Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Activities

Indiana consists of twelve (12) local workforce development areas (LWDAs), or Regions, as identified in DWD Policy 2017-11 Regional Designations under WIOA available at: https://www.in.gov/dwd/files/3511/2017-11-P_Regional_Designations_WIOA.pdf.

All LWDAs are single Regions with the exception of LWDA 5 and 12, which are combined as a Planning Region.

Indiana’s LWDAs consist of the following counties:

• Region 1: Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Newton, Jasper, Pulaski, Starke
• Region 2: St. Joseph, Elkhart, Marshall, Kosciusko, Fulton
• Region 3: LaGrange, Steuben, DeKalb, Whitley, Allen, Wabash, Huntington, Wells, Adams, Grant
• Region 4: Benton, White, Cass, Miami, Carroll, Howard, Tippecanoe, Warren, Fountain, Montgomery, Clinton, Tipton
• Region 5/12: Marion, Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Hancock, Shelby, Johnson, Morgan, Hendricks
• Region 6: Jay, Blackford, Delaware, Randolph, Henry, Wayne, Rush, Fayette, Union
• Region 7: Vermillion, Parke, Putnam, Vigo, Clay, Sullivan
• Region 8: Brown, Monroe, Owen, Greene, Lawrence, Daviess, Martin, Orange
• Region 9: Bartholomew, Decatur, Franklin, Jackson, Jennings, Ripley, Dearborn, Jefferson, Switzerland, Ohio
• Region 10: Crawford, Washington, Scott, Clark, Floyd, Harrison
• Region 11: Knox, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, Spencer, Perry
• Region 12: Marion