DATE: June 24, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nerland, County Administrative Officer
Blake Konczal, Executive Director, Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board
SUBJECT: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Four (4) Year Local Plan for Program Years 2025-2028
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Four-Year Local Plan for Program Years 2025-2028.
REPORT
The Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board (FRWDB) is a Joint Powers Authority between the City of Fresno and the County of Fresno that manages Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding, disbursed by the United States Department of Labor, to provide services that will ensure participants find jobs and that businesses have access to a skilled workforce. WIOA and California Unemployment Insurance (UI) Code require that local Workforce Development Boards submit a comprehensive four-year Regional and Local Plan (Plan) to the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB). Approval of the recommended actions will allow FRWDB to submit the Plan to the CWDB by the June 30, 2025 deadline. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no alternative action. If this item is not approved, the County will be out of compliance with WIOA requirements and could lose funding for WIOA activities that benefit the residents of Fresno County.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. FRWDB is 100% funded by non-County sources. These have their origin primarily with the United States Department of Labor and are supplemented by other federal and State of California grants.
DISCUSSION:
Final rules for WIOA were released jointly by the Department of Labor and Department of Education in late June 2016. WIOA Sections 106 and 108 and California UI Code Sections 14221-14222 require that local boa...
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