Workforce Investment
Act
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998
(WIA) is designed to provide an efficient, effective and convenient
system for job seekers to find jobs, employers to locate new workers,
and for both to have access to information to assist them in developing
career and business plans.
Some key principles behind this
legislation that went into effect in Iowa on July 1, 2000 include:
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Streamlining services through a
one-stop local delivery system. Customers can go one place to get
answers to their questions.
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Empowering customers to obtain
services needed to enhance their employment opportunities.
-
Improving youth programs through
academic and occupational learning.
Some of the core WIA services include
help in résumé development, job-hunting skills, filing unemployment
insurance claims, and finding out how to get information about
employment and training programs’ cost and performance.
Intensive
WIA services are available for persons who remain unemployed or
underemployed after using some or all of the core services listed above.
Examples of such services include individual career counseling,
job-seeking skills classes, skills assessment, and job development
assistance.
Persons who do not become self-sufficient after using intensive
services may qualify for training funds and services through the
Workforce Development Center system partners.
These partners are required to provide access to training programs for
adults, youth and dislocated workers; services and information, such as
employment programs, unemployment claims, and services to veterans,
long-term welfare recipients, older workers, the disabled, and persons
in need of adult education and literacy programs.
Youth Advisory Council
designated to provide expertise and recommendations regarding youth
employment and training policies.
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998
(WIA) is designed to provide an efficient, effective and convenient
system for job seekers to find jobs, employers to locate new workers,
and for both to have access to information to assist them in developing
career and business plans.
Some key principles behind this
legislation that went into effect in Iowa on July 1, 2000 include:
-
Streamlining services through a
one-stop local delivery system. Customers can go one place to get
answers to their questions.
-
Empowering customers to obtain
services needed to enhance their employment opportunities.
-
Improving youth programs through
academic and occupational learning.
Some of the core WIA services include
help in résumé development, job-hunting skills, filing unemployment
insurance claims, and finding out how to get information about
employment and training programs’ cost and performance.
Intensive
WIA services are available for persons who remain unemployed or
underemployed after using some or all of the core services listed above.
Examples of such services include individual career counseling,
job-seeking skills classes, skills assessment, and job development
assistance.
Persons who do not become self-sufficient after using intensive
services may qualify for training funds and services through the
Workforce Development Center system partners.
These partners are required to provide access to training programs for
adults, youth and dislocated workers; services and information, such as
employment programs, unemployment claims, and services to veterans,
long-term welfare recipients, older workers, the disabled, and persons
in need of adult education and literacy programs.
Click Here for a list of WIA approved
training providers.
Under WIA, each Workforce Investment Region
must have a
Youth Advisory Council
designated to provide expertise and recommendations regarding youth
employment and training policies.
