For
the sponsors of Workforce Innovations 2002, one goal was to bring the
message of “employer engagement” into discussions of reauthorization of
the Workforce Investment Act. This summer, that message was part of
“Comments on WIA Reauthorization” that JFF submitted to the U.S.
Department of Labor. JFF focused on changes to improve WIA’s ability,
in combination with welfare reform and other federal legislation, to
help address the skill, credential, employment, and earning needs of
our nation’s emerging and incumbent workforce--and the businesses and
organizations that employ them.
