Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Definition
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) is a comprehensive workforce investment system whose purpose is to increase productivity and reduce welfare dependency. WIOA provides workforce investment activities designed to increase all of the following:
●Employment
●Employment retention and earnings
●Occupational skills
●Quality of the workforce
WIOA includes, but is not limited to, the following:
●Allowances
●Dislocated Worker Program
●Disaster Relief Employment funded under the National Emergency Grant of the Act Earnings
●Individual Training Accounts (ITA) designated to supplement or pay for all costs for training at a qualified institution
●On-the-Job-Training (OJT) income
●Payments
●Reimbursements
●Work Experience Program
See
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act for more information about this income type.