1. (a) If Workforce Investment Act (WIA) program funding under 29 U.S.C. 2801 - 2945 becomes 65 percent obligated, and other one-stop partner agency funding is unavailable, the director will implement the following priority of service when providing WIA program participants with intensive and training services:

   1. (1) the division shall establish and maintain a mechanism to provide for priority funding to the following target groups in the following order:

      1. (A) low-income veterans and military spouses;
      2. (B) low-income individuals with disabilities;
      3. (C) public assistance recipients;
      4. (D) other low-income individuals;
      5. (E) individuals who are not self-sufficient;

   2. (2) the level of significance of the individual's disability is identified as one of the following three priority categories:

      1. (A) individuals with the most significant disabilities;
      2. (B) individuals with significant disabilities;
      3. (C) individuals with disabilities.

2. (b) In this section,

   1. (1) "individuals with disabilities" means individuals who

      1. (A) have a physical, mental, or sensory impairment;
      2. (B) have a substantial impediment to employment as a result of the impairment; and
      3. (C) need vocational rehabilitation services to prepare for, secure, retain, or regain employment consistent with the individual's strengths, resources, priorities, concerns, abilities, capabilities, interests, and informed choice;

   2. (2) "individuals with significant disabilities" means individuals who

      1. (A) receive Social Security disability income or supplemental security income, or have a severe physical, mental, or sensory impairment that seriously limits one or more functional capacities, such as mobility, work skills, self-care, interpersonal skills, communication, self-direction, or work tolerance in terms of an employment outcome; and
      2. (B) needs multiple vocational rehabilitation services over an extended period of time;
   3. (3) "individuals with the most significant disabilities" means individuals with significant disabilities who have severe physical, mental, or sensory impairment that seriously limits three or more functional capacities.

(Eff. 4/24/2010, Register 194)

Authority: AS 23.20.045, AS 23.20.100