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The Workforce Investment Act (WIA): Program-by-Program Overview and FY2006 Funding of Title I Training Programs (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date March 21, 2006
Report Number RS20244
Report Type Report
Authors Ann Lordeman, Domestic Social Policy Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (P.L. 105-220) authorizesseveral job training programs, including Youth, Adult, and Dislocated WorkerActivities, Job Corps, the Native American Program, the Migrant and SeasonalFarmworker Program, and the Veterans' Workforce Investment Program. This reportbriefly summarizes each WIA program and its FY2006 funding, including the FY2006budget request, the FY2006 appropriation (P.L. 109-149), and for historical referencethe FY2005 appropriation (P.L. 108-447).