As the plan partners work to implement the Combined State Plan, they and the Nebraska Workforce Development board and local workforce development boards will begin working to ensure a comprehensive network of integrated services for all job seekers and employers. As the plan partners work to implement the Combined State Plan, they and the Nebraska Workforce Development board and local workforce development boards will begin working toward the development of common intake procedures and promoting knowledge transfers across partner programs to help facilitate referrals. Commenter: Nebraska At this juncture, the Combined State Plan focuses Is the Nebraska Commission for the Commission for the Deaf and on those partners prescribed in the Workforce Deaf and Hard of hearing part of the Hard of Hearing Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Sec. 102 partners, as it is not listed as such? (a) and Sec. 103 (a)(2). However, this does not Topic: NCDHH not listed as a preclude NCDHH from being a partner in partner Workforce System. Nebraska’s Commenter: Meghan Chaffee The Combined State Plan will not be providing Include language in the plan on behalf of Senator Burke additional specificity around these themes at this requiring agencies of coordinate Harr time. Specificity will be developed as the plan with each other to provide health partners, the Nebraska Workforce Development care and employment services to Topic: Focus on serving Board, and local workforce development boards individuals with disabilities most vulnerable work to put the Combined State Plan Include the goal of removing Nebraska’s Nebraska’s workers and reducing the into action. When appropriate to the requirements employment disincentives from barrier to employment for of the Combined State Plan, that specificity may be those chronically unemployed and most vulnerable added at the first revision. Nebraska’s underemployed and include referral workers As the plan partners work to implement the services for individuals receiving Combined State Plan, they and the Nebraska Medicaid assistance to employment Workforce Development board and local and education programs workforce development boards will begin working Require exiting programs to conduct to ensure a comprehensive network of integrated outreach and education on the services for all job seekers and employers. availability and benefits of these programs
As the plan partners work to implement the Combined State Plan, they and the Nebraska Workforce Development board and local workforce development boards will begin working to ensure a comprehensive network of integrated services for all job seekers and employers. As the plan partners work to implement the Combined State Plan, they and the Nebraska Workforce Development board and local workforce development boards will begin working toward the development of common intake procedures and promoting knowledge transfers across partner programs to help facilitate referrals. Commenter: Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Topic: NCDHH not listed as a partner Is the Nebraska Commission for the Deaf and Hard of hearing part of the partners, as it is not listed as such? At this juncture, the Combined State Plan focuses on those partners prescribed in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Sec. 102 (a) and Sec. 103 (a)(2). However, this does not preclude NCDHH from being a partner in Nebraska’s Workforce System. Commenter: Meghan Chaffee on behalf of Senator Burke Harr Topic: Focus on serving Nebraska’s most vulnerable workers and reducing the barrier to employment for Nebraska’s most vulnerable workers Include language in the plan requiring agencies of coordinate with each other to provide health care and employment services to individuals with disabilities Include the goal of removing employment disincentives from those chronically unemployed and underemployed and include referral services for individuals receiving Medicaid assistance to employment and education programs Require exiting programs to conduct outreach and education on the availability and benefits of these programs The Combined State Plan will not be providing additional specificity around these themes at this time. Specificity will be developed as the plan partners, the Nebraska Workforce Development Board, and local workforce development boards work to put the Nebraska’s Combined State Plan into action. When appropriate to the requirements of the Combined State Plan, that specificity may be added at the first revision. As the plan partners work to implement the Combined State Plan, they and the Nebraska Workforce Development board and local workforce development boards will begin working to ensure a comprehensive network of integrated services for all job seekers and employers.