In her mind, where Autumn does her thinking...
Double Jeopardy!! 200 pts
This weighs about 3 pounds.
What is the human brain?
WIOA was signed into law in this year:
2013
2014
2015
What is 2014?
WIOA superseded the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and amended the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, the Wagner-Peyser Act, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. WIOA is designed to help job seekers access employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in the labor market and to match employers with the skilled workers they need to compete in the global economy.
True or False:
Job shadows may be a paid WEX activity.
What is false?
From WFC WEX Policy: "Job shadows are an unpaid WEX activity where a young adult can learn about a job by walking through a workday as a shadow to a competent worker. Job shadows are designed to increase career awareness, help model workplace behavior through examples and reinforce the link between academic classroom learning and occupational work requirements."
Double Jeopardy 200 pts
Unlike in-school youth (ISY) out-of-school youth (OSY) do not need to meet specific WIOA Title I income requirements unless they are enrolled in one of these two OSY eligibility categories.
What is:
True or false:
The brain is the fattiest organ in the body.
What is true?
The brain is the fatiest organ in the body. It contains 60% fat out of its total weight of 3 pounds.
WorkForce Central, DBA the “Tacoma-Pierce County Employment and Training Consortium” was established in this year:
1978
1982
1985
What is 1982?
In 1982, under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), the governments of Pierce County and the City of Tacoma agreed that a local consortium should be established to promote effective coordination of workforce programs and resources under its jurisdiction and provide regional employment and training services that include the development and creation of employment opportunities, training, education and other services to enable eligible individuals to secure and retain employment. The “Consortium” was later named “WorkForce Central” in 2010.
WorkForce Central has provided services for JTPA (Job Training Partnership Act of 1982), WIA (WorkForce Investment Act-1998), and WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014).
Double Jeopardy!! Up to 400 pts for correct answers to both questions, or 200 pts for one correct answer:
1. This youth WEX activity requires the recording of two services with the same start date in ETO. (200 points), and
2. These are the two services that must be recorded in ETO. (200 points)
1. What is pre-apprenticeship? (200 pts)
2. What are Occupational Skills Training (Youth Only) and WEX Pre-apprenticeship Program (Youth Only)? (200 pts)
A youth who completed their junior year in high school wants to enroll into the YA program during the summer months while school is out. One of these two circumstances would need to be met for this youth to be considered OSY at program enrollment.
What is:
a. The youth is not planning on returning to HS (dropped out) and is not currently enrolled in any other educational or training program, or
b. They're currently enrolled in an Open Doors program like Willie Stewart.
Double Jeopardy!! 600 - 1200 pts!!!!
600 pts if you answer one question correctly.
1200 pts if you answer both questions correctly.
1. The human brain grows blank times its size in the first year of life. (600 pts)
2. It is estimated that information in the brain moves at blank miles per hour. (600 pts)
1. What is 3 times its size?
The human brain grows 3 times its size in the first year of life and continues to grow until about 18 years of age.
2. What is 260 mph?
It is estimated that information in the brain moves at 260 miles per hour.
“Career TEAM, LLC” started in this year:
1988
1992
1996
Q: What is 1996?
Founded by Chris Kuselias and his wife Susan Peterson in 1996 when congress and the Clinton Administration unveiled the Welfare Reform Act. “Their unique value proposition was simple: launch a personal development program where 80% focused on the psychology of success (mindset, confidence, critical reflection, assessment) while 20% was based on the mechanics of success (resume, online profile, interviewing, etc.). Pooling their respective talents in fundraising, education and career coaching, the duo began modestly with a pilot program to serve 12 welfare clients; funded by the Connecticut Department of Social Services. It was an instant success in which Susan recruited and determined eligibility, Chris created the curriculum and taught the class and both placed attendees in the evening; often driving them to interviews in their cars. Expansion came swiftly as Career TEAM was rewarded in Connecticut with government funded contracts in Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford, New London and Waterbury. Over the next three years, staff grew to 100+ as the number of candidates served expanded."
Double Jeopardy!! 600 pts
A credential may be earned in this youth WEX activity.
What is pre-apprenticeship?
