United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2002-02-11 monographic deposited born digital 76 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-274 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-274 P0b002ee1803a4d26 f:d02274 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-274 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-274 GAO-02-274 Education or training costs Employment Federal/state relations Labor force Labor law State/local relations Training utilization JTPA Dislocated Worker Program Other Written Product A02610 Under the Workforce Investment Act, local workforce areas are likely to offer dislocated workers services that are tailored to local needs and that emphasize a quick return to employment. Nine of the local workforce areas that GAO visited emphasized a quick return to work and enrolled fewer dislocated workers into training than were enrolled under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Five local areas enrolled into training an equal or greater number of dislocated workers than were enrolled under JTPA. States used the act's flexibility to decide how much of their set-aside funds to spend on rapid response for dislocated workers and how much to spend on other statewide activities. Most of the 50 states that responded to a GAO survey on rapid response activities said that their state unit provided services when layoffs and plant closings involved 50 or more workers and that the state generally relied on local workforce area officials to provide rapid response services for layoffs affecting fewer workers. Workforce officials in several states expressed concern that the act's dislocated worker funding formula causes dramatic fluctuations in funding that are unrelated to the number of dislocated workers in the state. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-274/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-274.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-274/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-274.pdf GAO-02-274 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-274 Other Written Product GAO-02-274; Workforce Investment Act: Better Guidance and Revised Funding Formula Would Enhance Dislocated Worker Program; Education or training costs Employment Federal/state relations Labor force Labor law State/local relations Training utilization JTPA Dislocated Worker Program