This session will look at ways communities, regions, and their partners are working to close the skills gap and meet workforce needs of today’s residents and tomorrow’s businesses through training, education, outreach, and strategic planning. Learn about replicable strategies that your region can embrace to support employers and employees with meeting their workforce goals. Lloyd Frasier, Executive Director, Northwest Georgia Regional Commission, Rome, GA

1. Workforce Innovation
and Opportunity Act
(W.I.O.A.)
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2. WIOA REGION 1
The WIOA Program initiative is to provide
education, training and employment
opportunities for individuals in
Northwest Georgia.
NWGRC WIOA is in a 15 county area

3. The goal of WIOA is to assist people
seeking employment, training and
education services

4. Potential participants will have access to
training that will help with obtaining
marketable skills that will enable the
individual to become a competitive
jobseeker.

5. Adults
(Under or Unemployed)
Dislocated Workers
(Business Closure or Layoff)
Veterans
Out of School Youth
(Between 16 and 24)

6. Our training programs have been designed to meet the needs of
discouraged workers, unemployed or underemployed individuals,
and dislocated workers who have lost their jobs through layoff or
business closures.
Our Career Counselors assess customers while they are in training as
well as pre and post training. They administer interest and career
assessments and provide career counseling, educational counseling,
job coaching and post-employment assistance for up to one year after
completing their program of study or ending training.

7. Training is available at schools and colleges
throughout Northwest Georgia and
surrounding regions.
or
On-the-job (OJT) training program in which
individuals can receive occupational training by area
businesses.
A complete list of our training sites, programs of study, and contact information is
available at
www.careerdepot.org

8. The Mobile Career Resource Center is a 13-station state of the art fully accessible computer
lab. The unit offers a full array of services. Internet connection is via satellite. Printer,
scanner, and copy services are available on the unit. A fully accessible ADA workstation is
available adjacent to the Wheelchair Lift

9. OJT is training for an occupation while on an employer’s payroll.
The employer may be in either the private or public sector. Trainees
are engaged in productive work and gain knowledge and skills
essential to performance of the job for which (s)he is being trained.
OJT trainees who successfully complete all training requirements
will remain on the employer’s payroll.
Local Department of Labor Career Centers have staff
who work with individuals and businesses to develop OJT
agreements.

10. The Out of School Youth program provides opportunities for youth 16 to 24
who have dropped out of school or for youth who need additional
education or work related assistance.
Young workers aged 18+ who meet the qualifications for being classified as
Dislocated Workers may also be eligible to participate in on-the-job training
which is also discussed above.
Youth 16 – 24 who have dropped out of high school can obtain their GEDs.
While in the GED program, they receive other specialized services that will
help them go on to further career training or to find employment.

11. The Out-of-School Youth programs are available
through
Endless Opportunities in Dalton 706-275-0545
Northwest Georgia Technical College in Rock
Spring 706-764-3597

12. Northwest Georgia Regional Commission
Rome Office:
1 Jackson Hill Drive
PO Box 1798
Rome, GA 30162-1798
Phone: 706-295-6485
Fax: 706-295-6665
Dalton Office:
503 West Waugh Street
Dalton, GA 30721
Phone: 706-272-2300
Fax: 706-272-2253

13. THANK YOU
QUESTIONS?
Workforce Innovation
and Opportunity Act
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