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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Goes to President for Signature

November 14, 2016 by Claudia Paoletto

Posted July 14, 2014 | An historic bipartisan, bicameral bill that amends and reauthorizes the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) through fiscal year 2020, has been passed by both the Senate and House and is headed to President Obama for signature (on Tuesday, July 22, as reported by the Advocacy Monitor blog). H.R. 803, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which first passed in the Senate on June 25, 2014, cleared the House July 9. Now, with the President’s signature, WIOA becomes the law of the land.

The bill makes key improvements to the nation’s workforce development system, helps workers attain the foundation skills necessary for 21st century jobs, and fosters a modern workforce to help make American companies be competitive. The bill emphasizes the creation of career pathway programs, improved integration and coordination of education and training services, development of sector-based strategies, and streamlined service delivery to individuals, especially for underprepared youth and adults. It includes also the Rehabilitation Act; specifically, improvements to independent living in this bill include:

  • Establishment of the Independent Living Administration in the Administration for
    Community Living (ACL) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human
    Services (HHS);
  • Transition added as a fifth core service;
  • Improvement of State Independent Living Center (SILC) activities and the inclusion of
    resource development;
  • Inclusion in State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL) sign-off of Center for Independent Living (CIL) directors; and,
  • Selection by states of their designated state entity (formerly known as the Designated
    State Unit, or DSU). The DSUs will remain the same for the 723 states of Massachusetts and Minnesota.

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Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education and the National Council on Independent Living

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