2. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
WIOA
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

3. What Is WIOA?
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) is the first major reform to federal job training programs in more than 15 years. It was signed into law in July 2014, and is designed to improve access to job training and educational opportunities for people who have traditionally faced barriers to employment.

4. WIA WIOA. What’s Different?
Core Partners…. 1 Client
Core Partners… Shared Performance
Core Partners… Shared Data
Core Partners… Shared Strategies
Core Partners… Shared One-Stop Center(s)

5. How is WIOA different?

6. WHO DOES WIOA GOVERN?
WIOA governs programs and services provided by WIOA core partners:
Department of Labor
Department of Education
Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
Department of Health and Human Services

7. IT’S RELATIONAL Core Partners Unified State Plan
State Workforce Development
Board
Local Workforce Development Boards
Core Partners
Local Providers

8. High Demand Occupations
IT’S RELEVANT
Industry Partnerships
Integrated Education and Training
Braided Services with Core Partners
Training
Apprenticeships
Contextualized Curricula
Blended Learning
Career Pathways
High Demand Occupations
Skill Gaps
Strategic Industries
Low Literacy

9. IT’S RATIONAL
“The mission here is very simple… we must expand opportunity to the people who need it most: the working men and women who represent the backbone of the world’s most dynamic and thriving economy. “ --- Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States

10. Workforce Investment Areas, GA

11. WIOA Title II: AEFLA ACTIVITIES
Adult Education and Literacy Programs,
Activities and Services Include:
a) Adult education,
b) Literacy,
c) Workplace adult education and literacy activities,
d) Family literacy activities,
e) English language acquisition activities,
f) Integrated English literacy and civics education,
g) Workforce preparation activities, or
h) Integrated education and training.

19. Corrections Education

20. What’s Next? Final Approval, Unified State Plan (Fall 2016)
Final Approval, Local Workforce Plans (Fall 2016)
State Workforce Board Planning and Policy Development (current)
Local Workforce Boards Strategic Collaborations (current)
Adult Education Grant Competition ( 2017)
One-Stop Center Collaboration (July 2017)

21. QUESTIONS????

22. Resources
Georgia Governor’s High Demand Career Initiative Report (Georgia Office of Economic Development Workforce Division)   
WIOA Implementation: Opportunities for Partnership (CLASP)
 Connecting English Language Learners with Career Pathways (LINCS)
 Employability Skills Framework
 Career Awareness
 College Transition
(Groups)
(Resources)
 Reentry Resource Center
 Ready To Work: Job-Driven Training and American Opportunity (Joe Biden, Vice President of the United States)