{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-683.500","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 683.500","heading":"What is a Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Pay-for-Performance contract strategy?","body":"(a) A WIOA Pay-for-Performance contract strategy is a specific type of performance-based contract strategy that has four distinct characteristics:\n(1) It is a strategy to use WIOA Pay-for-Performance contracts as they are described in § 683.510;\n(2) It must include the identification of the workforce development problem and target populations for which a local area will pursue a WIOA Pay-for-Performance contract strategy; the outcomes the local area would hope to achieve through a Pay-for-Performance contract relative to baseline performance; and the acceptable cost to government associated with achieving these outcomes;\n(3) It must include a strategy for independently validating the performance outcomes achieved under each contract within the strategy prior to payment occurring; and\n(4) It must include a description of how the State or local area will reallocate funds to other activities under the contract strategy in the event a service provider does not achieve performance benchmarks under a WIOA Pay-for-Performance contract.\n(b) Prior to the implementation of a WIOA Pay-for-Performance contract strategy, a local area must conduct a feasibility study to determine whether the intervention is suitable for a WIOA Pay-for-Performance contract strategy.\n(c) The WIOA Pay-for-Performance contract strategy must be developed in accordance with guidance issued by the Secretary.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER V—EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","PART 683—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT","Subpart E—Pay-for-Performance Contract Strategies"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"c5cfc81859f810158f5a024a306503f0caa76e0daf64d6a7a07eba15195ef2bb","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-683.440","next":"us/20-cfr-683.510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}