WFI provides oversight and policy direction to ensure that workforce programs are ______ by the Department of Economic Opportunity and implemented locally by the RWBs in compliance with Governor-approved plans.

• A. Administered
• B. Implemented
• C. Funded
• D. Regulated

Answer: (A)

This question tests who is responsible for managing and directing the workforce programs at the state level versus implementing them locally. The phrase that fits best is that the programs are administered by the Department of Economic Opportunity. Administering means the state agency oversees, directs, and supervises the programs, setting policies and ensuring they run properly. The local implementation then falls to the RWBs, operating under governor-approved plans.

If we said implemented instead of administered, it would imply the state agency is doing the actual execution, which conflicts with the idea that local entities (RWBs) carry out the implementation. Funding isn’t the focus here, and regulating would emphasize rules rather than ongoing management. So the intended meaning is that the DEO administers the programs while RWBs implement them locally.