(Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs Office of Workforce Development)

The report contained state of the workforce reports for Alabama and each of the state’s local workforce investment areas and workforce regional advisory council areas.  For the purposes of the report, the substate workforce investment areas are referred to as workforce investment advisory areas (WIAAs).  The reports analyze supply, demand, and other issues regarding the workforce for the state and each WIAA, using available metrics of workforce characteristics.  Follow-up reports have been performed, and a special report on the Alabama counties impacted by Hurricane Katrina was also performed.