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Workforce Information and Resources

  • Maine Jobs Council: leads, advises, and manages the effort to create a world-class workforce development system in Maine.
  • Local Workforce Investment Boards: collaborate with the Maine Department of Labor to establish a network of 12 full-service CareerCenters with additional service points and partner providers located throughout the state that provide services to employers and job seekers.
  • Workforce Investment Act (WIA): reformed federal employment, training, adult education, and vocational rehabilitation programs by creating an integrated "one-stop" system of workforce investment and education services for adults, dislocated workers, and youth.
  • National Association of State Workforce Agencies (NASWA): an organization of state administrators of unemployment insurance laws, employment services, training programs, employment statistics and labor market information and other programs and services provided through the publicly-funded state workforce system.

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