103 the workforce investment act wia of 1998 created a new nationwide comprehensive system that is consumer focused and market driven in texas implementation has resulted customer with an integrated delivery solutions delivered through 28 local development boards instead having separate employment offices conduct public labor exchanges job seekers now have access to all services needed enter or reenter located one center these stop career centers provide information on available jobs skill requirements search support training provider performance any resident certain minimum for structures but allows communities states flexibility both design usdol 1 website 2002 by law following partners are required be part adult dislocated worker youth activities which makeup exit cohort education community block grant service us department housing urban north american free trade agreement nafta transitional adjustment assistance postsecondary vocational title v older americans unemployment insurance veterans 2000