1. A. An Applicant of the WIOA Title I-B Adult Program, Dislocated Worker Program, or Youth Program shall apply in person at a One-Stop Center in Arizona or via the State’s Labor Exchange System, which can be accessed via the Department’s website.

2. B. Services or assistance under the Adult Program shall be provided in the following order:

   1. 1. A Covered Person included in a Priority Population;
   2. 2. A non-Covered Person included in a Priority Population;
   3. 3. A Covered Person not included in a Priority Population;
   4. 4. A non-Covered Person included in a Priority Population established by the Governor and identified in the WIOA State Plan or an LWDB and identified in the Local Plan; and
   5. 5. A non-Covered Person who is not included in a Priority Population.
3. C. An LWDB shall select Applicants to participate in the WIOA Title I-B Adult Program, Dislocated Worker Program, or Youth Program objectively and equitably while conforming to the intent and requirements of WIOA Title I-B and consistent with the LWDA’s Local Plan.
4. D. Five percent of Participants enrolled in a LWDA’s Youth Program who would ordinarily be required to be Low-Income Individuals for eligibility but do not meet WIOA Title I-B Youth Program’s requirement to be Low-Income Individuals, may be Participants if these Participants meet all other eligibility criteria in R6-11-103(C). An LWDA shall calculate the five percent of Participants who are not Low-Income Individuals, but who would ordinarily be required to meet such requirement, based on the newly enrolled Participants in the LWDA’s WIOA Title I-B Youth Program in a given Program Year.

Historical Note

Adopted as an emergency effective October 1, 1983, pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1003, valid for only 90 days (Supp. 83-5). Adopted as an emergency effective January 6, 1984, pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1003, valid for only 90 days (Supp. 84-1). Former Section R6-11-104 adopted as an emergency effective January 6, 1984, now adopted without change as a permanent rule effective April 5, 1984 (Supp. 84-2). Section repealed; new Section made by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 3962 (October 3, 2025), effective November 2, 2025 (Supp. 25-3).