TANF/WIOA Resource Hub
Passed in 2014, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) facilitates coordination between TANF and the public workforce system. Under WIOA, “one‑stop” American Job Centers are required to partner with TANF, unless the state’s governor opts out. States can also include TANF in combined state workforce planning. These collaborations are designed to boost employment service delivery for low-income families, improve access to job training, and reduce duplication.
This webpage provides resources intended to help TANF and WIOA programs build successful partnerships.
This resource guide from Jobs for the Future presents working models of successful employer engagement to help education and training providers secure and sustain strategic, long-term, and intensive partnerships with employers.…
This guide from Ascend at the Aspen Institute highlights resources and cross-sector strategies to help engage employers and create meaningful work opportunities for low-income individuals. The guide also emphasizes how WIOA…
This resource from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) provides a break-down of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), including insight on implementation strategies to help…
This toolkit from the Heartland Alliance offers resources that youth employment stakeholders can use to guide programming for opportunity youth facing the most significant barriers to employment.…
The Value of Credentials for Disadvantaged Workers: Findings from the Sector Employment Impact Study
This study, completed by the Aspen Institute Workforce Strategies Initiative in 2015, explores whether individuals who obtain credentials work more and earn more over time than they would without such credentials. The study is…
This fact sheet from Workforce3One highlights WIOA reforms for One-Stop Centers. Since WIOA presents an opportunity to improve career options for workers and job-seekers through an integrated, job-driven public workforce system,…