How does Service Integration planning impact current discussions to improve the delivery of Trade Adjustment Assistance in California?
The Department of Labor has ruled that California is out of compliance for failing to establish co-enrollment of Trade Adjustment Act clients into the WIA Dislocated Worker program. Of even greater concern than matters of compliance, this disconnect between the WIA and TAA programs has contributed to California’s weak performance in the TAA program, with California’s access to federal TAA training and other service funds for eligible clients lagging far behind other states. Because of the urgency to improve upon the State’s delivery of TAA services, we are planning to include TAA in the service integration model and learning labs in July 2008. While broader service integration planning proceeds, however, we anticipate that the State will issue a Directive in late 2007 that will drive more immediate and statewide change for federal compliance on TAA. Most importantly, we encourage all Local Areas to work immediately on finding solutions for improving TAA and WIA coordination and the del
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