Roles and Responsibilities

The following is a list of the responsibilities of the WDB:

• Develops comprehensive strategy to meet community's workforce development needs defined by local stakeholders
  
  
• Uses multiple funding sources (federal, state, local, private) to focus on entire investment in workforce development system, not programs
  
  
• Established community outcome expectations for impact of workforce development efforts
  
  
• Evaluates programs in light of broad community goals
  
  
• Collaborate with the local  education agencies and local community colleges
  
  
• Charter JobLink Career Centers, monitor activities, and evaluate the performance of the career centers, programs, and activities
  
  
• Develop linkages with regional and local economic development efforts and activities in the service area and promote the cooperation and coordination among public organizations, community organizations, education agencies and private businesses
  
  
• Administers and provides oversight for the federal Workforce Investment Act, Dislocated Worker, Adult, and Youth Programs
  
  
• Membership:  Fifty-one percent of the Workforce Development Board’s membership positions are private-sector business representatives—primarily decision makers.  The remainder of the membership is made up of various agency representatives, e.g. Employment Security Commission, Dept. of Social Services, education agencies, and community based organizations.   

Updated: 06/18/2007