This page is the source for all professionals acting under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) who interact with the elements of planning, measuring, reporting performance, and redesigning business processes to integrate the workforce systems.
The core programs under WIOA are: (1) Adult, Dislocated Worker and Youth formula programs administered by DOL; (2) the Adult Education and Literacy programs administered by the Department of Education (ED); (3) Wagner-Peyser Employment Service program administered by DOL; and (4) and the programs under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act that provide services to individuals with disabilities administered by the ED. Other programs administered by DOL that are authorized under Title I of WIOA include: Job Corps, YouthBuild, Indian and Native American programs, Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker programs, and evaluation and multistate projects.*
The intention of WIOA is to make a number of improvements to the public workforce system and its delivery of services to jobseekers, workers, and employers. The key features of WIOA are to ensure 1) coordinated and complementary services through a Unified State Plan requirement; 2) evidence-based, data-driven programs through a common performance accountability system; 3) local, coordinated service delivery through collaborative practices; 4) development of integrated intake, case management and reporting systems; 5) refocused efforts on youth; and 6) business services to employers through the promotion of work-based training.*
Below, interested Summit Group members will note the website address with a brief description about what the site has to offer. The Navigators will make ever attempt to update this resource page in a timely and relevant manner. Together, we will excel in the collaborative spirit under WIOA.
1. https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection
The Federal Register is the place to visit for the published Notice of Proposed Rulesmaking.
The Department of Labor and the Employment and Training Administration offer The WIOA Collection site. DOLETA provides information and resources for States, local areas, non-profits and other grantees, and other stakeholders to assist with implementation of the Act.
http://www.doleta.gov/wioa/pdf/WIOA-Overview.pdf
WIOA Overview
http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL/TEGL_19-14.pdf
WIOA Vision
https://www.workforce3one.org/page/home
Workforce3 One is an e-learning, knowledge sharing web space that offers workforce professionals, employers, economic development, and education professionals a dynamic network featuring innovative workforce solutions. Online learning events, resource information, and tools help organizations learn how to develop strategies that enable individuals and businesses to be successful in the 21st century economy.
http://wioa.mahernet.com/page/planner/
The WIOA Quick Start Action Planner (QSAP) is an interactive, self-paced assessment tool designed to help leaders at all levels of the public workforce system plan for this transformation and prepare for implementation of WIOA. The QSAP will help you identify areas of strength and focused areas for improvement in your workforce system and connect you to targeted resources that can help you to prepare and plan effectively.
http://www.doleta.gov/performance/WRIS.cfm
The Wage Record Interchange System (WRIS) webpage is where states will have to access these data to complete all the indicators they will are required to provide. ETA would like to remind states participating in WRIS that the system has been developed to facilitate the interstate exchange of wage data between participating states for the purpose of assessing and reporting on state and local performance for programs authorized under WIA, under other statutory provisions authorizing programs identified as American Job Center partners in WIA, and for other purposes allowed under law.
http://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/WIOA.htm
Through the Office of Disability Employment Policy, this website is for the Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities (the committee). Please visit this page often, as it will be updated frequently with news about meeting, reports, and resources. The committee is mandated by section 609 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended by section 461 of WIOA.
http://www.leadcenter.org/news/newsletters/lead-march-2015#3
The LEAD Center is a collaborative of disability, workforce and economic empowerment organizations dedicated to a single mission: advancing sustainable individual and systems level change to improve competitive, integrated employment and economic self-sufficiency for all people across the spectrum of disability.
3. http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/rsa/wioa-reauthorization.html
The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) understands the many challenges still facing individuals with disabilities and their families. Therefore, OSERS is committed to improving results and outcomes for people with disabilities of all ages. OSERS supports programs that serve millions of children, youth and adults with disabilities.
4. http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/AdultEd/wioa-reauthorization.html
The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) administers, coordinates programs that are related to adult education and literacy, career and technical education, and community colleges. The Division of Adult Education and Literacy is responsible for enabling adults to acquire the basic skills necessary to function in today’s society so that they can benefit from the completion of secondary school, enhanced family life, attaining citizenship and participating in job training and retraining programs. The Division of Academic and Technical Education is responsible for helping all students acquire challenging academic and technical skills and be prepared for high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations in the 21st century global economy. OCTAE provides national leadership to strengthen the role of community colleges in expanding access to postsecondary education for youth and adults and advancing workforce development.
* WIOA Frequently Asked Questions (2014). Retrieved from: http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEN/WIOA_FAQs_Acc.pdf