Workforce Investment Act (WIA) System
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Overview
The
purpose of the Workforce Investment Act is to provide workforce
development services, through statewide and local workforce investment
systems, that increase the employment, retention, and earnings of
participants, and increase occupational skill attainment by
participants, and, as a result, improve the quality of the workforce,
reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the productivity and
competitiveness of the State of Maryland and the Nation.
Funds for the WIA Title
I program flow from the United States Department of Labor through the
Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation/Division of Workforce
Development. The Division of Workforce Development, using a formula based on the population
mix in each locality, allocates the WIA funds to Workforce Investment
Areas (WIAs) throughout the State.
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Workforce Investment Areas/Local Workforce Investment Boards
A Workforce Investment Area (WIA) is a region with 200,000 or more residents and a common labor
pool. Maryland has 12 local WIAs across the State. For each WIA there is a
Local Workforce Investment Board (LWIB). By law, each LWIB is chaired by a business person and comprised of
a majority of private sector representatives; business owners; chief executives; managers
and policy makers. Other LWIB members are drawn from public job service, education, social
services, rehabilitation, and economic development agencies as well as from organized
labor, and community based organizations.
The local boards in Maryland develop job training programs for
implementation in their respective WIAs, oversee the operation of those programs and
determine which companies, educational institutions, and community organizations will
receive funding for program operation. The WIA cooperates with local employers and
government to select the workforce development programs most beneficial to the region, and
to tailor programs to meet the local employment training needs. |
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WIA Services |
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Core Services
Most core services are focused through the self-service
operation of the One-Stop.
The core service component provides tools to assist the job
seeker make an effective job search.
~ Core Services ~
Eligibility Determination
Outreach/Intake
Assessment
Career Training Information
Job Search/Placement (Career Counseling)
Labor Market Information
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Intensive Services
Intensive services are provided through direct interaction
with One-Stop staff.
The intensive services tier is geared to provide more
in-depth job search and career management assistance to
eligible adults and dislocated workers.
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Intensive Services ~
Comprehensive & Specialized Assessment
Diagnostic Testing
Employment Barrier Evaluation
Individual Employment Planning & Counseling
Career Planning
Case Management
Pre-vocational services
Out-of-area Job Search
Relocation
Educational Remediation
Internship
Work Experience
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Training Services
Training services are provided through a cooperative
planning process between eligible customers and One-Stop
staff. Eligible adults and dislocated workers needing
training services will have access to training provider
information for making an informed training choice.
Certificate programs approved through individual training
accounts are the largest segment of training services.
~ Training Services ~
Occupational skills
On-the-Job Training (OJT)
Cooperative programs (workplace & instruction)
Upgrade skills training
Entrepreneurial
Job readiness
Customized |
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Contact/List of Workforce
Investment Areas and 12 WIA/LWIB Administrative Areas |
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WIA Complaint Process
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
prohibits discrimination in any WIA Title I
financially-assisted programs or activities on the basis
of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age,
disability, political affiliation or belief, citizenship,
or participation in a WIA Title I program or activity.
Under the regulations implementing the nondiscrimination
and equal opportunity provisions of the Workforce
Investment Act, WIA recipients were required to adopt and
publish procedures for processing complaints that allege
discrimination on the basis of any of the WIA prohibited
grounds.
Any person that believes that he or she
has been subjected to discrimination under a WIA Title I
financially-assisted program or activity may file a
complaint within 180 days from the date of the alleged
violation with either: the local Workforce Investment
Board (WIB) administrative entity; or the Director, Civil
Rights Center (CRC), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-4123, Washington, DC 20210.
If you file your complaint with the WIB,
you must wait either until the WIB issues a written Notice
of Final Action, or until 90 days have passed (whichever
is sooner), before filing with the Civil Rights Center. If
the local WIB does not give you a written Notice of Final
action within 90 days of the day on which you filed your
complaint, you do not have to wait for the WIB to issue
that Notice before filing a complaint with CRC. However,
you must file your CRC complaint within 30 days of the
90-day deadline (in other words, within 120 days after the
day on which you filed your complaint with the WIB).
If the WIB does give you a written Notice
of Final Action on your complaint, but you are
dissatisfied with the decision or resolution, you may file
a complaint with CRC. You must file your CRC complaint
within 30 days of the date on which you received the
Notice of Final Action. |
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