{"id":32,"date":"2024-01-22T09:30:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T15:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neiaworkforce.org\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2025-06-18T09:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:54:14","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/neiaworkforce.org\/lab2023\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>The Northeast Iowa Workforce Development Board provides visionary leadership and oversight to workforce development in the Northeast Iowa Local Workforce Development Area (LWDA) consisting of Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Grundy, Hancock, Howard, Mitchell, Winnebago, Winneshiek, and Worth counties.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/neiaworkforce.org\/lab2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/NEIWFD-area-of-service-map-DRAFT-all-names.png\" alt=\"NEIWFD-area-of-service-map-DRAFT-all-names\" 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