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Workforce Investment Act - Youth Activities

The program, which focuses on out-of-school youth, prepares America's neediest youth for a successful entry or transition into the workplace. The program awards formula grants to assist participants attain educational and skills training credentials, participate in postsecondary educational training, and secure employment.

Rating

What This Rating Means

NOT PERFORMING
Ineffective

Programs receiving this rating are not using your tax dollars effectively. Ineffective programs have been unable to achieve results due to a lack of clarity regarding the program's purpose or goals, poor management, or some other significant weakness.
  • There has not been an evaluation of the program's outcomes. An impact evaluation was last conducted of the predecessor program in 1992.
  • The current program does not have authority to target or reallocate resources to areas of greatest need.
  • The program is duplicative of other federal programs that provide education and training services to disadvantaged youth. Other programs within the Department of Labor, the Department of Education, and HUD have similar goals and objectives. The Administration's reauthorization proposal would substantially change the program to serve out-of-school youth - a large and underserved population.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Working with Congress to reform the Workforce Investment Act. Reforms will consolidate funding for related programs, reduce administrative overhead and increase States' flexibility to tailor services.
  • Adopting efficiency measures that are linked to performance outcomes, account for all costs, and facilitate comparisons across Department of Labor training and employment programs.
  • Conducting an evaluation to determine WIA services' impact on employment and earnings outcomes for participants. An evaluation using existing administrative data will be completed by December 2008.

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