WIOA

Minnesota’s Approach to WIOA Implementation

Governor’s Workforce Development Board

The Governor’s Workforce Development Board works to strengthen the skills of Minnesota’s greatest asset — its workforce.
The GWDB has a responsibility to advise the Governor on Minnesota’s workforce system.
The Board represents key leaders from business, education, labor, community-based organizations, and government. The GWDB has statutory responsibility under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which provides leadership on opportunities and key workforce strategies for the state. The Board provides a venue for workforce stakeholders building on a shared vision and mission.
The GWDB is mandated and funded by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and further defined by Minn. Stat., Sect. 116L.665.

Overview

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) presents Minnesota with an opportunity to continue innovating our workforce development system through enhancing partnerships, strategic planning and service delivery alignment at the state, regional and local level.

State Plan

• Minnesota’s Combined State Plan for WIOA – July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2020
• Minnesota’s Combined State Plan for WIOA – July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2020

The Minnesota WIOA State Plan Dashboard provides transparency and accountability toward the two goals in Minnesota’s Combined State Plan for WIOA:

• Reduce educational, skills training and employment disparities based on race, disability, disconnected youth or gender.
• Build employer-led industry sector partnerships that expand the talent pipeline to be inclusive of gender, race and disability to meet industry demands for a skilled workforce.

Annual Program Year Report

• 2017 Annual Program Year Report

Regional Plans

• Region 1 Regional Plan and Area 2 (Rural Minnesota CEP) Local Plan 
  • Area 1 (Northwest Minnesota Private Industry Council) Local Plan 
• Region 2 Regional Plan and Area 4 (City of Duluth) Local Plan 
  • Area 3 (Northeast Minnesota/JET) Local Plan 
• Region 3 Regional Plan
  • Area 5 (Central Minnesota Jobs & Training Services) Local Plan 
  • Area 17 (Career Solutions) Local Plan 
• Region 4 Regional Plan and Area 15 (Ramsey) Local Plan 
  • Area 9 (Hennepin-Carver) Local Plan
  • Area 10 (City of Minneapolis) Local Plan 
  • Area 12 (Anoka) Local Plan 
  • Area 14 (Dakota-Scott) Local Plan
  • Area 16 (Washington) Local Plan
• Region 5 Regional Plan and Area 6 (Southwest) Local Plan
• Region 5 Regional Plan and Area 7 (South Central) Local Plan 
• Region 6 Regional Plan and Area 8 (Workforce Development, Inc.) Local Plan  
  • Area 18 (Winona) 

Policy and Guidance

• Search for Current Policies
• Policies Available for Public Comment

Federal Register

Vol 81 No 161
Friday, August 19, 2016

U.S. Departments of Labor (DOL) and Education (ED) issue this Joint Final Rule to implement jointly administered activities authorized by Title I of WIOA.

Rules and Regulations

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; Joint Rule for Unified and Combined State Plans, Performance Accountability, and the One-Stop System Joint Provisions; Final Rule (title I)
Pages 55791 – 56070 [FR DOC # 2016-15977]
PDF | Text

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (titles I and III)
Pages 56071 – 56469 [FR DOC # 2016-15975]
PDF | Text