Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Program Analysis

The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 (PL 105-220) is primarily a federal program that provides job training to individuals that unemployed or underemployed. The act is a one-stop system that provides education services to assist adults by improving their literacy and secondary education. In addition, the act provides vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities and allocates state incentive grants. The program provides a combination of education and training services to help prepare individuals through programs designed to increase employment prospects, occupational skilled training, classroom training, or on-the-job-training. The act targets low-income populations, welfare recipients, and disadvantaged youth by using federal funding to …show more content…
Individuals participating in these services must be 18 years of age or older to take advantage of the Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) programs. The AEL program is designed assistance adults in achieving academic and employment success that helps improve an individual’s educational and skill competencies. In addition, the program supports parents so they can become full partners in their children’s educational development, and assists in the completion with job training or secondary education. Program results show the individual fosters effective connections to employers and teachers, has ongoing adult mentoring opportunities, is provided with different opportunities for training and continued services, participation in activities related to leadership, citizenship, community service, and is offered incentives for recognition. The adults have access to counseling, tutoring, study skills training, instruction on how to compete secondary education, including dropout prevention strategies, and follow-up services after completion of participation in the