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WIOA
About WIOA
The Montana Department of Labor & Industry (MTDLI) provides services to help individuals obtain or retain employment that supports self‑sufficiency, offers educational opportunities, or requires additional training.
MTDLI administers four Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs designed to deliver these services:
- Adult Program
- Youth Program
- Adult Education & Family Literacy Act Program
- Dislocated Worker Program
In general, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Adult program provides resources to enable workers to obtain or retain good jobs by providing them with workforce services such as job assistance, career guidance, and training opportunities. The Adult program is designed to:
- Help employers meet their workforce needs by connecting them to skilled workers;
- Provide eligible adults with basic and individualized career services and the training services necessary to obtain good jobs; and
- Prioritize provision of these services to recipients of public assistance; other low-income individuals; and individuals who are basic skills deficient.
The Youth Program provides services to in-school youth ages 14-21, and out-of-school youth ages 16-24. The focus of the youth program is to help youth focus on career pathways, longer-term academic, and occupational learning opportunities, and provide long-term comprehensive service strategies. The program is designed to prepare Montana's youth to either enter post-secondary education, training or employment upon completion of their secondary education.
Additional services and opportunities provided by the Montana Department of Labor & Industry, that operate in conjunction with, as well as independent of, the WIOA Programs previously described are listed below.
Title II Adult Education and Family Literacy program equips eligible adults with foundational skills and supports to thrive in today’s workforce and society. The program is designed to:
- Assist adults in becoming literate and achieving the knowledge and skills necessary for employment and economic self sufficiency.
- Support the educational development of parents and family members to fully engage in their children’s educational growth.
- Help adults complete secondary education or its equivalent, transition to postsecondary education/training, and obtain workforce credentials—especially by integrating adult education with career pathway programs.
- Assists in English language literacy for non-native speakers, as well as acquire an understanding of the American system of Government, individual freedom and the responsibilities of citizenship.
Services available at Job Service Montana Offices. Job Service Montana Office Locations
Rapid Response is designed to assist workers who are facing loss of employment, to obtain re-employment as soon as possible.
Rapid Response activities include
- Establishing onsite contact with employers and employee representatives upon notification of a current or projected closure or mass layoff, or in the case of a disaster
- Provision of information and access to available employment and training activities
- Assistance in establishing a labor-management committee
- Providing assistance to the local community in developing a coordinated response and in obtaining access to state economic development assistance.
Rapid Response assistance available at Job Service Montana Offices.
If you are a WIOA applicant, participant or service provider or a workforce center partner you may file a grievance or complaint at:
- Your local Job Service Montana office; or with
- Joe Rangitsch, Program Monitoring Supervisor/EEO Officer at 406-444-4100; or
- U.S. Department of Labor by fax at 202-693-6505