Vision and Goals

As Southwest Georgia continues to experience shortages in skilled, reliable workers, it remains the vision of the Southwest Georgia Local Workforce Investment Board (SWGA WIB) to:

Provide each customer with meaningful, quality customer service above and beyond the “norm” in order to assure the customer’s success; provide needed, quality training enabling the customer to become gainfully employed and/or advance in their chosen career; and provide the employers of Southwest Georgia a skilled, work-ready client-base from which to choose.

The Workforce Investment (WIA) of 1998

The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 was the first major reform to the education and training opportunities funded by the federal government in over 15 years. The funding provides education and training to eligible individuals to enhance their current skills or learn a new trade.

Individuals seeking assistance through the Southwest Georgia Workforce Investment Area must be a resident in one of the aforementioned counties or
is/was employed by a company whose business is/was within the Southwest Georgia service area.