Supportive services are authorized for WIOA Title I-enrolled individual expenses only. However, WFC allows the payment of supportive services that include other individuals such as roommates or family members only under one of these limited circumstances.
What is:
-Paying the participant’s portion of an expense is challenging or burdensome
-If doing so prevents eviction or utilities from being shut off
-Or creates other barriers for the participant to participate in the program
From WFC Supportive Service Policy: “Supportive services should not fund expenses for family members or others who may be sharing the same resource. Service providers should first attempt to pay only the individual’s portion of the supportive service expense but does have WorkForce Central’s authorization to pay the entire expense if doing so is necessary for the WIOA Title I-enrolled individual to successfully complete their training and employment goals, and justification for doing so is documented in case notes.”
True or false:
Multi-tasking is good for performance.
What is false?
Multi-tasking is bad for performance. Multi-tasking makes your brain toggle back and forth between several tasks. This causes drop in attention span, performance, learning and short-term memory.
Palmer Scholars was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in this year:
1988
1996
1998
In the fall of 1983 Merle Palmer and Reverend Davis inaugurated the Eastside Community Church Minority Scholarship Fund with six students and limited funding. Located in Salishan, the largest public housing project west of the Mississippi built during World War II, the church had a congregation of, largely, low income families of color, and it had a strong youth fellowship program.
The program attracted students with viable high school grades, an elevated sense of morals, and dreams of improving their financial destiny in life. Few students, however, had the financial means to accomplish their goals. Merle Palmer and Reverend Davis decided to find a way to financially support these qualified and deserving students.
Funding gradually increased when the program incorporated in 1996 as the R. Merle Palmer Minority Scholarship Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. It had a 15-member board and served about 35 students.
To date, Palmer Scholars impacted over 600 students with an all-time graduation rate of 85%!
True or false:
WEX interns are entitled to paid sick leave under the WA State Paid Sick Leave Law.
What is true?
From WFC WEX Policy: "Paid sick leave is accrued at a minimum 1 hour for every 40 hours worked. The WEX Sponsor (i.e., CT and Palmers) is responsible for paying sick leave."
Double Jeopardy!! 800 pts
Follow-up services must be provided to young adults for a minimum 12 months unless one of these two circumstances are true and documented in case notes in ETO.
What is:
From WFC Follow-up policy: “Young adults may decline to receive follow-up services and in some situations the young adult cannot be located or contacted after program completion. If the young adult declines to receive follow-up services, the date and reason they declined follow-up services must be documented in case notes recorded in ETO. If a young adult cannot be located or contacted after program completion, the dates and outcome of attempts to contact the young adult must be documented in case notes recorded in ETO. The service provider may discontinue attempting to contact individuals who have not responded after the first quarter following program completion. The decision to discontinue attempting to contact young adults post-program completion must also be documented in case notes recorded in ETO.”
The human brain can produce enough electricity to do this.
What is light a small electric bulb?
The brain consumes glucose from the body to produce enough energy to light a small bulb.
Double Jeopardy-Plus!!!
1000 pts for answering both questions correctly, or only 500 pts if only one is answered correctly:
1. This is the year Career Team became a core WIOA youth provider for WFC.
2. This is the year Palmer Scholars became a core WIOA youth provider for WFC.
Double Jeopardy!!! 1000 pts
WEX sponsors (i.e., case managers) must ensure they perform this activity during a WEX placement to ensure WEX interns are progressing towards their learning objectives.
What is monitoring and oversight of the WEX activity?
From WFC WEX policy: "Monitoring and oversight can be done via onsite visits (recommended) or phone and email communications. Outcomes of the monitoring and oversight must be documented in case notes and recorded in the WEX service touchpoint in ETO."
In-school youth (ISY) may be enrolled in the "Needs Additional Assistance" eligibility category only with WFC approval and if the number of enrollments in this category don't exceed this percentage limit for the program year.
a. 10%
b. 5%
c. 15%
What is b. 5%?
DOL limits the number of ISY enrolled in the “needs additional assistance” category to no more than 5% of a local area’s total ISY enrollments. This limitation does not apply to OSY.
See WFC’s Eligibility Policy Handbook.