We've compiled the following list of definitions and acronyms. Definitions Term Definition Case Management The provision of a client-centered approach in the delivery of services, designed to prepare and coordinate comprehensive employment plans for participants to ensure access to necessary workforce investment services and to provide job a career counseling during program participation and after job placement Community Based Organization a private, non-profit organization that is representative of a community or a significant segment of the community and that has demonstrated expertise and effectiveness in the field of workforce investment Customized Training Training that is designed to meet the special requirements of an employer or group of employers that is conducted with a commitment by the employer to employ an individual on successful completion of the training and for which the employer pays for not less than 50 percent of the cost of the training Labor Market Area An economically integrated geographic area within which individuals can reside and find employment within a reasonable distance or can readily change employment without changing their place of residence Lower Living Standard Income Level That income level (adjusted for regional, metropolitan, urban, and rural differences and family size) determined annually by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor based on the most recent lower living family budget issued by the Secretary Monthly Management Report A monthly and year-to-date report of outcomes and indicators of performance compared to established regional/state standards. This report is generated by the Agency for Workforce Innovation Non-traditional Employment Occupations of fields of work for which individuals from one gender comprise less that 25 percent of the individuals employed in each such occupation or field Older Individual An individual age 55 or older On-the-Job Training Training by an employer that is provided to a paid participant while engaged in productive work in a job. The training provides knowledge or skills essential to the full and adequate performance of the job, provides reimbursement to the employer of up to 50 percent of the wage rate of the participant, for the extraordinary costs of providing the training and additional supervision related to the training and is limited in duration as appropriate to the occupation for which the participant is being trained. Rapid Response Activity An activity provided by the state or by an entity designated by the state, in the case of a permanent closure or mass layoff at a plant, facility, or enterprise, or a natural or other disaster, that results in mass job dislocation, in order to assist dislocated workers in obtaining reemployment as soon as possible. The activity may include the establishment of onsite contact with employers and employee representatives, the provision of information and access to available employment and training activities, assistance in establishing a labor-management committee with the ability to devise and implement a strategy to assessing the employment and training needs of dislocated workers and obtaining services to meet such needs, the provision of emergency assistance adapted to the particular closure, layoff, or disaster, the provision of assistance to the local community in developing a coordinated response and in obtaining access to state economic development assistance Red/Green Report A quarterly and year-to-date report of the outcomes on the 17 short-term key measures as defined by federal legislation. Report is published by the Agency for Workforce Innovation. Supportive Services Services such as transportation, child care, dependent care, housing, and needs-related payments that are necessary to enable an individual to participate in activities authorized under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. Unemployed Individual An individual who is without a job and who wants and is available for work Wagner Peyser Act Federal legislation that established a public employment service and provides the funding for the system Welfare Transition Job placement and support services for families transitioning from welfare to work Workforce Investment Act Federal legislation passed in 1998 to consolidate, coordinate, and improve employment, training, literacy and vocational rehabilitation programs in the United States; This legislation established Workforce Development Boards and Workforce Investment Boards nationwide Youth Individuals between the ages of 14 and 21; Younger youth are 14-18; Older youth are 19-21 Acronyms Term Definition ABE Adult Basic Education ADA Americans with Disabilities Act AJB America AWI Agency for Workforce Innovation BJ/BW Better Jobs/Better Wages Council BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics - U.S. Department of Labor CBO Community Based Organization CWDP Certified Worforce Development Professional DCF Department of Children and Families DOL U.S. Department of Labor DOLETA U.S. Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration DVA U.S. Department of Veterans DVOP Disabled Veterans Outreach Program administered by AWI DVR Division of Vocational Rehabilitation DW Dislocated Workers EDC Economic Development Council EFI Enterprise Florida, Inc. (a public/private partnership directed by an independent body to oversee re-engineering of economic development in Florida) ETA Employment and Training Administration (of the U.S. Department of Labor) FEID Federal Employment Identification Number FETPIP Florida Education & Training Placement & Information Program FJ/FW First Jobs/First Wages Council FMLA Family Medical Leave Act FY Fiscal Year GED General Education Development (high school equivalency) HHS Health & Human Services (federal agency responsible for public assistance & other services for low-income individuals) HS/HW High Skills/High Wages Council IT Information Technology ITA Individual Training Account IWT Incumbent Worker Training LEO Local Elected Official LLSIL Lower Living Standard Income Level LMA Labor Market Area LMI Labor Market Information LMS Labor Market Statistics LVER Local Veterans Employment Representative (located at a one-stop career center) MIS Management Information System MOA Memorandum of Agreement MOU Memorandum of Understanding MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area NAB National Alliance of Business NACO National Association of Counties NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement (includes provisions for the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program) NAWB National Association of Workforce Boards NAWDP National Association of Workforce Development Professionals NGA National Governors Association O*NET Occupational Information System (will replace DOT coding system) OJT On-the-Job Training One-Stop Florida OPPAGA Office of Program Planning & Governmental Accounting OSMIS One-Stop Management Information System PIC Private Industry Council PY Program Year (July 1 QRT Quick Response Training REACT Reemployment & Emergency Assistance Coordination Team (for responding to dislocated worker occurrences) RFP Request for Proposal RWB Regional Workforce Board RWDB Regional Workforce Development Board SDA Service Delivery Area SIC Standard Industry Classification SOC Standard Occupational Classification SSN Social Security Number TAA Trade Adjustment Assistance (federal program providing retraining and reemployment services for individuals who become unemployed as a result of foreign competition) TABE Test of Adult Basic Education TANF Temporary Assistance to Needy Families TRA Trade Readjustment Allowance (federal program providing income support for qualified individuals who become unemployed as a result of foreign competition) UC Unemployment Compensation UCC Unemployment Compensation Claimant UI Unemployment Insurance USDOL U.S. Department of Labor VETS Veterans VOC-ED Vocational Education VOS Virtual One-Stop VR Vocational Rehabilitation WDB Workforce Development Board WFD Workforce Development WIA Workforce Investment Act WOTC Work Opportunity Tax Credit WTP Welfare Transition Program WTW Welfare to Work

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