The federal Workforce Investment and Innovation Act (WIOA) has changed the landscape of adult education, focusing the field squarely on workforce development outcomes and programming that supports the integration of education and training (IET) and career pathways. This guide emerged from efforts to learn how eight adult education programs around the country have been integrating education and training.

This toolkit was developed to offer insight and suggestions on strengthening existing regional workforce funder collaboratives, as well as information on creating new collaboratives. The toolkit has information on:
• The overall purpose and power of regional workforce collaboratives;
• The strength of sector initiatives and the role that the collaboratives play in strengthening these initiatives;
• Practical tips on starting, sustaining, evaluating, and growing a funder collaborative, and,
• Tips on how established collaboratives can change direction.