DATE: July 11, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Blake Konczal, Executive Director,
Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board
SUBJECT: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Four-Year Local Plan for Program Years 2017-2020
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Four-Year Local and Regional Plans for Program Years 2017-2020.
REPORT
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no alternative action. If this item is not approved, Fresno County will be out of compliance with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (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 action. The Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board (FRWDB) is 100% funded by non-County sources. These have their origin primarily with the United States Department of Labor, being 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. Subsequently, on September 16, 2016, the state released the final directive on Regional and Local Planning Guidance for 2017-2020 (WSD 16-07). This directive provides guidance and establishes the procedures regarding the preparation of both regional and local plans required by the WIOA. WIOA Public Law Sections 106 and 107 and California Unemployment Insurance Code Sections 14221 - 14222 require that local boards submit a comprehensive four (4)-year regional and local plan (plan) to the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB).
The CWDB's Strategic Workforce Development Plan for California has a broad vision and outlines ambitious goals for how the public workforce system can work with its partners to shape and support economic prosperity across the state and its regions. Under WIOA, the state has established 14 Regional Plannin...
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