The IWA, a 501(c)3 registered nonprofit, is one of the northeast region’s leading advanced manufacturing workforce-development training organizations. They provide essential programming for incumbent and in-transition workers, and college and non-college bound students. The IWA partners with industry, government, and educational institutions to fill the employment pipeline for in-demand engineers, and installation and technical service workers, with a focus on hard-to-fill positions, and on low-income, high needs communities. They also offer a Composites & Advanced Manufacturing Program, in partnership with Vaughn College, that is focused on composite as an advanced natural and industrial material, their integration with mechanical systems,and the increasing usage in industries that innovate with composites. The students receive one college credit at the completion of this program.