File #: 17-0184    Name: Approve Regional and Local WDB Plan
Type: General Agenda Item Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 2/22/2017 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 3/7/2017 Final action:
Title: Acting as the Chief Elected Official of the local Monterey County workforce development area, a. Approve the Monterey County Workforce Development Board's Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Four-Year Regional Planning Unit Plan for the Coastal Region and related Monterey County Local Plan and authorize their submission to the California Workforce Development Board; b. Authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to sign the Monterey County Local Plan; and c. Authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to sign the local board assurances and grant recipient form for receipt of WIOA funds
Attachments: 1. Regional Plan for the Coastal Regional Planning Unit, 2. Regional Plan Signatures Page, 3. Board Report, 4. Monterey County Local Plan, 5. Appendix 1_Local Board Assurances, 6. Appendix 2_List of Comprehensive AJCC and AJCC Partners in Local Area, 7. Appendix 3_AJCC Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) Phase I, 8. Appendix 4_Local Area Grant Recipient Listing, 9. Appendix 5_Local Workforce Development Board Bylaws, 10. Appendix 6_Program Administration Designee and Plan Signatures, 11. Appendix 7_Stakeholders in Regional and Local Planning Process, 12. Appendix 8_Key Strategic Goals, Strategies and Actions, 13. Appendix 9_Summary of Public Comments, 14. Completed Board Order
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Acting as the Chief Elected Official of the local Monterey County workforce development area,
a. Approve the Monterey County Workforce Development Board's Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Four-Year Regional Planning Unit Plan for the Coastal Region and related Monterey County Local Plan and authorize their submission to the California Workforce Development Board;
b. Authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to sign the Monterey County Local Plan; and
c. Authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to sign the local board assurances and grant recipient form for receipt of WIOA funds

Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors, as the Chief Elected Official of the local Monterey County workforce development area;
a. Approve the Monterey County Workforce Development Board's Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Four-Year Regional Planning Unit Plan for the Coastal Region and related Monterey County Local Plan and authorize their submission to the California Workforce Development Board;
b. Authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to sign the Monterey County Local Plan; and
c. Authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to sign the local board assurances and grant recipient form for receipt of WIOA funds

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Background:
The California Workforce Development Board (State Board) and the State of California Employment Development Department (EDD) issued a directive on September 16, 2016 requiring that local workforce development boards develop both regional and local plans, as mandated by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014. The WIOA, designed to strengthen and improve the public workforce system and put job seekers back to work by helping workers acquire the skills employers need and help employers access the talent pool needed to compete in a global economy, also mandated that the State complete a Unified State Plan among the State agencies respon...

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