REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve NOVA Strategic Local Plan and Approve NOVA as Career Services Provider at Sunnyvale NOVA Job Center
Report
BACKGROUND
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires local workforce development boards in a planning region (Regional Planning Unit or RPU) to engage in a regional planning process resulting in the preparation and submission of a single regional plan that describes workforce development activities and service strategies and that incorporates local plans for each of the local areas within the planning region. The Bay-Peninsula RPU includes the workforce boards located in the counties of Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Benito, and San Francisco.
The State Plan is the controlling policy document for regional and local plans. It sets the State's policy direction for these plans and serves as a conceptual map for local boards and their partners as they jointly develop the regional and local plans. The State Plan also designates required regional partners, including industry sector leaders, economic development, community colleges, adult education, and the Department of Rehabilitation. The Plan encourages the participation of other organizations including community-based organizations and nonprofits. The primary purpose of the local plans and partnerships is to facilitate access to services at the local level.
The State issued guidance for preparation of the regional and local plans with a specific framework and guidelines for required content. The local plans will be submitted concurrently with the regional plan; both the regional and local plans are due March 15, 2017.
The State also issued guidance relative to selection of career services providers at the America's Job Center of California (AJCC) locations such as the NOVA Job Center in Sunnyvale. A local board has flexibility to provide career services itself with approval of the Chief Elected Official and the Governor. NOVA intends to apply to cont...
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