4.17.2 Expenditure Requirement for Youth Work Experience
Effective date: March 1, 2023
Local WDBs must expend at least 20 percent of their annual WIOA Youth formula allocation on paid and unpaid work experiences for in-school youth (ISY) and out-of-school youth (OSY) during the two-year grant period.1 Local WDBs cannot count leveraged resources toward this expenditure requirement.2
Program expenditures that count towards the minimum 20 percent are as follows:
- wages and any fringe benefits paid to youth for participation in a work experience;
- staff costs (including wages and fringe benefits) for identifying and developing work experience opportunities;
- staff costs (including wages and fringe benefits) for managing and evaluating work experiences;
- work experience orientation sessions for participants and/or employers;
- classroom training or other required academic education components for participants that are directly related to the work experience;
- activities to help youth prepare for a work experience;
- incentive payments directly tied to the completion of work experience;3 and
- supportive services that enable youth to participate in training.4
Local WDB administrative expenses are not included in the 20 percent work experience expenditure calculation; therefore, the work experience expenditure rate is calculated after subtracting funds spent on administrative costs.5