Federal Programs from Employment Training Administration
Registered Apprenticeship and Other Training Employment Training Administration To stimulate and assist industry in the development, expansion, and improvement of registered apprenticeship and other training programs designed to provide the skilled workers required by U.S. employ...more
Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities Employment Training Administration To assist persons to secure employment and workforce information by providing a variety of job search assistance and information services without charge to job seekers and to employers seeking qualifi...more
Unemployment Insurance Employment Training Administration To administer a program of unemployment insurance for eligible workers through Federal and State cooperation; to administer payment of trade adjustment assistance, alternative trade adjustment assista...more
Senior Community Service Employment Program Employment Training Administration To foster individual economic self sufficiency; provide training in meaningful part-time opportunities in community service activities for unemployed low-income persons who are age 55 years of age or ...more
Trade Adjustment Assistance Employment Training Administration To provide adjustment assistance to qualified workers adversely affected by foreign trade which will assist them to obtain suitable employment....more
WIA Adult Program Employment Training Administration The purpose of this program is to improve the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the nation's economy by providing workforce inves...more
WIA Youth Activities Employment Training Administration To help low income youth, between the ages of 14 and 21, acquire the educational and occupational skills, training, and support needed to achieve academic and employment success and successfully trans...more
WIA Dislocated Workers Employment Training Administration The purpose of the program is to reemploy dislocated workers, improve the quality of the workforce, and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the nation's economy by providing workforce inve...more
Address national employment and training problems through demonstration, pilot projects, and applied research. Employment and training issues and/or workforce development interventions are implemented...more
WIA Evaluation Employment Training Administration To provide for the continuing evaluation of programs and activities carried out under title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998....more
For 2014, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship has recognized 37 individuals for their outstanding work in the field of social enterprise.