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The public workforce system collects service information provided to job and training-seeking customers on such factors as the type of training and career services provided, an individual's employment status, and characteristics like veteran...

At the White House’s direction, the Secretary of Health and Human Services declared a national public health emergency on October 26, 2017 and has renewed the declaration every 90 days thereafter. As a result of this declaration, the White House...

The Employment and Training Administration announces its series of webinars on the impact of the opioid epidemic on the public workforce system.  These webinars will bring professionals throughout the public workforce system together with partner...

The Employment and Training Administration announces its series of webinars on the impact of the opioid epidemic on the public workforce system.  These webinars will bring professionals throughout the public workforce system together with partner...

In our previous entries we discussed the required elements of Rapid Response under WIOA 682.330. Section 682.340 identifies additional activities that may be undertaken as part of the Rapid Response program. 

Our last entry covered section 682.340 and focused on other allowable Rapid Response activities and community transition teams. We now look at § 682.350 which defines “additional assistance” in the context of Rapid Response.

In our last entry we covered 682.330(b)-(e). This post covers 682.330(f)-(k), the remaining paragraphs under 682.330; let’s take a deeper look at each of these.

Now let’s take some time to talk about those activities that are required to be carried out with Rapid Response funds, per section 682.330. We developed this section of the regulation from three sources: activities that were previously only...

Now that we have addressed what Rapid Response is and when it must be delivered, let us take a brief look at a related question—who has the responsibility for carrying out these activities?

In our last entry we covered 682.330(a), which describes the layoff aversion requirement. This post will cover 682.330(b)-(e); these 4 sub-paragraphs appear in the WIOA regulations largely unchanged from how they were in WIA; let’s take a deeper...