Job & Family Services Office of Workforce Development
Statewide Initiatives - Exciting new Ohio projects
The Office of Workforce Development (OWD) is in charge of several new and exciting statewide initiatives that are funded with WIA statewide funds. The purpose of these initiatives is to place added focus on special programs and populations that need financial support above and beyond local area funds.

Our statewide initiatives cover a wide range of issues and can vary each year. Current special initiatives are: 

Learn to Earn - A new initiative to provide workplace training opportunities for eligible unemployment compensation claimants.
  Did you know?
 
Since November 2010, Ohio placed more than 300 prolonged unemployed individuals into jobs using On-the-Job Training.

Green Jobs - Information about green jobs, industries, and education programs.

Shale Project - Large shale formations have promising potential for jobs growth in the energy industry.
 
National Emergency Grants (NEGs) - Provide temporary extra funding to help communities recover from unemployment as a result of plants closing, mass layoffs, and natural disasters.
 
Ohio Women's Hall of Fame - Provides public recognition of the contributions Ohio women have made to our state, our nation and our world. 
 
On-the Job Training (OJT) is training by an employer to a paid participant while engaged in productive work that provides knowledge or skills essential to the full and adequate performance of that job and reimburses the employer for the costs associated with training. 


For More Information: 
Office of Workforce Development
P.O. Box 1618
Columbus, OH 43216-1618
Fax: 614-728-8366
Phone: 1-888-296-7541, Option # 0
Email: WIAQNA@jfs.ohio.gov 
                                                                                                                                     Last Update 02/26/2013