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The State law requires the State Board to implement additional standards for certifying high- performing (HPB) Local Boards. In order to be considered eligible for HPB certification, a Local Board is required to meet all regional planning requirements of the federal law and State Plan. The OC Region local boards have met and exceeded both federal and state criteria, as prescribed. The OCDB, AWDB, and SAWDB are currently certified as a high - performing local boards. State issued local planning guidance states that under state law, the next certification for HPB status will take place midway through the implementation of WIOA regional and local plans in 2019. Specifically for this local plan, the state guidance asks for relevant local plan content with regard to how Local Boards will assess the effectiveness and continuous improvement of AJCCs (which is described in local plan section 2Di) as well as compliance with state - issued AJCC policies specified in all policy directives pertaining to AJCCs including the following: WIOA Adult Program Priority of Service and WIOA Memorandums of Understanding Phase I and II. WSD15.14: WIOA ADULT PRIORITY OF SERVICE Local boards have policy and procedures regarding Priority of Service. The application of priority is as follows: Group 1: Veterans and eligible spouses who are economically disadvantaged adults (i.e. recipients of public assistance and other low income individuals) or individuals who are basic skills deficient. Group 2: Economically disadvantaged adults or individuals who are basic skills deficient. Group 3: Veterans and eligible spouses who are not economically disadvantaged or are not basic skills deficient, Group 4: Individuals such as Older Workers (55 and older), former Foster Youth, individuals with disabilities, school dropouts, and offenders. These individuals are not economically disadvantaged or not basic skills deficient. Group 5: Underemployed workers who fall within Groups 1 through 4 and who are in need of WIOA services. Individuals who are underemployed may include: • Individuals employed less than full -time who are seeking full -time employment; • Individuals who are employed in a position that is inadequate with respect to their skills and training; • Individuals who are employed and who meet the WIOA definition of a low - income individual; • Individuals who are employed, but whose current job's earnings are not sufficient compared to their previous Job's earnings from their previous employment, per State and /or local policy. WSD14.12: WIOA PHASE I MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING Phase I MOU copies can be found in the appendix. Phase I- Service Coordination: Agreement between the local boards and their respective AJCC system operators and W10A required partners to address service coordination and collaboration. The local boards have executed Phase I MOUs with all of the required partners in the local area prior to June 30, 2016 as described in section 3Dv and attached in section 30. WS0-151: WIOA PHASE 11 MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING Phase II MOU draft can be found in the appendix Phase II- Shared Resources and Infrastructure Costs: Building upon the MOUs established in Phase 1, addresses how to best support established service delivery coordination through the sharing of resources and joint Infrastructure costs in order to functionally and fiscally sustain regional service coordination by establishing administrative cost arrangements. The local boards are on target with the development and execution of Phase II MOUs with all of the required partners in the local area prior to June 30, 2017 as described in section 3Dv and attached in section 30. Status update for Phase ll MOUs adheres to the following deadlines included in EDD Directive WSD16 -09. (Timelines will be revised as the State releases updates). • January 4, 2017 Local Boards submit progress report/timeline to Regional Advisors. • March 1, 2017 Local Boards that do not anticipate reaching consensus on infrastructure costs alert the State Board if state funding mechanism needs to be triggered and submit supporting documentation. • May 1, 2017 Governor and Superintendent of Public Instruction notifies Local Boards of AJCC partner contributions under state funding mechanism (if triggered). June 30, 2017 Local Boards submit hard copies of completed Phase II MOUs to Regional Advisors, 31. TRAINING ACTIVITIES DECLARATION: Following Section 134 of Workforce investment and Innovation Act (Act), the local boards implemented new policies to offer training allowable under the Act. The policy allows AJCC/One-Stop Sub - recipients to serve eligible Adult, n 19D-89 OC Local Plan