DOL Removes Affirmative Outreach Rules for WIOA Title I Funding Recipients
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This rule removes federal affirmative outreach requirements for organizations that receive WIOA Title I workforce development funding. These recipients will no longer have to make the specific “reasonable efforts” previously required to reach different demographic groups under 29 CFR Part 38. The change affects state and local workforce agencies, American Job Centers, training providers, and other WIOA-funded programs. Core nondiscrimination duties remain in place, so recipients still must provide equal access and avoid discrimination based on protected characteristics, but their compliance burden around proactive outreach is reduced.
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Key Changes
- Removes the affirmative outreach requirement for recipients of WIOA Title I financial assistance
- Makes conforming edits to Department of Labor civil rights regulations in 29 CFR Part 38
- Keeps underlying nondiscrimination and equal access obligations in place
Obligations
What this law requires
Recipients of WIOA Title I financial assistance must not discriminate in WIOA-funded programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, or belief.
Recipients of WIOA Title I financial assistance are no longer required to comply with the rescinded federal affirmative outreach requirements under 29 CFR Part 38 that previously required specific reasonable outreach efforts to different demographic groups.