Job & Family Services Office of Workforce Development
Workforce Professionals
Resources, tools, updates, and links on this page assist workforce professionals and One-Stop program operators in serving the needs of workers and businesses. 

Innovative Practices - This is a resource page designed to help local areas improve efficiency and quality of service. It includes best practices, replicable models, implementation plans, research documents, and data reports. A detailed evaluation process was created to review each document.

Eligible Training Provider Information - Database and other information about education and training available to WIA participants using Individual Training Accounts (ITAs).

Grant Opportunities - Information about current and recently awarded grants, archived information about grants in Ohio, links and suggestions for finding grant opportunities, and hints and resources for writing grant proposals and applications.

Quick Links for WIA    

Adults
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Dislocated Workers
Excellence & Outcomes
Glossary
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Innovative Practices
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State Plan
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Youth

Layoff Aversion and Rapid Response - Responds to plant closings or layoffs with no-cost information about services. Businesses that lay off 50 or more workers are subject to WARN notification rules.

One-Stop Map and Contacts - Ohio WIB staff, One-Stop locations and staff, youth staff, and more.

One-Stop System - The One-Stop system is authorized by WIA and supplies services to job seekers and employers.

Ohio Workforce Systems - Link to Ohio Workforce Systems (formerly SCOTI) to enter information about participants, performance, and more.

Workforce Investment Act (WIA) - Provides services to help adults, dislocated workers, and youth find, keep, and advance in sustainable employment.

National Resources

One-Stop Comprehensive Financial Management Technical Assistance Guide (TAG) (Updated July 2011)

United States Department of Labor, Employment & Training Agency (DOL-ETA) - DOL-ETA administers federal job training and dislocated worker programs, grants to states for public employment service programs, and unemployment insurance benefits.

National Association of Workforce Development Professionals (NAWDP) - The national voice for the profession, NAWDP also provides individual professional development to meet the needs of members.

National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) - NAWB represents the nation's nearly 600 business-led Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) and also serves other associated organizations in the workforce industry with one common goal: Helping America Work.

United States Conference of Mayors Workforce Development Council - Forum for Mayors and city administrators to examine workforce development issues and to strengthen the ability of cities to meet the needs of their citizens; particularly economically disadvantaged individuals, those with serious skill deficiencies, dislocated workers, and others with special barriers to employment, including youth.

National Association of Counties (NACo) - Membership organization of the nation's counties.

For More Information:
Office of Workforce Development
P.O. Box 1618
Columbus, OH 43216-1618
Fax: 614-728-8366
Phone: 888-296-7541, Option # 3
Email: WIAQNA@jfs.ohio.gov

Last Update: 2/13/2012