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    Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act WIOA

    The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires each state's governor to submit a four-year state plan. It outlines the state’s workforce strategy.

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    Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act

    Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

    The PA Workforce Development Board is hosting two virtual public engagement sessions for the PA WIOA Combined State Plan modification. Connection information is below.

    Overview

    Pennsylvania's Combined State Plan includes the six WIOA Core programs: (Adult, Dislocated Worker, Youth, Wagner-Peyser, Adult Basic Education, and Vocational Rehabilitation). It also includes these optional programs:

    • Career and Technical Education Programs-Perkins Act
    • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
    • Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers Programs
    • Jobs for Veterans State Grants Program
    • Senior Community Service Employment Program
    • Reintegration of Ex-Offenders Program
    • Community Services Block Grant
    • Unemployment Insurance

    The state plan was drafted with input from the departments of Aging, Agriculture, Community and Economic Development, Corrections, Education, Human Services, Military and Veterans Affairs, and State.

    Information on Pennsylvania’s State Plan

    Regional & Local Plans

    Pennsylvania has 10 planning regions and 22 Local Workforce Development Boards. For 2021-2024, they submitted plans with strategies for the WIOA Combined State Plan. These plans aligned regional and local workforce development goals. Stakeholders collaborated on the plans, creating a framework for statewide workforce alignment. The plans aim to achieve commonwealth WIOA goals and a comprehensive system.