WIOA Resource Center
The WIOA Center provides state workforce agencies and partners a place to share challenges, solutions, and information for effective implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Please help your peers by sharing <mailto:ychocolaad@naswa.org> your best practices and other WIOA transition and implementation resources. The WIOA Center is searchable by WIOA subject area, and also includes information on WIOA partner programs.
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Branding of Job Centers
- Branding and Style Guide for America's Job Center of California
- Branding Workforce Systems: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Florida Shares Resources for Statewide Branding Initiatives
- MN Customer Survey on Branding
- MN March 2015 Focus Groups on Branding
Career Pathways
- Integrated Education and Traning: Building Career Pathways at Every Skill Level
- Colorado Career Pathways
- New York City Career Pathways
- Career Pathway and Cluster Skill Development: Promising Models from the US
- Updated USDOL Career Pathways Toolkit 2015
- Career Pathways: Using the State ETPL to Support Quality and Coordination
- Career Pathways Catalog of Toolkits Prepared by DofEd, Labor and HHS
- Career Pathways: Approaches for the Delivery of Education, Training, Employment and Human Services
- Using Career Pathway Evaluators by National Skills Coalition
- Career Pathways Community of Practice
- DofEd's Moving Pathways Forward and Career Pathways Exchange
- Indiana Workgroup to Integrate Sector and Career Pathways Strategies
- Virginia Career Pathways Workgroup
- Rhode Island Career Pathways Advisory Committee
- Funding Career Pathways: A Federal Funding Toolkit for State, Local and Regional Partnerships
- Redesigning ABE with Integrated Curriculum and Career Pathways
Data and Data Systems
- WIOA Workforce Technology Data Systems Report
- Mastering the Blueprint 2015: State Progress on Workforce Data
- Workforce Data Quality Campaign State Pages
- Workforce Data Quality Campaign (WDQC) Website
- Workforce Data Quality Campaign: Employer Engagement in Workforce Data
- Employing WRIS2: Sharing Wage Records Across States to Track Program Outcomes
- IN Presentation on UI Wage record Data-October 2014
- USDOL Datasets, by Division
- Data Quality Campaign: Data for Action 2014
- Data Quality Campaign: Interactive and Comparative Site for State Progress 2014
Demand Driven Workforce System
- Checklist of Job Driven Training
- What Works in Job Training?
- USDOL Guidance: Implementing a Job Driven Workforce System
- Chamber of Commerce on Educating and Training Workers for the 21st Century
- Put WIOA to Work: An Action Plan for CEOs
- Michigan's Priority Industry Clusters
Eligible Training Provider Lists
- Washington Career Bridge ETPL
- New Jersey Training System
- Registered Apprenticeship and the ETPL
- Maryland Eligible Training Provider List
- Texas Eligible Training Provider System
- SC Presentation on WIOA ETPL Requirements with Examples of State Practices and Tools
- US Department of Labor resources on ETPLs
Evaluation and Evidence
- Evidence-Building Capacity in State Workforce Agencies
- USDOL Clearinghouse for Evaluation and Research
- Building on Evidence: MDRC
- WIOA and Evidence
- What Works in Job Training
- Information on USDOL ETA's Office of Research and Evaluation
- Evaluation Methods and Examples
- The VR Program Evaluation Coach
Finance
- CO Fiscal Audit Training
- State Statutory Funding Formulas for WIOA Grant Programs
- Blended and Braided Funding: A Guide for Policymakers and Practicioners
Frontline Staff Training
- TX-UT Business Services Staff Training
- Catalogue of State Training Resources for Workforce Development Professionals
- MN Social Media Training
- USDOL Training Resources for Frontline Staff
Immigrants and Refugees
Labor Market Information (LMI)
- The BLS Speaks on the Gig Workforce
- LMI Shops as Assets for Workforce Development: Lessons and Examples from Three States
- Career Outlook: Featured Articles and Information from the BLS
- The LMI Elements of WIOA
- Workforce Information Council's Skills Initiative Summary Report
- Catalogue of Workforce Information Sources by USDOL/ETA
- The National LMI Infrastructure
- State LMI Contact List
- State Workforce Information Projects and Products-May 2014
- The Workforce Information Advisory Council
- Using LMI to Improve Employment Outcomes: BLS Presentation
- Guide to State and Local Workforce Data for Analysis and Informed Decision Making
Licenses and Certifications
Local Area Designation
- Upjohn Map of Workforce Investment Areas with Labor Market Data and Outcomes
- MS LWIA Designation Policy
- MS Workforce Area Redesignation Checklist
- AL Local Area Designation Request Form
- CA Local Area Designation Policies and Procedures
- NY Policies and Procedures for Initial Designation of Local Areas
- OH Policies and Procedures on Designation of Local Areas
Older Workers
- Report on Public Workforce Development Programs and Older Workers
- Improving Education and Training for Older Workers: A Report by AARP
