Workforce
Investment Act
and Local Board Members
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) is designed to provide an efficient, effective and convenient system for job seekers to find jobs, employers to locate new workers, and for both to have access to information to assist them in developing career and business plans.
Some key principles behind this legislation that went into effect in Iowa on July 1, 2000, and replaced the former Job Training Partnership Act
(JTPA), include:
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Streamlining services through a one-stop local delivery system. Customers can go one place to get answers to their questions;
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Empowering customers to obtain services needed to enhance their employment opportunities;
and
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Improving youth programs through academic and occupational learning.
Some of the core WIA services include help in
résumé development, job hunting skills, filing unemployment insurance claims, and finding out how to get information about employment
and training programs’ cost and performance.
Intensive WIA services are available for persons who remain unemployed or underemployed after using some or all of the core services listed above. Examples of such services include individual career counseling,
job seeking skills classes, skills assessment, and job development assistance.
Persons who do not become self-sufficient after using intensive services may qualify for training funds and services through
ECIA Region One Employment and Training
http://www.ecia.org and Upper Explorerland Regional Planning
Commission Employment and Training
http://www.uerpc.org. Additional workforce partners can be found at
Workforce Development Center system partners. These partners are required to provide access to training programs for adults, youth and dislocated
workers, as well as services and information, for employment programs, unemployment claims, and services to veterans, long-term welfare recipients, older workers, the disabled, and persons in need of adult education and literacy programs.
Here
is a list of WIA-approved training providers.
Under WIA, each Workforce Investment Region must have a Youth Advisory Council
designated to provide expertise and recommendations regarding youth employment and training policies.
Region 1 Local Board Members
Julie Heitland
Postville, IA
Representative:
Labor & School District
Christina Mueller
Postville, IA
Representative:
Labor & School District
Cynthia Helmke
Cresco, IA
Representative:
Business
Randy Rodgers
Bellevue, IA
Representative:
Business
Jim Waller
Dubuque, IA
Representative:
Labor
Linus Rothmeyer
Calmar, IA
Representative:
Community College
Sally Falb
West Union, IA
Representative:
Business
Cathleen Molumby
Elgin, IA
Representative:
School District
James Vermazen
Manchester, IA
Representative:
Business
Troy Smith
Dubuque, IA
Representative:
Business
David McCarthy
Dubuque, IA
Representative:
Labor
Dan White
Dubuque, IA
Representative:
Labor
Sherry Mattke
New Hampton, IA
Representative: Elected Official
Ann Michalski
Dubuque, IA
Representative: Elected Official
County Elected Officials:
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Sherry Mattke, Chickasaw County Supervisor
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Mike Kennedy, Fayette County Supervisor
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Kathy Campbell, Allamakee County Supervisor
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TBA, Howard County Supervisor
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Gordon Hunter, Winneshiek County Supervisor
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Steve Koeneke, Delaware County Supervisor
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Randy Keehner, Clayton County Supervisor
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Wayne Demmer, Dubuque County Supervisor
City Officials:
