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oua u�ruUxn <br />Incentive Policy <br />Effective July 1, 2019 <br />Purpose: <br />Reward youth for attainment of WIOA performance indicators and/or key benchmarks toward <br />those outcomes (including but not limited to attainment of employment skills and goals, <br />mastering competency levels, participating in unpaid career exploration activities, etc.) <br />Encourage youth to participate in activities throughout program duration, including the 12- <br />month post -exit follow up period. <br />Procedures: <br />An incentive is a payment to a WIOA youth participant for the successful achievement of <br />established and measurable goals as a result of WIOA program participation. The incentive <br />must be linked to an achievement and must be tied to training and education, work readiness <br />skills, and/or occupational skills attainment goal as identified in the Individual Service Plan (ISP) <br />Such achievement must be documented in participant's file as the basis for an incentive <br />payment. All incentives are awarded in the form of a gift card. <br />Incentives may be awarded for, but are not limited to, the following goal accomplishments as a <br />result of WIOA program participation: <br />• Achievement of measurable skills gains <br />• Attainment of degree or recognized certificate <br />• Placement in employment or education <br />PK Youth Incentive plan ensures the following: <br />a. All incentive payments must be relevant to the results of the objective assessment of <br />each participant's ISP. <br />b. All incentive details must be specified in the participant's WIOA Incentive Log, including <br />the amount that was provided, the funding source used and the participant's <br />acknowledgement of receipt. <br />c. Participant records (ISP/Case Notes/Incentive Log) and financial records pertaining to <br />incentive payments must be made available for review by local, state, and federal <br />monitors and must meet financial management standards in WIOA including tracking of <br />actual expenditures against budgeted amounts and support for accounting records to <br />ensure proper charging of costs. <br />