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: