The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Workforce Investment Act (WIA) programs both provide employment services, though they differ in scope. TANF and WIA administrators could better coordinate the services they offer by creating formal referral processes and sharing job search, career development, and job placement services and support. Improved information sharing, including data systems, and co-location of services within American Job Centers could also enhance coordination of service delivery.
Read more about these and other strategies to coordinate the WIA/TANF programs in Mathematica’s new report and issue brief. The 12 coordination strategies identified by this study are especially timely as federal, state, and local policymakers plan the implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), signed into law in July 2014.
