{"id":"wioa-adult-dislocated-worker-training","name":"WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker Career and Training Services","provider":"U.S. Department of Labor and local workforce development boards","entitlement_type":"government-benefit","entitlement_type_label":"Government benefit","entitlement_type_context":{"definition":"A government-funded or administered benefit, service, coverage program, assistance program, or public access route.","domain":"public-benefits","archetype":"direct-program","agent_instruction":"Identify the administering jurisdiction and disclose income, household, age, disability, immigration, residence, renewal, fee, and capacity rules that apply."},"summary":"The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Adult and Dislocated Worker programs provide job-search, career, and potentially funded training services through American Job Centers for eligible adults and workers affected by job loss or economic transition.","benefit":{"description":"Career assessment and planning, job-search and placement help, workforce preparation, and, when approved and funded, classroom or work-based training and related support through the local workforce system.","estimated_value_usd":null},"discovery":{"focus":"public-service","has_estimated_dollar_value":false},"access":{"relationships":["Adult eligible for WIOA individualized career or training services","Worker eligible for the WIOA Dislocated Worker program"],"requirements":"Basic workforce information is broadly available, while individualized career, training, and supportive services require local eligibility, assessment, funding, and program approval. Adult training priority goes to public-assistance recipients, other low-income people, and people who are basic-skills deficient; Dislocated Worker eligibility depends on current statutory and local criteria.","activation":"Contact a local American Job Center, request WIOA Adult or Dislocated Worker screening, complete intake and assessment, provide eligibility documents, and obtain approval before enrolling in any training expected to be funded.","cost_basis":"varies","cost_basis_label":"Variable by provider or eligibility","cost_basis_context":{"classification":"variable","definition":"The user's out-of-pocket cost cannot be represented by one fixed amount because it depends on provider policy, income, household, geography, selected service, coverage group, subsidy amount, or the underlying program. It may be free, reduced, sliding-scale, or partly paid.","agent_instruction":"Read and disclose the record's fees and requirements; use the most precise bounded price or variation reason available instead of repeating only that cost varies.","variation_patterns":["bounded price range","provider-set price","income-based sliding scale","coverage or service-dependent cost sharing","partial subsidy","directory of programs with different terms"],"does_not_mean":["universally free","cost information was necessarily omitted"]},"fees":"American Job Center screening and core help are free. Training or supportive funding is not automatic, can be limited, and may not cover every tuition, equipment, transportation, child-care, or living expense.","personalized":false,"regions":["US","Local workforce-area services and funding vary"],"expires":null},"status":"verified","last_checked":"2026-08-04","claim_url":"https://www.careeronestop.org/LocalHelp/AmericanJobCenters/american-job-centers.aspx","source_url":"https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/workforce-investment/adult","source":{"primary_url":"https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/workforce-investment/adult","evidence":[{"source":"U.S. Department of Labor and local workforce development boards","url":"https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/workforce-investment/adult","kind":"provider","checked_at":"2026-08-04"}]},"parent":null,"coverage":{"level":"national","family":"jobs-and-business","jurisdiction":"United States","maturity":"direct"},"web_url":"/benefits/wioa-adult-dislocated-worker-training","taxonomy":{"version":"1.0","url":"/api/v1/taxonomy"}}