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Publication Date: June 2008
Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy
Author(s): Allegra Baider
Research Area: Labor; Social conditions
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) authorizes the nation’s federally funded workforce development system, which provides critical employment and training services to individuals and employers. However, since the enactment of WIA, the share of low-income adults receiving intensive and training services has steadily declined.
This paper provides an analysis of the structural issues within the law that are contributing to these declines and offers recommendations on how Congress can reverse these trends by reinvesting in workforce development and transforming WIA through reauthorization.