recommendations for other states

• Provide technical assistance
• Support cross-system professional

development

• Implement shared data systems (or at least

common data standards)

• Capitalize on Spring 2020 WIOA planning

process to spark alignment

Time for your questions!

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