Coordination and Integration of
Welfare and Workforce Development Systems

List of Abbreviations/Acronyms

ABE: Adult Basic Education
AFDC: Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Replaced by the TANF program.
DOL: U.S. Department of Labor
EITC: Earned Income Tax Credit
ES: Employment Service, also referred to as Job Service or JS
GAO: U.S. General Accounting Office
GED: General Equivalency Diploma, "high school equivalent"
HHS: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
JOBS: Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program. The work program for AFDC.
JTPA: Job Training Partnership Act. The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 replaced the Job Training Partnership Act.
LMI: Labor Market Information
PIC: Private Industry Council
PRWORA: Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. This Act replaced the AFDC program with the TANF program.
SDA: Service Delivery Area
TANF: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. Replaced the old AFDC program.
UI: Unemployment Insurance
VR: Vocational Rehabilitation
WIA: Workforce Investment Act of 1998. This Act (WIA) replaced the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA).
WIN: Work Incentive Program
WtW: Welfare-to-Work Grants Program

Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
Introduction
Coordination and Service Delivery
Factors that Promote Coordination
Challenges to Coordination
Conclusions

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Last updated 02/03/04