Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult Program
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Adult Services, is designed to provide quality employment and training services to help eligible adults find and qualify for meaningful occupations and to help employers find the skilled workers they need to compete and succeed in business.
The goals of this service are to increase employment and retention in unsubsidized, private sector employment.
There are three types of services:
- Basic career services include outreach, job search and placement assistance, and labor market information.
- Individualized career services include comprehensive assessments, development of individual employment plans, counseling, and career planning.
- Training services: Customers are linked to job opportunities in their communities, including occupational and basic skills training. Participants use an “individual training account” to select an appropriate program from a Workforce Training Provider or participate in an employer-supported training.
Ohio Means Jobs – Lawrence County
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) will provide job seekers and workers with the high-quality career services, education and training, and supportive services they need to get good jobs and stay employed, and to help businesses find skilled workers and access other supports, including education and training for their current workforce. In recent years over 23,000 people annually turn to the OhioMeansJobs-Lawrence County One Stop Center to obtain good jobs and a career pathway. WIOA continues to advance services to these job seekers and employers.
