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PART Q & A Evidence

PART Section I Program Purpose and Design

1.1    Is the program purpose clear?

    Evidence

    • WIA Section 188 Regulations

    • GAO Reports
      GAO-05-54 WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT Labor Has Taken Several Actions to Facilitate Access to One-Stops for Persons with Disabilities, but These Efforts May Not Be Sufficient.

      GAO/HEHS SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE Multiple Factors Affect Beneficiaries’ Ability to Return to Work.

      GAO/HEHS-96-126 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Federal Programs Could Work Together More Efficiently to Promote Employment.

WIG Solicitations for Grant Application


    DPN Cooperative Agreements

    DPN Cooperative Agreement 2003word symbol
    DPN Cooperative Agreement for Year 2 Fundingword symbol
    DPN Cooperative Agreement for New Statesword symbol

1.2    Does the program address a specific and existing problem, interest or need?

    Evidence

    GAO Reports

    • GAO/HEHS SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY INSURANCE Multiple Factors Affect Beneficiaries’ Ability to Return to Work

    • GAO/HEHS-96-126 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Federal Programs Could Work Together More Efficiently to Promote Employment

    • GAO-03-884T WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT Exemplary One-Stops Devised Strategies to Strengthen Services, but Challenges Remain for Reauthorization

    • GAO-03-725 WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT One-Stop Centers Implemented Strategies to Strengthen Services and Partnerships, but More Research and Information Sharing is Needed

    • GAO-04-657 WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT States and Local Areas Have Developed Strategies to Assess Performance, but Labor Could Do More to Help

    • GAO-02-275 WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT Improvements Needed in Performance Measures to Provide a More Accurate Picture of WIA’s Effectiveness

    National Academy of Social Insurance Balancing Security and Opportunity

    VR Act Findings

    WIG Solicitations for Grant Application


1.3    Is the program designed so that it is not redundant or duplicative of any other Federal, state,           local or private effort?

    WIG Solicitations for Grant Application


1.4    Is the program design free of major flaws that would limit the program's effectiveness or           efficiency?

    WIG/DPN Comparative Funding Chart

    WIG Process Evaluation Reports for Round 1



    WIG Process Evaluation Reports for Round 2



    WIG Process Evaluation Reports for Round 3



    Selected WIG Quarterly Reports


1.5    Is the program design effectively targeted so that resources will address the program's           purpose directly and will reach intended beneficiaries?

    Evidence

    DPN Modification Instruction to 14 Statesword symbol

    WIG Solicitations for Grant Application



    DPN Cooperative Agreements

    WIG Process Evaluation Instrument



    Disability Program Navigator Initiative Fact Sheet


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