2015 Utah Code
Title 35A - Utah Workforce Services Code
Chapter 1 - Department of Workforce Services
Part 2 - Organization
Section 207 - State workforce services plan -- Economic service area plans.

35A-1-207. State workforce services plan -- Economic service area plans.

• (1) The State Council on Workforce Services shall annually develop a state workforce services plan that shall include:
  • (a) a mechanism for getting consumer and public feedback on department programs in each economic service area;
  • (b) projected analysis of the workforce needs of employers and clients;
  • (c) policy standards in programs and process when required by statute or considered necessary by the council that ensure statewide program consistency among economic service areas;
  • (d) state outcome-based standards for measuring program performance to ensure equitable service to all clients;
  • (e) state oversight systems to review economic service area compliance with state policies;
  • (f) elements of economic service area plans that relate to statewide initiatives and programs;
  • (g) strategies to ensure program responsiveness, universal access, unified case management;
  • (h) strategies to eliminate unnecessary barriers to access services; and
  • (i) strategies to provide assistance to employees facing employment dislocation and their employers.

• (2)
  • (a) Economic service area directors shall annually develop an economic service area plan to be followed in administering services.
  • (b) The plan shall include:
    • (i) a projected analysis of the economic service area workforce needs of employers and clients;
    • (ii) assurances that state policy standards will be incorporated into the economic service area design;
    • (iii) an economic service area budget outlining administration and customer support and services expenditures;
    • (iv) the location of employment centers and staff levels to deliver services;
    • (v) the services to be provided including assessment and support services, job training options, job placement, and employer outreach;
    • (vi) identification of targeted occupations for which training will be approved;
    • (vii) economic service area outcome-based performance standards that ensure equitable services to all clients;
    • (viii) economic service area oversight processes that include a process to evaluate program effectiveness and develop plans to improve programs;
    • (ix) internal and external marketing strategies to improve the understanding and visibility of economic service area efforts;
    • (x) coordination of apprenticeship training; and
    • (xi) strategies to provide assistance to employees facing employment dislocation and their employers.

Amended by Chapter 188, 2011 General Session