Updated high-poverty area lookup for WIOA youth eligibility, Change 1

CLASSIFICATION
   EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION                WIOA/Youth
               ADVISORY SYSTEM                           CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
          U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR                       OWI-DYS
             Washington, D.C. 20210                      DATE
                                                         July 30, 2021

ADVISORY:       TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE LETTER NO. 21-16,
                Change 1

TO:             STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
                STATE WORKFORCE ADMINISTRATORS
                STATE WORKFORCE LIAISONS
                STATE AND LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD CHAIRS AND DIRECTORS

FROM:           SUZAN G. LEVINE
                Acting Assistant Secretary

SUBJECT:        Change 1 to Training and Employment Guidance Letter (TEGL) 21-16 Third
                Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Youth Formula
                Program Guidance

1. Purpose. To update directions for determining whether youth live in a high poverty area for
   Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Youth Program eligibility
   purposes.

2. Action Requested. The WIOA youth formula program allows youth living in high-poverty
   areas to be considered low-income individuals. Use the updated directions to the Census
   Bureau website at:
   https://youth.workforcegps.org/resources/2017/03/22/09/55/~/link.aspx?_id=8548E345651B4ED19113526286036489&_z=z to determine if a youth lives in a high-poverty area.

3. Summary and Background.
   a. Summary – This TEGL 21-16, Change 1 provides updated directions for using Census
      data to determine high-poverty areas for the WIOA Youth Formula Program.

   b. Background – TEGL 21-16 Third Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
      Title I Youth Formula Program Guidance, issued on March 2, 2017, contains directions
      for determining high-poverty areas. Since the TEGL was posted, the Census Bureau
      changed its website, which changed the links in the directions found in Attachment 2.
      This TEGL change simply provides a link to updated instructions on how to use Census
      data to determine high-poverty areas. For all other guidance contained in TEGL 21-16,
      states and local WIOA Youth Programs should continue to use TEGL 21-16.

4. Details. The Census Bureau updated its website, and as a result the directions for
   determining high-poverty areas are out-of-date in Attachment 2 of TEGL 21-16. The
   document at:

 RESCISSIONS                                            EXPIRATION DATE
 None                                                   Continuing

   https://youth.workforcegps.org/resources/2017/03/22/09/55/~/link.aspx?_id=8548E345651B4ED19113526286036489&_z=z provides revised directions for using Census data to
   determine high-poverty areas for the WIOA Youth Formula Program.

5. Inquiries. For further information, please contact [email protected] .

6. References.

          TEGL 21-16 Third Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Youth
           Formula Program Guidance

7. Attachment(s). N/A