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The
Workforce Investment Act
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The Workforce
Investment Act (WIA) provides increased flexibility for state
and local officials to establish broad-based labor market
systems using federal job training funds for adults, dislocated
workers and youth. With this increased flexibility comes challenges
and opportunities for organized labor. While the act did not
"block grant" all training programs (as some state
advocates had hoped), the law mandates coordination among
a range of federal job training programs, including the Employment
Service, adult education and literacy programs, welfare-to-work,
vocational education and vocational rehabilitation. WIA’s
goal is to provide workforce development services to employers
and workers through a universally accessible, information-driven,
one-stop career center system.
WIB
Labor Rep Survey
The Working for America Institute sponsored a series
of regional training conferences in 2002 for labor
representatives who serve on state and local Workforce
Investment Boards (WIBs). WIB labor representatives
who responded indicated an interest in developing
greater expertise on a variety of issues related to
the Workforce Investment Act. For more information
on the survey of labor representatives conducted as
part of the training, see: WIB
Labor Representative Survey Report. For information
on the and tools on the high road agenda for public
workforce development, go to: Strategies
and Tools for the High Road |
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