Women Work! monitors and evaluates federal legislation and policies that are critical to the success of women entering, re-entering and advancing in the workforce.
Pathways to Advancing Career Training (PACT) Act
The Pathways Advancing Career Training (PACT) Act was created to help meet the diverse employment needs of the 21st century economy. PACT would provide assistance to States for training programs that prepare women for employment in high-wage, high-skill fields where they are often underrepresented. It would also allow States to develop and support programs that address barriers to employment for single parents and for displaced homemakers-divorced and widowed women re-entering the workforce after extended periods of time at home caring for family members. In doing so, PACT would target those families most in need-female-headed families-while helping to build the highly-skilled, diverse workforce that is critical to continued US competitiveness.
Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
Women Work! advocates for reforms in the federal workforce development system, as authorized by the Workforce Investment Act, to increase women's access to training for high-skill, high-wage and nontraditional careers.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Education and training is essential for women on welfare to escape poverty and achieve economic self-sufficiency. Women Work! calls for increased education and training opportunities in the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program, so that welfare recipients have the opportunity to complete a certificate or degree.
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act
Career and technical education (CTE) is a powerful strategy to advance economic self-sufficiency for women in transition and their families.
Higher Education Act (HEA)
Higher education consistently leads to increased earnings and employment stability, but for many women this road to economic self-sufficiency is out of reach because of high tuition and attendance costs. The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act presents an important opportunity to expand the supports that help women and parents succeed at higher education.
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