Job & Family Services Ohio's Workforce Information Center

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
Workforce Development Stimulus Information 

Note: This page provides technical assistance for state and local workforce development professionals.

State of Ohio Information
Frequently Asked Questions
ARRA Frequently Asked Questions
Adult and Dislocated Worker Information
WIA Transmittal Letter No. 17: Work Experience for Adults and Dislocated Workers
Best Practices
Free One-Day Job Seeking Workshops (Jobs One-Stop)
Job Description: Career Consultant (Mahoning and Columbiana Training Association)
Job Description: Summer Aide (Mahoning and Columbiana Training Association)
Job Posting: MIS Specialist (Mahoning and Columbiana Training Association)
Job Posting: Summer Aide (Mahoning and Columbiana Training Association)
Promotional Item: Trumbull, Mahoning & Columbiana Counties Button 
Promotional Item: Trumbull, Mahoning & Columbiana Counties Letter
Business Plan Information
WIA Economic Stimulus Business Plan Amendment (Revised 4/2/2009)
Final Economic Stimulus Budget Funding Sheet
Economic Stimulus Training With John Chamberlin (April 13 & 14, 2009)
The 2009 Summer Youth Program
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  1. Education Pays
  2. Northeast Georgia Regional Development Board Summer Youth Program
The American Recovery and Reinvestmant Act - Workforce Implications
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 Guidance, Memoranda and Policies
Memo, Re: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (5/7/09)
Memo, Re: Requirement for Local Workforce Investment Areas to Post ODNR Recovery Conservation Corps and All other Jobs Created with ARRA Funds on OhioMeansJobs.com (5/15/09)
Memo, Re: Use of Local WIA Formula and WIA ARRA Funds for Statewide Activities (5/22/09)
Memo, Re: WBT Exemption (6/3/09)
Stimulus Monitoring and Oversight Letter No. 1: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 WIA Monitoring Guidance
Workforce Investment Board Policy Letter No. 08-16: Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) Implementation - Expenditure Rates, Recapture and Redistribution of Funds
Workforce Investment Act Policy Letter No. 08-17: Local Workforce Investment Act (WIA Programs) - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009
Workforce Investment Board Policy Letter No. 08-18: The American Recovery and Re-investment Act (ARRA) of 2009 - Project HIRE (Hometown Investments in Regional Economies) and Ohio Learning Accounts (OLA)
Procurement Training (April 16, 2009)
Presentation: ODJFS Process for Procurement Planning & Competitive Procurements
  1. Fiscal Administrative Procedure Letter (FAPL) No. 2: County Procurement Guidelines Using Federal Money in Whole or in Part, and Utilizing the Ohio Cooperative Purchasing Program by Counties
  2. Ohio Administrative Code, 5101:9-4-07 Procurement Requirements
  3. ODJFS Disclosure Statement from Proposal Reviewers
  4. The Missouri Procurement Waiver Request
Video Conference Information
ARRA Video Conference Training and Technical Assistance
 Web Sites (State)
http://www.recovery.ohio.gov/
Ohio's virtual headquarters for information regarding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Youth Stimulus Information
Presentation: Stimulus Youth Programs - A Brief Overview (March 24, 2009)
Webinar Presentation: Let's Get the Show on the Road: Guidance for Youth Activities (Workforce3One) (March 24, 2009)
WIA Transmittal Letter No. 18: Work Experience for Youth
WIA Transmittal Letter No. 20A: Waiver on Requirement to Competitively Select Youth Providers for Three Program Elements (Paid and Unpaid Work Experience, Supportive Services, and Follow-up Services) 
Letter to US Department of Labor, Re: Waiver Request (4/15/09)
  1. US Department of Labor Response Letter
Letter to US Department of Labor, Re: Waiver Request (5/21/09)
  1. US Department of Labor Response Letter

Recovery Conservation Corps

Recovery Conservation Corps: Program Overview for Workforce Investment Act Youth Work Experience
WIA Area Application for Statewide Funds for Recovery Conservation Corps (RCC) with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR)
Memo to Ohio Department of Natural Resources Bargaining Unit Employees
Partnership Letter of Agreement
List: Ohio Department of Natural Resources Work Projects
Map: Ohio Department of Natural Resources Lands and Facilities & Ohio's Workforce Development System
T-Shirt Form
Wage and Hour Division, US Department of Labor

Stimulus Youth Work Experience Program Training (April 8 & 9, 2009)

