Workforce Investment Act: Youth Provisions Promote New Service Strategies, but Additional Guidance Would Enhance Program Development

The Workforce Invest. Act (WIA) of 1998 provides states & local areas an opportunity to change the way youth workforce develop. services are delivered. To more fully assess how youth workforce invest. activities are being carried out, this report: determines the implementation status of WIA's youth provisions incl. estab. youth councils (YC) & a network of service providers; recognizing that strong relationships between youth develop. (YD) & educ. systems are a crucial component of a youth service strategy, the report examines how YC have estab. linkages with the educ. comm.; & determines the factors that affected the implem. of a new YD system & their implications for service del'y.Sigurd R. Nilsen is the author of 'Workforce Investment Act: Youth Provisions Promote New Service Strategies, but Additional Guidance Would Enhance Program Development' with ISBN 9780756725730 and ISBN 0756725739.