The Workforce Investment Act of 1998

• Streamlined services
• Empowering individuals
• Universal access
• Increased accountability
• Strong role for local workforce investment boards and the private sector
• State and local flexibility
• Improved youth programs

• Programs authorized under Title I of WIA serving adults, dislocated workers, youth, Job Corps, native American programs, migrant and seasonal farm worker programs, veteran’s workforce programs;
• Programs authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act (unemployment compensation);
• Adult education and literacy activities;
• Programs authorized under parts A and B of Title I of the Rehabilitation Act;
• Welfare-to-work programs of the Social Security Act;
• Senior community service employment activities authorized under Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965;
• Post secondary vocational education activities under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act;
• Trade Adjustment Assistance and NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance activities authorized under the Trade Act of 1974;
• Activities authorized under chapter 41 of title 38,U.S.C. (local veterans’ employment representatives and disabled veterans outreach programs);
• Employment and training activities carried out under the Community Services Block Grant;
• Employment and training activities carried out by the Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Programs authorized under state unemployment compensation laws.

• Make available to participants through the One-Stop delivery system the core services that are applicable to the partner’s programs;
• Use a portion of funds made available to the partner’s program, to the extent not inconsistent with the federal law authorizing the partner’s program to:
  Create and maintain the One-Stop delivery system
  Provide core services
• Enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the local Board relating to the operation of the One-Stop system that meets the requirements…including a description of services, how the cost of the identified services and operating costs of the system will be funded, and methods for referrals.
• Participate in the operation of the One-Stop system consistent with the terms of the MOU and requirements of authorizing laws;

• Determinations of individual eligibility for WIA services;
• Outreach, intake and orientation to the One-Stop delivery system
• Initial assessment of skill levels, aptitudes, abilities and supportive service needs;
• Job search and placement assistance
• Provision of employment statistics information
• Job vacancy listings
• Provision of program performance information and program cost information
• Provision of information on how the local area is performing;
• Provision of accurate information relating to the availability of supportive services such as childcare and transportation.
• Provision of information on filing claims for unemployment compensation;
• Assistance in establishing eligibility for welfare-to-work-activities, financial aid assistance for training and education programs, follow-up services.