what does wia stand for?
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) was authorized in 1998. Over the past 11 years the public workforce system has long. awaited reauthorization that would address the evolving. workforce and economic needs as well as the limitations in. WIA with respect to training, funding, and service delivery. design. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. (WIOA) replaces WIA and will be in effect for the next five. years (2015-2020). The purpose of WIOA is to better align the workforce. system with education and economic development in an. effort to create a collective response to economic and labor.