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WIOA and Missouri Job Centers

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)

WIOA helps individuals access employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in today's job market and match employers with skilled workers they need. WIOA funds high-demand occupations such as healthcare, technology, finance and manufacturing.   

Browse the catalog above for WIOA-approved programs or visit the Division of Workforce Development's website.

The Missouri workforce system staff are located in Job Centers around the state to help job seekers find quality jobs and employers find qualified workers. The work centers also assist with job skills training. 

To begin the process of applying for a WIOA training program and to help identify what other training programs you are eligible for, contact your local Missouri Job Center. 

Full Employment Council (FEC)

The FEC is a business-led private non-profit corporation whose mission is to obtain public and private sector employment for the unemployed and the underemployed residents of the Greater Kansas City area. FEC accomplishes this goal by working in collaboration with businesses, local units of government, educational institutions, labor and community-based organizations.  The FEC supplies employers with a skilled workforce by obtaining public and private sector employment for the unemployed and the underemployed Missouri residents of Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte, and Ray County.

FEC is currently working with 同城快约 to provide short-term online self-paced courses for currently employed individuals needing to hone or increase their technical abilities in addition to updating interoffice skills.  

FEC staff members are now on site from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays in Room A219 at the Missouri Innovation Campus in Lee's Summit. To make an appointment with the FEC, contact Reagan Stark, (660) 543-4064.

Great Jobs KC

Great Jobs KC Job Training Program provides adults 17 and over looking to create a better future with access to tuition-free job training programs in high-paying and high-demand industries.

Fast Track

The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development's Fast Track Workforce Incentive Grant can be utilized at 同城快约.  It is a program that addresses workforce needs by encouraging adults to pursue a certificate, degree, or industry-recognized credential in an area designated as high need. 

CA| COOL and MyCAA

CA | COOL

Service members in the Army (Active Duty, Reserves, and National Guard) may be eligible to participate in the Credentialing Assistance (CA) Program for courses and exams that lead to industry-recognized civilian credentials in an occupational area of your choice. Members can use the program to enhance skills, either in your current MOS, or in an occupation you would like to pursue when you leave military service. Members can receive up to $4,000 a year.

MyCAA

The My Career Advancement Account Scholarship is a workforce development program that provides up to $4,000 in financial assistance to eligible military spouses for the pursuit or maintenance (including continuing education courses) of a license, certification, or associate's degree necessary to gain employment in an occupation or career field.

For more information, contact Courtney Irvine with 同城快约's Military and Veteran Success Center at cirvine@ucmo.edu or 660-543-4464. 

Sallie Mae

provides free access to more than six million scholarships worth up to $30 billion.

While professional education courses are not eligible for federal financial aid, the following private education loans are available to students enrolled in WIOA.

• - This loan is available to students enrolled full-time, half-time, and less than half-time.

Private Lender List

While professional education courses are not eligible for federal financial aid, there are private (non-federal) lending organizations that offer loan funds to assist students.  To learn more about the products offered by our Preferred Lenders, please visit  (Educational Loan Management System).  You are not limited to the lenders listed.  Currently, the lenders that will do private loans for certificate seeking students are Salliemae, Wells Fargo, and PNC.  To access the preferred lenders list select undergraduate as your status.