Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
In 1998, Congress passed the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), replacing the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) as the largest single source of federal funding for workforce development activities. WIA was to create a universal access system of one-stop career centers, which would provide access to training and employment services for a range of workers, including low-income adults, low-income youth, and dislocated workers.
The Workforce Alliance continues to work with local stakeholders and federal policymakers to improve WIA, so that it might increase the number of US workers in skilled jobs within their communities.
TWA Platform and Overview
TWA's technical recommendations for reauthorization (November 2008)
TWA's transition recommendations to USDOL for immediate improvement of WIA, TAA (November 2008)
TWA's Testimony on WIA Reauthorization before the House Committee on Education and Labor's Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, & Competitiveness (June 2007)
TWA's Overview of WIA (Title I)
TWA's Overview of Adult Education and Family Literacy (Title II)
TWA's Overview of Wagner-Peyser (Title III)
TWA's Overview of Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants (Title IV)
Current Federal Law
Legislation Text: "Workforce Investment Act of 1998"
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