WIOA

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) is a federally funded program that eligible adults and dislocated workers into the workforce through training and/or education.

To be eligible for the program a person must be

• 18 year of age or older
• A resident of the 15 counties of Northwest Georgia service area (Floyd, Bartow, Polk, Paulding, Haralson, Pickens, Gordon, Chattooga, Gilmer, Murray, Whitfield, Walker, Catoosa, Fannin, and Dade)
• A dislocated work (unemployed or laid off due to lack of work, company closing, downsizing, etc)

Or

• Displaced Homemaker (loss of spouse due to death or divorce)

Or

• Low-income which is categorized by receiving public assistance (food stamps, TANF, etc) or income to family size ratio falls within guidelines.

Programs That WIOA covers at Georgia Highlands College:

• Accounting
• Business Administration (2 and 4-year programs)
• Criminal Justice
• Dental Hygiene (last two years)
• Human Services
• Mathematics
• Nursing (last two years)
• Psychology
• Teacher Education

WIOA could also cover the following programs if two or more students are interested:

• Agriculture
• Art
• Computer information Systems
• Computer Science
• History
• Journalism
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Pre-Engineering
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Geology
• Physics
• Sociology

WIOA Application and other WIOA forms:

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Applicant Portal

If interested, please contact: