The Individual Training Account (ITA) finances training services for eligible individuals.  WIOA Title I adults, dislocated workers, and youth ages sixteen-twenty-four (16-24) work with a career planner to select and then purchase the appropriate training services from those on the Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL).  Participants are expected to utilize information such as skills assessments, labor market conditions/trends, and training providers’ performance, and to take an active role in managing their employment future using ITAs.

ITAs are one training option available to eligible and appropriate participants when it is determined by a career planner that they will be unlikely or unable to obtain or retain employment that leads to self-sufficiency or higher wages from previous employment through career services alone.  An ITA is limited in cost and duration and must result in employment leading to economic self-sufficiency or wages comparable to or higher than wages from previous employment.

Training programs selected shall be connected to occupations in demand, based on current labor market information with an emphasis on employment opportunities within the Local Workforce Innovation Board’s (LWIB) priority industry sectors.  Training shall lead to a recognized postsecondary credential as defined by WIOA.

ITAs are allowed for out-of-school youth ages sixteen-twenty-four (16-24) per 20 CFR 681.550.