8.4.1  Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

Education and training opportunities may also be available through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Under WIOA, a number of agencies and programs are required to work together to provide employment training and education services throughout the state. These required partners (in addition to W-2/TANF) are:

1.             Programs authorized under WIOA, including workforce development activities for Adults, Youth, and Dislocated Workers;

2.             Programs authorized under WIOA, subchapter II, Adult Education and Family Literacy;

3.             Programs authorized by the Wagner-Peyser Act (provided by the Job Center of Wisconsin);

4.             Programs authorized under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (provided by the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, DWD);

5.             Activities authorized under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965, Older American Community Service Employment Programs;

6.             Career and technical education programs at the postsecondary level authorized under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006;

7.             Activities authorized under the Trade Act of 1974, Trade Adjustment Assistance (and NAFTA-TAA);

8.             Activities authorized under 38 U.S.C. Ch. 41: Job Counseling, Training, and Placement Service for Veterans (provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs);

9.             Employment and training activities carried out under the Community Services Block Grant Act (provided by Community Action Agencies, administered by DCF);

10.         Employment and training activities carried out by the Department of Housing and Urban Development;

11.         Programs authorized under state unemployment compensation laws (Unemployment Insurance, administered by DWD); and

12.         Programs authorized under 42 U.S.C. s. 17532 (administered by the Department of Corrections).

 

 

History: Release 17-01.