REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Approve Local Plan for NOVA and Regional Plan for Bay-Peninsula Regional Planning Unit
Report
BACKGROUND
The federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires local workforce boards in a state-designated planning region (Regional Planning Unit or RPU) to engage in a regional planning process. This regional plan describes workforce development activities and service strategies. It also incorporates local plans developed by each of the local boards within the planning region. The Bay-Peninsula RPU encompasses three workforce boards, including NOVAworks Workforce Board (NOVA), San Jose-based work2future Board, and San Francisco Workforce Development Board.
The California Unified Strategic Workforce Development Plan (State Plan) is the overarching policy document for local and regional plans. It establishes the state's vision and direction and serves as a conceptual outline for local boards and their partners to jointly develop these plans. Service delivery is typically integrated at the local level, where resources are braided, and support is provided to participants through workforce partners. Individuals experience the workforce system through local programs. As such, a Local Plan operationalizes local program access, service strategies and collaboration with partner agencies within a regional framework. The intent is to improve service coordination and address barriers to equitable access to economic self-sufficiency. The Regional Plan provides the roadmap for cross-jurisdiction service outcomes and aligns local programs with regional labor markets and industry sectors that drive regional employment.
WIOA requires that local and regional plans be developed every four years, with modifications to these plans completed in the middle of this four-year period. In 2017, the Council approved the four-year Local Plan for program years (PY) 2017 to 2020 at its February 28, 2017, meeting (RTC No. 17-0042) and the Region...
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