Effective date: July 1, 2020
WIOA required that within the first two years of enactment, DWD-DET, in consultation with the Governor's Council on Workforce Investment (CWI), chief elected officials (CEOs), and local WDBs, and after a public comment period, establish local workforce development areas (WDAs) within the state.1
In the state of Wisconsin, all local WDAs previously established under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 were re-designated under WIOA on May 16, 2016 per the process outlined in Administrator's Memo 15-04.2
July 22, 2014 | Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) signed into law |
March 12, 2015 | Local area designations discussed with local WDBs during WIOA state call |
March 23, 2015 | DWD Secretary Reggie Newson consulted with CWI about local area designations |
April 15, 2015 | DOL issued TEGL 27-14: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Transition Authority for Immediate Implementation of Governance Provisions |
May 12, 2015 | DOL issued TEGL 27-14, Change 1. Allows Concentrated Employment Programs (CEPs) established under WIA to apply for designation |
June 2015 | State policy routed in draft form for review and comment to local WDBs and Wisconsin Workforce Development Association (WWDA) |
June 13, 2015 | State policy and comments discussed with local WDBs at WIOA state call. |
June 30, 2015 | DWD-DET issued Administrator's Memo 15-04 |
December 31, 2015 | Due date for local areas under WIA to submit "Request Form for Workforce Development Area Designation under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act" to DWD-DET for review |
February 11-March 11, 2016 | Designation requests posted to http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/wioa/doc/public_review_notice_area_designation.doc for 30-day public review |
May 2, 2016 | CWI recommended approval of local area designation requests for 11 WDAs to Governor Walker. |
May 16, 2016 | DWD Secretary Raymond Allen issued WDA designation approval letters to all 11 WDBs. |
July 1, 2016 | Local area designations in effect |
Wisconsin has identified eleven (11) local WDAs encompassing its 72 counties: