Item Description:
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Establish a public hearing on the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act Local Plan at the Administration, Operations,& Budget Committee of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners on April 23, 2024 at 1:30 p.m.
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that a public hearing be established to obtain public comment on the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act Local Plan, during the Administration, Operations & Budget Committee of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as practicable in GC-A24 Board Room of the Hennepin County Government Center, in the City of Minneapolis; and that the Clerk of the Board be directed to publish notice of the public hearing.
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Background:
Under the provisions of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the Governor of each State or Territory must submit a Unified or Combined State Plan to the U.S. Department of Labor that outlines a four-year strategy for the State’s workforce development system. The publicly-funded workforce development system is a national network of Federal, State, regional, and local agencies and organizations that provide a range of employment, education, training, and related services and supports to help all job-seekers secure good jobs while providing businesses with the skilled workers they need to compete in the global economy.
The local board, in this case the Hennepin-Carver Workforce Development Board, in partnership with the chief elected official for the local area involved, shall develop and submit a local plan to the Governor that meets the requirements in WIOA section 108.
The Local Plan includes a description of the strategic planning elements consisting of the regional economic conditions including existing and emerging in-demand industry sectors and occupations and the employment needs of employers in those industry sectors and occupations. It also includes an analysis of the workforce in the region, including current labor force employment (and unemployment) data, and information on labor market trends, and the educational and skill levels of the workforce in the region, including individuals with barriers to employment.
The Local Plan includes an analysis of the workforce development activities (including education and training) in the region, as well as an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of such services, and the capacity to provide such services and to address the identified education and skill needs of the workforce and the employment needs of employers in the region.
Finally, the Local Plan includes a description of the local board’s strategic vision and goals for preparing an education and skilled workforce (including youth and individuals with barriers to employment), including goals relating to the performance accountability measures based on primary indicators of performance described in section116(b)(2)(A) in order to support regional economic growth and economic self-sufficiency. Taking into account the analyses described above, the Local Plan includes a strategy to work with the entities that carry out the core programs to align resources available to the local area, to achieve the strategic vision and goals described. The Local Plan also includes a description of the workforce development system in the local area that identifies the programs that are included in that system and how the local board will work with the entities carrying out core programs and other workforce development programs to support alignment to provide services.
This request is to establish a public hearing on Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. during the Administration, Operations & Budget committee meeting, in GC-A24 Board Room of the Hennepin County Government Center, to obtain public comment on the on the 2024 Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act Local Plan.
The Clerk of the Board will publish notice of the public hearing and the Hennepin-Carver Workforce Development Board will distribute the notice to interested individuals, agencies and organizations.
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Recommendation from County Administrator: Recommend Approval