Building a Better Workforce in Alabama

Welcome to ADECA's Workforce Development Division.  Alabama is at a pivotal point in time where workforce development is critical to the success and continued growth of our citizens and our businesses.  Job skills, education, and training are the tools individuals need to obtain a job and enjoy the quality of life they desire.

Workforce development is preparing individuals with the occupational skills necessary for work; it is recruiting, placing, mentoring, and counseling potential employees; and it is combining education, employment, and job training efforts.

Alabama's workforce development system is working to manage persistent labor shortages, increase the business community's satisfaction with education and training, ensure that workforce development is equivalent to economic development, and integrate special populations into the economic mainstream.

To view or download the full 2011 Workforce Investment Act State Plan in PDF form, click here.

News / Announcements 

The next meeting of the Alabama Workforce Investment (State) Board is scheduled for Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 10 a.m. at the Marriott Legends Hotel in Prattville. 

The State Integrated Workforce Plan for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and Wagner-Peyser Act programs, 2012-2016, is available. Read it here. (Latest revision, Oct. 17, 2012.)

For public comment on the above State Integrated Workforce Plan, email sara.calhoun@adeca.alabama.gov. 

Click here for the Addendum to the State Integrated Workforce Plan for the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and Wagner-Peyser Act programs, 2012-2016, as requested by U.S. DOL

Download the handbooks and attachments for the Work Experience program: click here. (2.85 MB .zip file)

Annual reports are available in PDF form: 2011  | 2010  | 2009. 

Contact

Phone: (334) 242-5300