How Do I Design My Stimulus Youth Programs?
  1. US Department of Labor Employment and Guidance Letter No. 14-08: Guidance for Implementation of the Workforce Investment Act and Wagner-Peyser Act Funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and State Planning Requirements for Program Year 2009
How Do I Develop WIB Policy?
  1. Workforce Investment Act Transmittal Letter No. 18: Work Experience for Youth
Does Ohio Ethics Law Apply to the Youth Work Experience Program?
  1. The Ohio Ethics Law Outline
What Are the Legal Requirements for Employing Minors?
  1. 2009 Minimum Wage
  2. Minor Labor Law Packet
  3. Minor Labor Laws Poster
  4. Minimum Wage Poster
How Do I Develop Worksites?
How Do I Conduct Outreach and Recruitment?
  1. Youth Opportunities Unlited (Y.O.U.) Employer Letter
  2. Y.O.U. Instructions for Completing the Just About Jobs Worksite Agreement Form
  3. Y.O.U. Just About Jobs Summer Jobs Program Worksite Agreement
  4. Y.O.U. Private Sector Job and Internship Worksite Agreement
What Are the Eligibility and Data Valdiation Requirements?
  1. WIA Transmittal Letter No. 27: Source Documentation for WIA Eligibility
  2. Proposed Changes in SCOTI for Stimulus
  3. Cuyahoga County SmartStart 2008
What Are Some Examples of Local Area Youth Employment Strategies?
  1. Workforce Investment Board No. 6 Request for Proposal (RFP)
  2. Legal Notice
  3. Supervisor Orientation
  4. Worksite Agreement
  5. Worksite Adjustment
  6. Disciplinary Form
How Do We Partner with ABLE (Adult Basic and Literacy) Programs?
Are the Youth Reporting and Performance Requirements Different for This Program?
  1. Definition of Work Readiness from USDOL TEGL 17-05 - Attachment B
What Are My Fiscal and Procurement Responsibilities? (State Presentation)
What Are My Fiscal and Procurement Responsibilities? (Local Presentation)
What Are My Monitoring and Procurement Responsibilities? (State Level Monitoring)
What Are My Monitoring and Procurement Responsibilities? (Local Level Monitoring)
  1. Worksite Agreement
  2. Monitoring Letter
  3. Start-Up Monitoring Checklist
  4. Youth File Checklist
  5. Summer Youth Participant Interview
  6. Summer Employment Administrative Review Section
Federal Government Information
Federal Laws and Regulations
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998
WIA Final Rules, 20 CFR Part 652 et al.
Rule 5101:4-4-19: Food Stamps: Countable Income
Federal Reporting Requirements
Federal Recipient Reporting Data Model
Vendor Data Elements
ARRA - Template to Register Vendors of Subrecipient
Section 1512 Reporting Subrecipient Data Collection Form
ARRA 1512 Reporting - FTE Calculation
Share Point Database Definitions
USDOL Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 1-09, Change 1: Reporting Requirements under Section 1512 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
US Department of Agriculture
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) -- Clarifying Income Exclusion Regarding the Summer Youth Employment Opportunities and YouthBuild Program
US Department of Labor Training and Employment Notices
USDOL Training and Employment Notice No. 30-08: Overview of the Employment and Training Administration's implementation strategy for Workforce Investment Act and Wagner-Peyser funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
USDOL Training and Employment Notice No. 42-08: COBRA Premium Reduction and Extended Eligibility Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
USDOL Training and Employment Notice No. 44-08: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Competitive Grants for Green Job Training
USDOL Training and Employment Notice No. 45-08: Recovery Act Performance Accountability Forum 
USDOL Training and Employment Notice No. 46-08: Combining Fiscal Year 2009 YouthBuild Appropriations with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5) YouthBuild Appropriations 
USDOL Training and Employment Notice No. 03-09: OMB Sponsored Webinar Series on Recovery Act Recipient Reporting Requirements
USDOL Training and Employment Notice No. 5-09: Recovery and Reemployment Research Conference
USDOL Training and Employment Notice No. 14-09: Notice to One-Stop Career Centers and Others Concerning COBRA Premium Reduction and Extended Eligibility Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
US Department of Labor Training and Employment Guidance Letters
USDOL Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 13-08: Allotments for training and employment services as specified in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) for activities under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). Workforce Investment Act Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth Activities Program Allotments; Wagner-Peyser Act Allotments, and Reemployment Service (RES) Allotments
US Department of Labor Employment and Guidance Letter No. 14-08: Guidance for Implementation of the Workforce Investment Act and Wagner-Peyser Act Funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and State Planning Requirements for Program Year 2009
US Department of Labor Employment and Guidance Letter No. 14-08, Change 1: Guidance for Implementation of the Workforce Investment Act and Wagner-Peyser Act Funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and State Planning Requirements for Program Year 2009, Change 1 
USDOL Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 15-08: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) Planning Instructions for All Current SCSEP Grantees
USDOL Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 16-08: Guidance for Implementation of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as required by Subtitle D, Section 166, Native American Program
USDOL Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 17-08: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) Funds Financial Reporting Requirements
USDOL Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 19-08: National Emergency Grants Funded with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Resources 
USDOL Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 24-08: Workforce Investment Act and Wagner-Peyser Act Performance Accountability Reporting for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
USDOL Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 29-08: Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number/Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Mandatory Requirement for Federal Grant Sub-recipients under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
USDOL Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 1-09: Reporting Requirements under Section 1512 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
USDOL Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 1-09, Change 1: Reporting Requirements under Section 1512 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
USDOL Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 1-09, Change 2: Reporting Requirements under Section 1512 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Web Sites (Federal)
www.recovery.gov
The Federal Government's offical web site regarding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.