Workforce Investment Act

CWP, in partnership with the National Association of Workforce Boards, used its network of chambers to help improve service and relationships between employers and local Workforce Investment Act (WIA) systems.  Employer networks provide a singular opportunity and a structure for the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA)  to work with employer organizations, business organization memberships, and local business coalitions.

• Documented survey results regarding business use of one-stop career centers
• Identified areas of successful business engagement with the publicly funded workforce development system
• Developed an online "catalog" of promising practices in a business-led workforce system
• Connected the High Growth Job Training Initiative to employer needs as identified by workforce investment boards and employer organizations
• Built capacity within the publicly funded workforce development system to meet employer needs
• Identified specific issues related to engaging or retaining businesses as customers in state and workforce development systems and services
• Facilitated dialogue between businesses and the workforce system to create better partnerships
• Defined an exemplary innovative model of service that is designed to engage small businesses in the workforce investment system
• Disseminated information about ETA's initiatives, services, and priorities

• Identified business trends in workforce development and employer and industry sector skill needs
• Accelerated effective programming nationwide by disseminating successful practices, information, and tools for action
• Improved the responsiveness and relevance to business of public workforce services
• Disseminated information about ETA services that available to employers in their localities

  Partner:    National Association of Workforce Boards
                     



Publications/Products:

• Success Story Brochure: Employer-Focused One-Stops: Businesses Getting the Most for Their Investment  (Fall 2004 PDF, 200KB)
• Webcast: Employer-Focused One-Stops: Businesses Getting the Most for Their Investment (Fall 2004, video)
• One-Stop Webcast Transcript  (Fall 2004 PDF 247KB)
• Online Database: Employer-Focused One-Stops: Businesses Getting the Most for Their Investment (Fall 2004)
• Rising to the Challenge: A Special Report for Five Midwestern States (Summer 2003, PDF)
• Employer Interview Highlights (Summer 2003, PDF)
• Workforce Summit 2003: Creating a 21st Century Workforce for Business (Spring 2003, PDF)
• Rising to the Challenge (Spring 2003, PDF)
• New Roles and Responsibilities of Workforce Boards (PDF)
• New Roles for One-Stop Centers: Serving the Business Customer (PDF)
• Rise to the Challenge: A Business Guide to Creating a Workforce that Makes Sense (PDF) 
• The New Workforce Investment System (PDF)