Realizing Innovation and Opportunity in WIOA: Implementing the Playbook for Creating Effective State Plans

This new report from the National Skills Coalition (NSC) draws on examples from 14 states to see how they have addressed recommendations offered by NSC in the 2015 publication Realizing Innovation and Opportunity in WIOA: A Playbook for Creating Effective State Plans, which focused on how states could use WIOA plans to close the skill gap and help workers and employers succeed. The 2015 recommendations addressed the state planning process, as well as four key WIOA-supported strategies: 1) sector partnerships, 2) career pathways, 3) cross-program data and measurement, and 4) job-driven investments.