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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) is a United States public law that replaced the previous Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) as the primary federal workforce development legislation to bring about increased coordination among federal workforce development and related programs.

Long title

To reform and strengthen the workforce investment system of the Nation to put Americans back to work and make the United States more competitive in the 21st century.

the 113th United States Congress

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)

Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 113–128 (text) (PDF)

Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Wagner-Peyser Act, Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, Immigration and Nationality Act, and others.

$3.3 billion for fiscal year 2017[1]

Although the Employment Service (ES) is one of 19 required partners in the One-Stop delivery system, its central mission—to facilitate the match between individuals seeking work and employers seeking workers—makes it critical to the functioning of the workforce development system under WIOA.

provide "career services" and access to "training" services;

provide access to programs and activities carried out by One-Stop partners; and

provide access to all workforce and labor market information, job search, placement, recruitment, and labor exchange services.

Title I—Workforce Development Activities—authorizes job training and related services to unemployed or underemployed individuals and establishes the governance and performance accountability system for WIOA;

Title II—Adult Education and Literacy—authorizes education services to assist adults in improving their basic skills, completing secondary education, and transitioning to postsecondary education;

Title III—Amendments to the Wagner-Peyser Act—amends the Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933 to integrate the U.S. Employment Service (ES) into the One-Stop system authorized by WIOA;

Title IV—Amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973—authorizes employment-related vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities, to integrate vocational rehabilitation into the One-Stop system; and

Title V—General Provisions—specifies transition provisions from WIA to WIOA.

List of bills in the 113th United States Congress

Unemployment in the United States

Economy of the United States

of the United States Code from the LII

As codified in 29 U.S.C. chapter 32

of the United States Code from the US House of Representatives

As codified in 29 U.S.C. chapter 32

(PDF/details) as amended in the GPO Statute Compilations collection

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

on Congress.gov

H.R.803 - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

on GovTrack

H.R. 803 (113th): Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

from the Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 803, Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act

account on USAspending.gov

State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations

account on USAspending.gov

Training and Employment Service