Will Focus on New Innovations and Best Practices Under the Workforce Investment Act

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Rubén Hinojosa, Chair of the Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness Subcommittee of the Education and Labor Committee, and Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s Third District announced today that the Subcommittee will hold a field hearing in Henderson on the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) on Friday, May 29 at 10 a.m.  The hearing, New Innovations and Best Practices Under the Workforce Investment Act, will examine ways to improve WIA in an effort to educate and retrain workers.  This is the fifth in a series of hearings on this issue.

“I am honored to join Congresswoman Titus in Nevada’s Third District to listen to your ideas focused on new innovations and best practices that will improve the workforce development system we are studying,” said Congressman Hinojosa.  “If we are to succeed in achieving our goal of making educational opportunities available to all, then we must listen to different voices, new ideas, and expert testimony on the issue.  With your input, we can develop a targeted and focused strategy to build a bridge to postsecondary education, advanced training and a better quality of life for adults.

“I look forward to welcoming Chairman Hinojosa to Southern Nevada to discuss this important legislation that can help provide people with the training they need to find a new job or get ahead in the workplace,” Congresswoman Titus said.  “With unemployment in Nevada at a 25-year high, it is critical that we examine what works and what doesn’t with job training programs so we can put people back to work.”

The Workforce Investment Act was signed into law in 1998 in an effort to consolidate, coordinate, and improve employment, training, literacy, and vocational rehabilitation programs.  WIA provides job training and related services to unemployed and underemployed individuals and is the federal government’s primary support for Americans seeking assistance to obtain, retain, or change employment.

WHO:             Congressman Rubén Hinojosa, Chair, Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness Subcommittee
                      Congresswoman Dina Titus, Member, Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness Subcommittee
                      Witnesses to be announced

WHAT:            Field Hearing on New Innovations and Best Practices Under the Workforce Investment Act

WHEN:           Friday, May 29, 2009 at 10 a.m.

WHERE:         Nevada State College
                       Room 120, Liberal Arts and Sciences Building
                       1021 East Paradise Hills Drive
                       Henderson, NV

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Tags: Education and Labor, Henderson, jobs, Workforce Investment Act