5101:9-31-09 Workforce innovation in regional economic development (WIRED).

(A) The Ohio department of job and family services (ODJFS) will distribute funds to local workforce investment areas that received awards for the workforce innovation in regional economic development (WIRED) allocation. The initial allocation disbursed to ODJFS from the U.S. department of labor (DOL) is for one hundred thousand dollars and was issued as a small planning grant with an additional five million dollars to be disbursed over the next three years following submission to DOL of the projected budget and implementation plan. The catalog of federal domestic assistance (CFDA) number assigned for this program is 17.261.

(B) This allocation is being made available to foster economic transformation by developing comprehensive regional approaches to education, workforce, and economic development. There is no cost sharing or matching required for eligibility.

(C) Activities such as expenditures, accruals, obligations, program income receipts, program income expenditures, stand-in costs for this allocation must be reported. Expenditures for grant and leveraged funds shall be tracked and reported by the recipient local workforce investment area using the JFS 01992 “Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Funds Certification Sheet”

(rev. 4/2006).

Effective: 10/01/2007

Promulgated Under: 111.15

Statutory Authority: 5101.02, 6301.03

Rule Amplifies: 5101.02, 6301.03