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In the Board of Supervisors role as the Chief Elected Official of the 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 for the North Central Coast Region and related Monterey County Local Plan and authorize their submittal to the California Workforce Development Board; and
b. Authorize the Chair of the Board to sign the Monterey County Local Plan
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors, in its role as the Chief Elected Official of the 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 for the North Central Coast Region and related Monterey County Local Plan and authorize their submittal to the California Workforce Development Board; and
b. Authorize the Chair of the Board to sign the Monterey County Local Plan
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Background:
The California Workforce Development Board (State Board) and the State of California Employment Development Department (EDD) issued a directive on January 29, 2021 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 them to 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 responsible for the core programs of the WIOA, including the State of California's Labor and Workforce Development Agency, Community College Chancellor's Office, Department of Rehabilitation, and EDD. This Unified State Plan identified policy objectives, threaded throughout the ...
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