National Urban League Statement on Passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
National Urban League President and CEO, Marc H. Morial, today issued the following statement on the passage in the House of Representatives the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the pre-eminent job training legislation, by an overwhelming vote of 415 to 6.
“With the passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) by the House of Representatives, millions of unemployed and under-employed workers and urban youth and youth of color can now receive the job and skills training and support services they need to chart a path to a better future.
“The decade-plus wait for congressional renewal of the nation’s preeminent job training legislation was a long time coming, and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Chaka Fattah are to be commended for their tenacity, commitment and leadership in creating a bi-partisan bill, which incorporates crucial components of the Urban Jobs Act, that will create a better life for urban youth and youth of color, and shepherding it through to passage.”
Click here to read the full article on the National Urban League Washington Bureau website.
