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Map of Rhode Island Workforce Investment Areas |
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Workforce Investment Act - On August 7, 1998, President Clinton signed the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), comprehensive reform legislation that supersedes the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and amends the Wagner-Peyser Act. WIA reforms Federal job training programs and creates a new, comprehensive workforce investment system. The reformed system is intended to be customer-focused, to help Americans access the tools they need to manage their careers through information and high quality services, and to help U.S. companies find skilled workers. Rhode Island's has two Workforce Investment Boards (WIB); Workforce Solutions of Providence/Cranston and Workforce Partnership of Greater Rhode Island, which includes the balance of state. |
