The local workforce development board is accepting comments on a plan to address employment issues in San Benito County.
To learn about the plan, how to submit comments and other information, go here.
According to the announcement released Thursday:
The San Benito County Workforce Development Board (WDB) is pleased to release the 2017-2020 Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) Local Plan Draft for Public Comment. The Local Workforce Development Boards for San Benito developed this Local Plan Draft with input from our partners and stakeholders. The plan focuses on our goals and strategies for building local sector pathways and coordinated workforce services to better meet the needs of employers and job seekers in the region.
The Local Plan Draft for Public Comment will be posted for the 30-day period of February 3, 2017 – March 5, 2017. The San Benito County Workforce Development Board will include all public comments in our final submission of the Local Plan to the State of California Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
Please note that the final Local Plan will be submitted to the State along with the Regional Plan which consist of Workforce Development Boards for San Benito, San Francisco, NOVA (Northern Santa Clara and San Mateo County), and San Jose Silicon Valley Workforce Investment Network (Southern Santa Clara County, which operates as work2future). The Regional Plan will also include separate Local Plans for each of the above Local Workforce Development Boards.
