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The Workforce Investment Act
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 is a federal employment and training law that
replaced the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Implemented on July 1, 2000, WIA is
designed to streamline employment and training programs, help job seekers find work, and help
employers locate qualified workers.
The Workforce Investment Act emphasizes broad, local authority in determining workforce
development priorities. At the local level, the County Commissioners, the Workforce Policy
Board, area employers, and a variety of human services support agencies collaborate to provide employment
and training opportunities for adults and youth. This collaboration is known as a One-Stop
Delivery System for services.
JOBsolutions is the One-Stop location to access WIA services in Wyandot County, Ohio.
The Training Center provides a full range of services including employment, training, and
educational services for job seekers, and comprehensive employer services including resources for placing
job orders and obtaining referrals, labor market data, information about training resources,
and other business services.
The JOBsolutions provides the following services for each designated user group:
Employers
JOBsolutions offers a wide variety of services to assist local companies with their
recruitment, training, and outplacement needs. Employer-based services include the following:
- Labor market information available in many formats
- Assistance with downsizing and business closures
- Recruitment assistance to find qualified workers
- On-The-Job Training reimbursement to help with new employee training costs
- Customized Training to upgrade skills of current employees
Adults (18 years of age or older)
Adult services are presented on three distinct levels: Core, Intensive, and Training services.
- Core Services are available to the universal customer and include initial
assessment, job search and placement assistance, and career counseling.
- Intensive Services are available to eligible individuals who have used one or
more Core Services. They include in-depth assessment, counseling and career planning, and
pre-vocational services for unemployed individuals or employed individuals who need additional
assistance to reach self-sufficiency.
- Training Services are available to eligible individuals who have met the
requirements for Intensive Services and have not been able to obtain or keep employment.
Individual Training Accounts are established to help finance training based upon the
individual’s choice of available training programs.
Dislocated Workers
The Dislocated Worker program is specially designed to assist workers displaced by disaster,
mass layoffs, or business closures.
- Core Services such as assessment, job search assistance, and career counseling are
provided to return individuals to work as quickly as possible.
- Intensive Services can be provided, when necessary, to guide dislocated workers
through a career change. These services include an in-depth vocational assessment,
counseling and career planning. Many times people choose to train or retrain for a new
career
- Training Services assist dislocated workers to obtain the skills necessary to
start a new career or upgrade skills to be valuable to employers. Training is provided
through Individual Training Accounts established to help fund this training or re-training.
Youth (age 14 through 21)
The WIA youth program prepares at risk youth for postsecondary educational opportunities, or
employment. The youth services link academic and ocupational learning and include the
following:
- Tutoring
- Study skills training
- Instruction leading to completion of secondary school program (including drop out
prevention)
- Alternative school services
- Mentoring by appropriate adults
- Paid and unpaid work experience (such as internships and job shadowing)
- Occupational skills training
- Leadership development
- Supportive services necessary to fulfill educational and employment objectives
- Counseling and followup services
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