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WELFARE REFORM - See Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

WIN JOB CENTER

The WIN Job Center provides workforce activities, through statewide and local workforce investment systems that increase the employment, retention and earnings of participants; increase occupational skill attainment by participants, and as a result, improve the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the nation. The WIN Job Center is responsible for conducting work readiness assessments, developing individual employment plans and utilizing its network of WIN Job Centers to assist TWP participants with job readiness training, education, and workforce skills training.

WORKFORCE AREA

The local jurisdiction that operates and administers WIOA training programs at the local level.

WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 2014 (WIOA)

The WIOA is a federally-funded program which replaced the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). WIOA is designed to help job candidates access employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in the labor market, and to match employers with the skilled workers they need to compete in the global economy. The WIOA partner agencies provide a wide variety of programs and resources to the Mississippi community. In Mississippi, TANF is a core partner and SNAP is a strategic partner in the WIOA.

WORK ACTIVITIES

Specific tasks or components to which a participant is assigned to accomplish the requirements of the TANF Work Program. See Chapter 9, TANF Work Activities Defined.

WORK ELIGIBLE

This term refers to the fact that a TANF participant is ready to be placed in a work activity. See TANF Work Program and Chapter 8, Intake.

WORK RELATED EXPENSES