- AARP Survey of Unemployed and Reemployed Older Workers
- AARP's List of Additional Job Search Resources and Websites for Older Workers
- Employer Resource Center by AARP
- The Business Case for Hiring Older Workers (AARP)
- AARP's Job Hunting Website
- Long Term Unemployment and Older Workers
- Evaluation of the Senior Community Service Employment Program
One-Stop Certification
One-Stop Infrastructure Costs
Partnerships
- Connecting CTE and Apprenticeship: A Profile of Six States
- Integrated Education and Traning: Building Career Pathways at Every Skill Level
- TANF/WIOA Learning Community Established by HHS
- Missouri's Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Core Partners
Performance Measurement
- Performance Targets: Incentives to Improve Services for Individuals with Barriers to Employment
- Mathematica Brief on WIOA and Performance Management
- Developing an Effective Performance Management System: Lessons for the Implementation of WIOA
- GAO Presentation on Performance Reporting and Related Challenges under WIOA
- WDQC Webinar on State Scorecards for Postsecondary E&T
- Using Dashboards for State Workforce Planning
- NASWA Recommendations on Performance Accountability
- NJ Balanced Scorecard Metrics (Draft)
- TX Concepts Relating to Measure of Effectiveness Serving Employers
- Access to Wage Record Data for Performance Measurement-2014
- Performance and Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants
- Integrated Performance Information for Workforce Development: A Blueprint for States (2005)
- Performance Management for State VR Agencies Serving Transition-Aged Youth
Priority of Service
Prisoners / Formerly Incarcerated
- Research on Prisoner Reentry by MDRC
- National institute of Justice -- Offender Reentry Project
- DOL ETA -- Reentry Employment Opportunities (REO) Program
- From Incarceration to Reentry -- CLASP
Regional Planning
Registered Apprenticeship
- Switzerland's Vocational Education and Training System
- Apprenticeship USA Toolkit
- Using Workforce Funds to Support Apprenticeship
Sector Strategies
Service Delivery -- Businesses
- A Resource Guide to Employer Engagement by Jobs for the Future
- MA NASWA Conference Presentation on Business Services
- MN Communicates with Businesses via Annual Report
- The Goals and Dimensions of Employer Engagement in Workforce Development Programs
- Employer Engagement and Workforce Data
Service Delivery -- Jobseekers
- Customer Centered Design
- Massachusetts' One Stop Service Delivery System PowerPoint
- Oklahoma Workforce System Integration and Certification Toolkit
- Potential Impact of WIOA on One Stop Centers
- The Experience of Jobseekers in the Workforce System--Tales from the Frontline
- IO's Integration Policy Handbook
- NY's Integrated Service Delivery for UI Claimants
- NY's WIOA Solutions for Jobseekers and other Customers
Skills
State and Local Boards
- WIOA Workforce Development Board Membership template
- CO Local Board WIA-WIOA Side by Side Comparison
- CA Policies and Procedures for Initial Certification of Local Boards
- IL State Policies on Local Boards
- KY Policies on Local Board Membership and Certification
- NE Preliminary Critiera for Local Board Appointments
- AL Local Board Membership Policy
- NY Criteria for Local Board Appointments
- KS Presentation on Board Roles and Responsibilities
State Legislation
State Plans
- Final Regulations for WIOA State Plans
- A Playbook for WIOA State Plans by National Skills Coalition
- Which States Have WIA Unified State Plans?
State Transition and Implementation Resources
- IGO Webinar on WIOA Transition Assistance
- A Case Study of NJ's WIOA Planning Process by National Skills Coalition
- Arizona Implements WIOA
- New Jersey Governance and Planning WIOA Blueprint
- New Jersey WIOA Webinars
- New Jersey's Stakeholder Conference
- Michigan Memo to Local Partners on Key Steps to Take Now
- Indiana Prepares for WIOA
- California State, Regional and Local Service Coordination
- Kansas' Document on Local Board Roles and Responsibilities
Training Activities (WIOA Adult and DW)
- Findings on the Impacts of TANF-Funded Subsidized Employment Programs of the Recovery Act
- What Works in Job Training
Unemployment Insurance
- Wisconsin's New RES Program
- Illinois' Reemployment Strategies
- Oregon's Reemployment Strategies
- NY's Integrated Service Delivery for UI Claimants
WIOA Youth Grant and Related Programs
- DOL webinar series on WIOA and the Youth Grant Program
- Using Evidence to Guide Implementation of the Out-of-School Youth Provisions of WIOA
- YouthBuild Overview and Programs by State
- Massachusetts Survey on Youth Grant Transition Under WIOA
- NYEC Side by Side Comparison of WIA and WIOA Youth Provisions
- USDOL Guidance TEGL 23-14
- Improving Employment Outcomes for Disadvantaged Youth -- 2015 Presentation
- Improving Outcomes for NYC's Disconnected Youth -- Feb 2015 Report
- Youthbuild Webinar Series: Transformation for Court-Involved Youth--March 2015
- YouthBuild Evaluation -- Ongoing
- American Youth Policy Forum Searchable Publications Database
