Policy Chapters and Sections

Customized Training

Chapter: 7 Section: 2.2.2
Effective Date: 10/9/2013
Expiration Date: Continuing
Published Date: 8/20/2021 8:34:41 AM
Status: Current
Version: 1

Tags: Program Eligibility, Services

Customized training is designed to meet the special requirements of an employer or group of employers. 

  1. The employer(s) must pay not less than fifty percent (50%) of the cost of the training.
    1. Employer matching costs must be in cash, or in-kind, must be documented, and are subject to audit. 
    2. Customized training may be provided to eligible unemployed persons and, in some cases (as described below), to eligible employed workers.
  2. The employer (or group of employers) must commit to hire WIOA customers who successfully complete the customized training program and trainees must agree to accept employment offers from the employer.
    1. Local areas shall include language for this requirement into a signed agreement between the WIOA provider, the employer and the customer prior to the start of the training program.
  3. A customized training contract may also be written to train a WIOA customer who is already working for the employer (or group of employers) for which the customized training is being provided, when the employee is not earning a self-sufficient wage.  In this situation, customized training provided to a previously employed worker must elevate the employee to reach at least a self-sufficient wage through skill upgrade training that relates to either:
    1. The introduction by the employer of new technologies;
    2. The introduction to new production or service procedures;
    3. Upgrading to new jobs that require additional skills/workplace literacy; or
    4. Other appropriate purposes identified by the local board.