Employment and Training

Workforce Investment Act
The Recovery Act is intended to preserve and create jobs, promote the nation’s economic recovery and assist those most impacted by the recession.  It provides the US Department of Labor and the public workforce investment system with unprecedented levels of funding for employment and training programs to help Americans acquire new skills and get back to work.  The significant investment of stimulus funds presents an extraordinary opportunity to advance transformational efforts.  In a stronger, more comprehensive workforce investment system, adults move easily between the labor market and education and training in order to advance in their careers and upgrade their contributions to the workplace, while disconnected youth are able to reconnect through multiple pathways to education and training opportunities necessary to enter and advance in the workplace. 
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Additional Funding for Workforce Development
 
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Unemployment Insurance Provisions
 
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Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1), signed into law by President Obama on February 17 included an expansion of the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009, reflecting a bipartisan agreement that significantly expands existing TAA programs.  It extends TAA to trade-affected services sector workers and workers affected by off shoring or outsourcing to countries like China or India. It creates a new TAA program for trade-affected communities and makes training, healthcare and reemployment TAA benefits more accessible and flexible. It reauthorizes all TAA programs (which expired December 31, 2007) through December 31, 2010.
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Workforce Tax Credits and Cobra Continuation Provisions
 
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Section 1512 Reporting
On April 8, 2009, the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) received American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for the training services to eligible customers within the 7 county Atlanta Regional Workforce Board Service Delivery Area including: Cherokee, Clayton, Gwinnett, Fayette, Henry, Douglas, and Rockdale counties:
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Contact Information
 
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