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CENTRALINA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD <br /> (WOB) <br /> <br />General Information <br /> <br />The Centralina Workforce Development Board (WDB), in partnership with the local elected <br />officials on the Centralina Workfome Development Consortium, establishes workforce <br />investment policies and develops the local comprehensive workforee development plan for the <br />region. The WDB initiates planning, negotiation, and integration of various workforce <br />preparedness services at the local level, in addition to coordinating workforee investment <br />activities with economic development strategies. The Workforce Development Board plays a key <br />role in designing a workfome development system to better meet the needs of dislocated workers, <br />welfare clients, and others seeking to enter or re-enter the labor force as well as the needs of <br />employers. <br /> <br />Among the duties of the WDB, the chartering of JobLink Career Centers is one of the most <br />important since these "one-stop" centers have direct, daily contact with citizens in the counties. <br />The WDB is also responsible for assuring local JobReady (School-To-Work), Work First (welfare <br />reform), Welfare-to-Work (WtW), and Workforce Investment Act (WIA) programs and services <br />are properly coordinated in a seamless delivery system throughout the region. <br /> <br />The Workforce Development Board replaces separate governing boards for individual federally <br />funded programs. The Centralina WDB also makes decisions about the allocation of funds, <br />provision of services through local JobLink Career Centers, monitoring activities, and <br />coordination of various local job training and education efforts under the Workforce Investment <br />Act (W-IA) to further workforce preparedness in the county. <br /> <br />The core functions of the Centralina WDB arepolicy guidance (strategic planning and <br />establishing local objectives); coordination and negotiation(connecting and brokering activities; <br />coordinating workforee investment activities with economic development strategies; negotiating <br />local performance measures); and program oversight (program planning, labor market <br />information, career center chartering, youth activities oversight, plan review, and <br />evaluation/monitoring). <br /> <br />Membership <br /> <br />The membership of the Centralina Workforce Development Board (V~DB) must meet the <br />requirements of the Workforce Investment Act (W!A). While other individuals may be appointed <br />to replace current members whose terms are expiring, they must be selected from and according to <br />the conditions for the categories listed below. <br /> <br />A majority of members of the Workforce Development Board must be from the private <br />sector. The Chairperson of the Workforce Development Board shall be a Private <br />Sector member. <br /> <br /> <br />