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February 29, 2024 | Report/Brief | India Heckstall

Opportunities and Obstacles: A Close Look at the Stronger Workforce for America Act

This brief highlights ASWA's shortcomings and offers groundbreaking solutions to enhance WIOA, paving the way for a more inclusive and worker-centered workforce development system. 

August 24, 2022 | Report/Brief | Emily Andrews

House WIOA Reauthorization Makes Important Strides, but Additional Improvements Needed

This brief describes some of the critical updates the House bill makes to WIOA. It also offers CLASP's recommendations for Congress to build toward a workforce system that empowers workers and helps create broadly shared prosperity.

May 19, 2022 | Report/Brief | Kathy Tran

How House-Passed WIOA Reauthorization Would Change Youth Programs

This brief outlines key changes to current law in the House WIOA bill for youth workforce programs that was passed on May 17, 2022.

April 19, 2022 | Report/Brief | Sapna Mehta

Updating WIOA to Empower Workers and Create Shared Prosperity

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) is the federal legislation governing the public workforce system—and it is up for reauthorization for the first time since 2014. As Congress considers reauthorization, CLASP recommends focusing on five priorities to help people secure better jobs.

May 22, 2017 | Report/Brief

Coordinating TANF & WIOA: High Interest, Slow Progress During Early Days of WIOA

This report analyzes a survey of WIOA and TANF state administrators CLASP conducted and makes recommendations to improve coordination between TANF's employment and training programs and other federal workforce development services that are currently available.

October 7, 2016 | Report/Brief | Elizabeth Lower-Basch

Young Adults and TANF: Rethinking Work Activities

Compared to previous law, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act has an expanded focus on disadvantaged young adults and supports closer partnerships between TANF and workforce programs.

February 25, 2016 | Report/Brief

Funding Career Pathways and Career Pathway Bridges: A Federal Policy Toolkit for States

This toolkit is designed to help states develop, implement, and fund robust career pathways programs that lead to better jobs for low-skilled workers.

January 20, 2016 | Report/Brief

Questions to Consider When Reviewing Draft WIOA State Plans

As states release draft Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) state plans for public comment, advocates and other stakeholders have an important opportunity to improve them. CLASP is offering a list of questions to consider when reviewing state plans. These questions will help strengthen the…

October 2, 2015 | Report/Brief | Kisha Bird

Transitional Jobs: Expanding Opportunities for Low-Income Workers

The explicit inclusion of transitional jobs in WIOA will allow more local areas to add this model to their portfolio of services.

October 1, 2015 | Report/Brief

WIOA and Job Quality

Through WIOA, states and local areas can leverage workforce training funds to improve the quality of front-line jobs.

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