Ten years of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA): Interpreting the research on WIA and related programs

Earnings Progression and the Workforce Investment Act: Evidence from Washington State

“…For people who have obtained employment, limited follow‐up services are available for 12 months and may include additional career counseling, contact with employers, and peer support groups. Evidence suggests a relatively large degree of local flexibility and variation in the duration of each type of service and the percentage of job seekers receiving each type of service (Decker and Berk ).…”

“…Employment staff members in the WorkSource offices or third‐party organizations, such as community colleges, can also refer job seekers to WIA services. These referral types are only a few examples (Decker and Berk ).…”

Veterans in Workforce Development: Participation and Labor Market Outcomes

“…General programs include the Adult and Dislocated Worker provisions of the Workforce Investment Act, which provide indepth job training and matching services to highly disadvantaged workers, and a less-intensive matching program interchangeably called Wagner-Peyser, Labor Exchange, and Employment Service. See Decker andBerk (2011) andChrisinger (2013) Although such incentive programs are separate, they are an important component of veterans' 3 employment. Just a few examples of these programs include tax incentives to encourage employers to hire veterans and veteran preference provisions for hiring at many organizations.…”

Leveraging the Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) to Help Finance College & University Career Centers

“…The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act was reformed and became the Job Training Partnership Act of 1983 under the Reagan Administration, and focused on helping economically disadvantaged populations find employment or "better" jobs (Anderson & Burkhauser, 1991). Then in 1998, the Job Training Partnership Act evolved again to become the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) under the Clinton Administration (Decker, 2011). WIA focused on streamlining services, empowering individuals, providing universal access to services, increasing accountability, engaging the private sector, ensuring state and local flexibility, and fundamentally changing the services provided to youth (Decker, 2011).…”

“…Then in 1998, the Job Training Partnership Act evolved again to become the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) under the Clinton Administration (Decker, 2011). WIA focused on streamlining services, empowering individuals, providing universal access to services, increasing accountability, engaging the private sector, ensuring state and local flexibility, and fundamentally changing the services provided to youth (Decker, 2011). Then, in 2014, the Obama Administration replaced WIA with America's current workforce development system called the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (Guttman, 1983).…”