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Workforce Development Board and Committees

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The Middlesex County Workforce Development Board (WDB) is a public/private partnership, formed through the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act of 2014. This federal legislation created workforce development boards throughout the country, to enable the workforce development system to be demand-driven and responsive to the needs of employers and workers.

 

Adult and Dislocated Worker Career Services 

COMPETITIVE CONTRACTING PROPOSAL FOR ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER CAREER SERVICES

The Workforce Development Board of Middlesex County

Public Meetings

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WIOA Local and Regional Plans

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires local and regional workforce development boards to develop and submit program designs which serve as four-year action plans to develop, align, and integrate service delivery strategies to support the prosperity of the workforce within Middlesex County and the Central Jersey Region through a shared vision, strategy, and operational goals.

WIOA 2023 Middlesex County Local Plan

WIOA 2023 Central Jersey Partnership Regional Plan

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Executive & Fiscal Oversight Committee

The Executive and Fiscal Oversight Committee is tasked with ensuring that the duties, policies, and functions of the Middlesex County Workforce Development Board are carried out in accordance with the provisions, rules, and regulations of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA), and that the current Local and Regional WIOA Plans are being implemented efficiently and effectively. The Committee members conduct the business of the Board between quarterly meetings. The committee consists of all duly elected officers of the Board, the County Commissioner liaison, and all chairpersons of the Standing Committees.

Executive & Fiscal Oversight Committee Membership

Public Meetings

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Literacy Committee

The mission of the Literacy Committee is to identify and analyze local resources, programs, and services, and recommend ways to improve the quantity, quality and delivery of literacy programs. The Literacy Committee works to achieve a more literate adult community who are, therefore, more productive members of the workforce. The Literacy Committee serves as a resource for the literacy provider community and the business community so that better literacy services are available to county residents and so that employers may have access to a more literate workforce.

Literacy Committee Membership

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One-Stop Operations and Planning Committee

The One-Stop Operations and Planning Committee is responsible for one-stop operations and the workforce investment system to ensure coordination between workforce programs and services.

One Stop Operations and Planning Committee Membership

Public Meetings

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Abilities Committee

The mission of the Abilities Committee is to make recommendations to the One-Stop in order to ensure that all services of the One-Stop are fully accessible to people with disabilities. Accessibility includes physical accessibility, along with attitudinal and procedural accessibility, and people with disabilities include physical, mental and learning disabilities.

Abilities Committee Membership

Public Meetings

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Youth Advisory Committee

The Youth Advisory Committee provides expertise in planning, policy development and oversight of youth employment and training services and to increase the knowledge and access of youth to employment opportunities and workforce programs and services. The Youth Advisory Committee plans youth workforce activities and designs a comprehensive year-round system which is coordinated with other organizations serving youth.

Youth Advisory Committee Membership

Public Meetings

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