On August 26, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Employment and Training Administration issued guidance to states on how to use Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grants to bolster artificial intelligence literacy and training across the public workforce system. The guidance, which encourages states and local workforce development boards to use Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funding to support AI literacy among participants in WIOA Title I Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker programs, is the department’s latest effort to carry out President Trump’s Executive Order, “Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth.”
In addition to expanding opportunity within this funding pathway, the department encourages states to use their governor’s reserve funds to integrate AI learning opportunities into programming.