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Managing Funding Challenges in the Workforce Investment Act Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs: Mitigating Strategies and Effects on Services
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Managing Funding Challenges in the Workforce Investment Act Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs: Mitigating Strategies and Effects on Services

Issue Brief
Published: Nov 08, 2015
Publisher: Oakland, CA: Mathematica Policy Research and Social Policy Research Associates
Human Services Employment Economic Development, Job Creation, and Entrepreneurship Training and Re-employment Research & Evaluation Evaluation Design Policy Analysis

Associated Project

Workforce Investment Act Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs Gold Standard Evaluation

Time frame: 2008-2017

Prepared for:

U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

Authors

Gretchen Kirby

This brief describes how the 28 Local Workforce Investment Boards (LWIBs), examined as part of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Gold Standard Evaluation, adapted to an uncertain funding environment. It discusses trends and fluctuations in the funding of the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker programs. It also describes LWIBs’ strategies to manage their program funding and the changes they made to services as a result of funding changes.

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