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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
The federal formula funding behind the public workforce system, flowing from Labor to states to local boards and American Job Centers. VerisGov maps the structure and keeps allotments and rules current.
At a glance
- Program
- Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Title I formula grants
- Administering agency
- U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration
- Statutory authority
- Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, which replaced the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
- Funding mechanism
- Formula grants. Labor allots to states, which distribute to local workforce development boards. Funding levels are set by annual appropriations
- Money flow
- DOL to the state workforce agency to a local board to participants and providers
- Title I streams
- Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth
- Who has a stake
- State workforce agencies, local workforce development boards, training providers, employers, and job seekers
What it is
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) is the main federal law behind the public workforce system. It was enacted in 2014, replacing the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. Its Title I formula grants are administered by the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration.
Title I funds three formula streams: Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth. Labor allots funds to state workforce agencies by formula, and states distribute them to local workforce development boards, which deliver services through American Job Centers.
Funding levels are set by annual appropriations, and each state and local board sets its own plans and priorities, so the operative details vary by jurisdiction and year.
Key facts
- Program Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Title I formula grants
- Administering agency U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration
- Statutory authority Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, which replaced the Workforce Investment Act of 1998
- Funding mechanism Formula grants. Labor allots to states, which distribute to local workforce development boards. Funding levels are set by annual appropriations
- Money flow DOL to the state workforce agency to a local board to participants and providers
- Title I streams Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth
- Who has a stake State workforce agencies, local workforce development boards, training providers, employers, and job seekers
What it funds
- Career services, basic and individualized
- Occupational skills and classroom training
- On-the-job and work-based training
- Youth education, employment, and support services
- Supportive services tied to participation
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- Annual appropriations and state-by-state allotments
- State and local workforce plans and priorities
- Eligible training provider lists
- Performance measures and reporting
- Any reauthorization that changes the law
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- U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration
- State workforce agencies and local workforce development boards
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Frequently asked questions
What is WIOA?
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act is the main federal law behind the public workforce system. Its Title I formula grants fund adult, dislocated-worker, and youth employment and training, administered by the Department of Labor.
How does WIOA funding flow?
Labor allots Title I funds to state workforce agencies by formula. States distribute to local workforce development boards, which deliver services through American Job Centers.
What does WIOA Title I fund?
Career services, occupational and on-the-job training, youth services, and supportive services, across its three streams: Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth.
How does VerisGov help with WIOA?
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