Public Hearing – Indiana WIOA Unified State Plan Update

Public Hearing – Indiana WIOA Unified State Plan Update

The Department of Workforce Development (DWD) and the Division of Disability and Rehabilitative Services (DDRS) invite the public to share comments regarding the Draft Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Unified State Plan Update.

• Monday, March 5, 2018 
  1 p.m. EST
  Centre Township Branch Library – Alligator Room
  1150 Kern Road
  South Bend, IN  46614
  American Sign Language Interpreter Available
  
• Monday, March 5, 2018 
  11 a.m. EST
  Indianapolis Public Library
  College Avenue Branch
  4180 North College Avenue 
  Indianapolis, IN 46205 
  American Sign Language Interpreter Available
  
• Monday, March 5, 2018 
  1 p.m. CST
  Evansville Vanderburgh Central Public Library 
  Browning Event Room B
  200 SE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 
  Evansville, IN 47713 
  American Sign Language Interpreter Available
  
• Tuesday, March 6, 2018 – Call-in option 
  10 a.m. (EST)
  Call-in Toll Free at 1-877-422-1931 (enter Conference Code 5096611778). Also available through Video Remote Services (VRS) and CapTel Relay for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

* For other accommodations, please contact Kristina.Blankenship@fssa.IN.gov before 5 p.m. on February 28, 2018.

The draft update of the WIOA Unified State Plan is available for review on the DWD webpageand the draft update of the Vocational Rehabilitation section of the WIOA Unified State Plan is available for review on the DDRS Announcements webpage. The current WIOA Unified State Plan can be viewed by clicking here. 

Comments to the draft update of the WIOA Unified State Plan may be emailed to policy@dwd.in.gov or submitted to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, ATTN: Policy, IGCS SE 304, 10 N. Senate Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46204.

Comments specifically regarding the draft updates to the Vocational Rehabilitation section of the WIOA Unified State Plan may be emailed to Kristina.Blankenship@fssa.IN.gov, or submitted to the Indiana Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, 402 W. Washington Street, Room W453, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. The public hearings will allow additional opportunity for public comment.

Comments will be accepted until 4 p.m. EST, March 9, 2018.