This report presents early findings from the evaluation of the ITA experiment, which aims to provide federal, state, and local policymakers with information on the effectiveness of, and trade-offs inherent in, three different approaches to managing customer choice in Workforce Investment Act...

This two-page issue brief summarizes a concept originally proposed under the Back to Work Incentives Act (and subsequently included in the President's fiscal year 2005 budget) to give unemployed workers greater incentives and access to services to help them make a quick return to work. Targeted...

According to findings from a new study, job seekers in the United States could realize potential net benefits over 20 years of approximately $41,000 per person if local workforce training agencies implemented programs that combine higher, more flexible individual limits for expenditures on...

This two-page issue brief summarizes a concept originally proposed under the Back to Work Incentives Act (and subsequently included in the President's fiscal year 2005 budget) to give unemployed workers greater incentives and access to services to help them make a quick return to work. Targeted...

A key goal of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) is to provide people with choices in the types of services they receive. This goal was addressed by requiring that vouchers or individual training accounts (ITAs) be used for WIA-funded training. Workforce agencies were given a great deal...

Examines the costs of 18 selected programs from nine sites with different service locations, target populations, and service emphases. Notes that total costs for one year of operations ranged from just over $200,000 to more than $7 million per program, with participation ranging from just under...