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Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA)

Policy Briefs

Presentations

National Governors Association presentation covers program outcomes and identifies how states can support training programs for economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs.

Included is a progression of presentations that have been developed as part of a series that began in 2019 to educate policy makers, administrators, community and economic developers, capital partners, and Entrepreneur Support Organizations of the opportunities within workforce development and an operational approach for investing in an entrepreneurial workforce.

  1. Investing in an Entrepreneurial Workforce: This is an overview of the opportunity within the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) that identifies the specific legislative authorization and intent.

  2. Investing in Entrepreneur Ecosystem Credentials: This second presentation for community stakeholders builds upon the legislative overview in previous presentations to identify an operational strategy to meet requirements to leverage WIOA funding in communities.

  3. Entrepreneur Ecosystem Accreditation Next Steps: This presentation is designed to help communities interested in pursuing entrepreneurial workforce development strategies understand program design metrics and immediate next steps required to launch an entrepreneurial skills training pilot program in their community or state.

Make Startups Advocacy

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Make Startups Industry Council

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