Understand That Your Agency is Part of a Larger Network

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) outlines the core partners. With WIOA, the public VR program is one partner among six core partners. The core partners include the following:

• WIOA Title I: Adult, Dislocated Workers, and Youth programs administered by the Department of Labor (DOL)
• WIOA Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy program administered by the Education Department (ED)
• WIOA Title III: Employment Services program, under the Wagner-Peyser Act, administered by DOL
• Title IV - State Vocational Rehabilitation Services program administered by ED
• Additionally, there are WIOA partner programs or optional programs:
  • Health and Human Services (HHS)-administered: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Community Services Block Grant
  • ED-administered: Career and Technical Education programs, authorized under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
  • USDA-administered: Employment and Training program, and Work programs under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
  • DOL-administered: Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers program, Jobs for Veterans State Grants programs, Unemployment Insurance programs, Senior Community Service Employment program, and Reintegration of Ex-Offenders
  • Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-administered: Employment and Training activities carried out by the Department of Housing and Urban Development

To-Do List

• Get a list of the core partners with the key contact information. 
• Set up a meeting with the core partners to learn more about their programs.
• Participate in the State and Local Workforce Development Boards.