Specifications include, but are not limited to: The WorkLink Workforce Development Board (hereafter “WorkLink WDB”), serving Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens Counties will issue one Request for Proposal (RFP). The Request for Proposal is to competitively procure for our Local Workforce Development Area innovative Out-of-School (age 17-24) Youth Employment and Training Services with the option to serve a limited/specific group of In-School Youth (age 18-21). The youth program will focus on youth that are most in need and operate youth services under the provision and in accordance with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) regulations and the State of South Carolina (hereafter “the State”) mandates on behalf of the Local Workforce Development Area (hereafter “LWDA”). The South Carolina Appalachian Council of Governments (ACOG), through South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW), is the designated entity that will be administering the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds on behalf of the WorkLink WDB through a contractual/grant agreement with the selected proposer or offeror. The WorkLink WDB intends to be as inclusive as possible in this solicitation. The aim is to receive a wide variety of innovative proposals that best meet the needs of the community at large.