Workforce Development in The IIJA, CHIPS and IRA
This toolkit outlines the most pertinent programs and opportunities for state workforce development policymakers to consider as they play a role in implementing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors and Science Act (CHIPS) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
According to the National Governors Association, from October 2022 through January 2023, the NGA Workforce Development Technical Assistance Program held conversations with key staff at federal agencies that received new funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS), and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This series was held following programming at NGA’s Summer 2022 Workforce Symposium on the role that state workforce policymakers should play in implementing recently enacted federal initiatives that will create jobs but lack a legislated role for the public workforce system.
This toolkit draws on insight from federal officials to outline the most pertinent programs and opportunities for state workforce development policymakers to consider as they seek to play a proactive role in implementing IIJA, CHIPS, and IRA. Moreover, the toolkit includes additional resources from NGA and federal agencies that will be helpful to state workforce development policymakers in this endeavor.
