History of Workforce Development
This landmark law, passed in 1933, created jobs for millions of Americans during the Great Depression.
What is the Wagner-Peyser Act?
These services include access to job listings, résumé help, and career counseling.
What are career services?
What does OWD stand for, the agency that oversees WIOA in Georgia?
What is the Office of Workforce Development?
This role is responsible for tracking participant outcomes, performance metrics, and program reports.
What is the Data Specialist or Data Analyst?
This U.S. agency distributes WIOA funding.
What is the U.S. Department of Labor?
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) was replaced in 2014 by this modern workforce law.
What is the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)?
WIOA provides funding for this type of training based on in-demand occupations.
What is occupational skills training?
TCSG provides oversight for technical colleges and adult education in Georgia. What does it stand for?
What is the Technical College System of Georgia?
This team manages program budgets, reconciles expenditures, and ensures funds are spent according to federal guidelines.
What is the Finance or Fiscal team?
Title I funding includes these three primary program areas.
What are Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth?
Housing assistance, childcare, substance use treatment, mental health treatment, transportation are services that are provided by...
What are (community) partners in the workforce system?
Supportive services under WIOA can help participants with these types of expenses.
What are transportation, childcare, and work-related costs?
What is the ETPL, used by job seekers to select approved training providers under WIOA?
What is the Eligible Training Provider List?
This staff member provides case management for job seekers 18+, supporting them with training, employment plans, and referrals.
What is an Adult Employment and Training Advisor?
What is the typical maximum amount allowed for an Individual Training Account (ITA) under WIOA?
What is up to $7,000, though the exact amount can vary by local board?
Along with workforce development THIS equals a skilled workforce and a strong economy.
What is economic development?
This service allows individuals to explore career pathways and develop individual plans.
What is individualized career counseling?
AD and DW are two primary WIOA adult funding streams. What do they stand for?
What are Adult (AD) and Dislocated Worker (DW)?
This staff member helps individuals aged 16–24 with goal setting, barrier removal, training, and career readiness.
What is a Youth Employment and Training Advisor?
What must a participant demonstrate in order to qualify for supportive services under WIOA funding?
What is a demonstrated need that creates a barrier to participation in training or employment activities?
This federal agency oversees workforce programs, labor laws, and employment statistics.
What is the U.S. Department of Labor?
WIOA emphasizes partnerships with employers to provide this kind of on-the-job learning opportunity.
What is work-based learning or apprenticeships?
RISE is a youth-focused program. What does RISE stand for in our WIOA program?
What is Reaching Independence through Skills and Employment?
This team builds employer relationships, facilitates job placements, and aligns employer needs with workforce services.
What is the Business Services team?
These performance outcomes help determine continued WIOA funding.
What are employment, earnings, credential attainment, and measurable skill gains?