Congressional Digest

Congressional Digest March 2014 No. 3 Vol. 93
Analysis of Federal Employment and Training Programs

Job Training

Updating the Workforce Investment Act

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Analysis of Federal Employment and Training Programs

GAO Report on Workforce Investment Act Effectiveness

In 1998, Congress passed the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) — partly in response to concerns about inefficiencies in Federal employment and training programs. WIA repealed the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), effective July 1, 2000, and replaced JTPA programs for economically disadvantaged adults and youths and dislocated workers with three new programs — WIA Adult, WIA Dislocated Worker, and WIA Youth. In an effort that coordinated  service  delivery  for  employment  and  training programs, WIA established One-Stop centers in all States and mandated that numerous programs provide their services through the centers. Unlike the JTPA adult program, WIA imposes no income…

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