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Senator Voinovich (R-Ohio) has introduced legislation to amend the Workforce Investment Act to promote the principles of Wired (Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development). The proposed legislation would establish the three new voluntary programs within the WIA framework.
The bill, called the WIRED Act:
- Authorizes states and
regions to work with a governor (or governors in the case of
multi-state regions) to submit WIRED plans for approval by the
Secretary of Labor. The plans must be aimed at crafting targeted
workforce development programs that provide enhanced job training and
related employment activities in the region. They may include
complementary economic development activities. If approved, the plans
could allow states to combine a number of different federal workforce
and economic development funds;
- Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award supplementary grants to
assist in implementing a WIRED plan or to carry out other
regionally-focused workforce development activities; and
- Authorizes the use of formula funds available to states and local areas under WIA to carry out regionally-focused workforce development activities without going through the entire WIRED approval process. As stated earlier, some of this vital funding is currently going unused because of the inflexibility of the WIA program.
You can read more about the Voinovich bill here.
You can read the text of the legislation here.
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