REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GEORGEANNE A. WHITE, City Manager
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
BY: BLAKE KONCZAL, Executive Director
Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board
PHYLLIS STOGBAUER, Senior Deputy Director
Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board
SUBJECT
Title
Approve and authorize the Mayor or designee to execute the Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board's (FRWDB's) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Two-Year Local Plan Modification for Program Years 2021-2024
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council approve and authorize the Mayor or designee to execute the Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board's (FRWDB's) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Two-Year Local Plan Modification for Program Years 2021-2024.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The California Workforce Development Board's (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 Planning Units (RPUs) within the State of California that align workforce development activities and resources within the context of a larger regional economy and to develop and deploy available resources to provide coordinated and efficient services to job seekers and employers. Each RPU is required to develop a regional strategic plan. The FRWDB is one (1) of eight (8) Workforce Development Boards in the designated San Joaquin Valley and Associated Counties RPU. The other local boards include Kern-Inyo-Mono, Kings, Madera, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tulare.
The Function of the Local Plans
Under the State Plan, the primary purpose of local workforce plans and partnerships is to facilitate access to workforce services at the local level. While WIOA Section 106 Regional Plans and partnerships are specifi...
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