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WIOA Youth 14 Program Elements
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The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) includes 14 program elements, which supports youth and young adults in an integrated workforce service delivery system. These elements ensure high quality services beginning with career exploration and culminating with a good job along a career pathway, apprenticeship, high-skills training, educational options, public or military service.
This brief includes information in the Act, regulations, and guidance about all 14 program elements.
This brief includes information in the Act, regulations, and guidance about all 14 program elements.
- Tutoring, Study Skills Training, Instruction, and Dropout Prevention activities that lead to completion of a high school diploma or recognized equivalent.
- Alternative Secondary School and Dropout Recovery Services assist youth who have struggled in traditional secondary education or who have dropped out of school.
- Paid and Unpaid Work Experience is a structured learning experience in a workplace and provides opportunities for career exploration and skill development.
- Occupational Skills Training is an organized program of study that provides specific skills and leads to proficiency in an occupational field.
- Education Offered Concurrently with Workforce Preparation is an integrated education and training model combining workforce preparation, basic academic skills, and occupational skills.
- Leadership Development Opportunities encourage responsibility, confidence, employability, self-determination, and other positive social behaviors.
- Supportive Services enable an individual to participate in WIOA activities.
- Adult Mentoring is a formal relationship between a youth and an adult mentor with structured activities where the mentor offers guidance, support, and encouragement.
- Follow-up Services are provided following program exit to help ensure youth succeed in employment or education.
- Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling provides individualized counseling to participants, including drug/alcohol and mental health counseling.
- Financial Literacy Education provides youth with the knowledge and skills they need to achieve long-term financial stability.
- Entrepreneurial Skills Training provides the basics of starting and operating a small business and develops entrepreneurial skills.
- Services that Provide Labor Market Information offer employment and labor market information about in-demand industry sectors or occupations.
- Postsecondary Preparation and Transition Activities help youth prepare for and transition to postsecondary education and training.
Visit the Training and Employment Guidance Letters and Notices page for guidance on the WIOA Youth program elements from the U.S. Department of Labor.
Looking for more resources on the WIOA Youth program? Visit the WIOA Youth Program Resources page.
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Topics:
Career Pathways - General
Occupational/Technical Training
Basic Skills - General
Internships
On-the-Job Training
Work-Based Learning - General
General Workforce Activities
Target Populations:
Youth - All
Youth - Foster Care/Child Welfare Recipients
Youth - Gang-Involved
Youth - Out-of-School/Drop-Out
Youth - Pregnant/Parenting
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- Organizational Author(s): U.S. Department of Labor, Division of Youth Services
- Posted by: Youth Connections TA 1
- Posted in: Youth Connections