Workforce Investment Act: States and Localities Increasingly Coordinate Services For TANF Clients, But Better Information Needed On Effective Approach (GAO-02-696)

July, 2002 Workforce Investment Act: States and Localities Increasingly Coordinate Services For TANF Clients, But Better Information Needed On Effective Approach (GAO-02-696) The 1998 Workforce Investment Act (WIA) required states to provide most federally funded employment-related services through one-stop centers. Two years earlier, welfare reform legislation created the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant which provided flexibility to states to focus on helping needy adults with children find and maintain employment. Nearly all states reported some coordination of their TANF and WIA services at the state or local level, and the use of some . . .