This is an exception to the ITA requirements if the local board determines that there is a training services program of demonstrated effectiveness offered in the local area by a community-based organization or another private organization to serve special participant populations that face multiple barriers to employment. 

1. The following criteria must exist to utilize the exception: 

   1. The training must be for a special low-income population with multiple barriers to employment, including substantial language or cultural barriers, offenders, homeless, and disabled individuals.

   2. The training must be provided by a Community-Based Organization (CBO) or other private organization.

   3. The training provider must be an eligible WIOA Training provider.

2. Other requirements
   
   The LWIB must develop criteria to determine "effectiveness" in the context of this exception. These criteria may include:

   1. Financial stability;

   2. Demonstrated performance in services to individuals with barriers to employment; and

   3. How the specific program relates to the workforce investment needs identified in the local plan.