Chelsey Windsor, Miranda Maifeld, Sam Brunner

1. CHELSEY WINDSOR, MIRANDA MAIFELD, SAM BRUNNER
WIA: Workforce Investment
Act of 1998

2. Purpose/Mission Statement
● Established in 1998
● Replaced JIPA and CETA
● Meant to give uneducated a chance to go back to
school for better job opportunities
● To create a universal access system of one-stop
career centers
● Provide access to training and employment services
for a range of workers, including low-income
adults/low-income youth and dislocated workers

3. Political Aspect
● President- Bill Clinton, during 2nd term
● Established under U.S Federal Law (August 7th,
1998)
● Back then- Democrats- opposed, republicans-
supported
● Now- more state vs. Federal (leads to federalism)

4. Fits the definition of cooperative Federalism
● Cooperative Federalism- concept of Federalism in
which nation, state, and local governments interact
cooperatively and collectively to solve common
problems
● States- regulate cost, verify to their personal needs
● Federal government- implied program first, oversee
the general aspects

5. News today
● September 25, 2013
● States want more control on WIA “set-aside” Funds
● Was once 15%, reduced to 5% (state workforce
development programs cuts)
● Caused states to directly compete with one another
for state funding
● State vs. Federal-who gets to fund which programs

6. Modified
● Through states themselves
● Better fit the people of their state
● All states participate

7. Agency Administers/Overseers
● U.S Department of Labor

8. Administered at state/local level
● Local level-job seekers, youth, employers,
community
● State-funds from Federal, changes from state to state

9. Money distributed to states to pay for
program
● ESEA title 1, WIA $$ flow to states; to local
governments that organize workforce investment
boards
● funds allocated based on unemployment and
poverty rates
● funding program year= July 1- June 30

10. Requirements the Federal Government impose on
states to receive funds
● Must have been laid off
● Live in a house where income is very low

11. Effects of fund denial
● Funds not passed-no money
● Possibly lead to economic decrease or stageriating
● State competition
● Decrease in state flexibility

12. Cost
● 2,663,486,962 (2011)-budget nationally
Process of funding:
● congress has to pass funds to health and human
services
● After funds have been passed, distribute the money
they believe fit to states based on population and
poverty level

13. Youth Services/Outcomes
70% for in-school youth(14-18)
● Basic skills remediation
● Support to obtain HS diploma or GED
● Work readiness/life skills
30% for out of school youth
● Support to attain “credential”=diploma or GED
● Work readiness/life skills
● Employment, apprenticeship or military
● Retension rate(6 months post-program)

14. Adult Services/Outcomes
● Unemployed, including dislocated workers
Services: assessment and carrier guidance
● Basic skills and GED
● Counseling
● Job-specific skills training: classroom, OJT
● Job placement and retention support

15. Pros/Cons
PROS
● Give more people chance to get educated
● More jobs available to more people
● Helps adults and youth
CONS
● Causes controversy between the states and Federal
Government about who gets to fund which program
● Sometimes is not funded enough

16. Question #1
What did WIA replace?
A.) JIPA
B.)CETA
C.)JIPA and CETA
D.)CMW

17. Answer #1
C.) JIPA and CETA

18. Question #2
Who was president during WIA’s establishment?
What term were they serving?
A.)Clinton, 2nd
B.)Nixon, 1st
C.)George Bush,2nd
D.)Obama, 2nd

19. Answer #2
A.) Clinton, 2nd

20. Question #3
In the news today, a recent article states state
workforce development program budgets went from
15% to _%?
A.)7
B.)2
C.)10
D.)5

21. Answer #3
D.)5

22. Question #4
Who funds WIA?
A.)States themselves
B.)Federal Government
C.)Department of Labor
D.)Districts

23. Answer #4
B.)Federal
Government

24. Question #5
Everything is an effect of fund denial except?
A.)Possibly lead to economic decrease or stageriating
B.)State competition
C.)Decrease in state flexibility
D.) Government shuts down

25. Answer #5
D.) Government
shuts down

26. Sources
●http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/discrimination/ethnicdisc.htm
●http://www.humanresourcesjournal.com/2013/09/states-want-more-
control-on-wia-set-aside-funds/
●http://www.edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_Training/Workforce_Investment_A
ct.htm
●http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workforce_Investment_Act
●http://www.twc.state.tx.us/boards/wia/txwia.html
●http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwdwia/
●http://www.scworks.org/wia.asp
●http://www.doleta.gov/programs/general_info.cfm
●http://www.commerce.state.il.us/dceo/bureaus/workforce_developme
nt/resources/grantopportunities.htm
●http://www.nccommerce.com/workforce/workforce-
professionals/workforce-investment-act