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Approve the Workforce Development Board (WDB) of Solano required Application for Subsequent Local Area Designation and Local Board Recertification to the State of California for Program Year 2019-21
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors, as local elected officials, and as authorized in Section 107 (c)(1)(A) of the federal PL 113-128 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014, approve the Workforce Development Board (WDB) of Solano required Application for Subsequent Local Area Designation and Local Board Recertification to the State of California for Program Year 2019-21.
SUMMARY:
The federal WIOA requires local elected officials to appoint a business-led Workforce Development Board for the local Governor-designated service area. A State-imposed deadline is in place for Solano County to submit a signed Recertification Request by June 30, 2019. Once approved, the WDB will be certified for two years (through June 2021).
Attachment A provides a full copy of the WDB Recertification Request forms to be submitted to the State by June 30, 2019.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This action has no direct fiscal impact upon the County. The federal WIOA formula grant funds will continue to be allocated to the County of Solano as long as a membership-compliant WDB is appointed, and such a Board remains compliant across the life of the WIOA grant awards.
DISCUSSION:
Legislative Background and Needed Actions
Congress passed the WIOA legislation in 2014 to replace the Workforce Investment Act of 1999. The first Local Workforce Development Board Recertification Request under WIOA legislation was submitted and approved by the Board of Supervisors in March of 2016.
WIOA requires establishment of local service areas and the appointment by local elected officials (LEOs) of WDBs to guide and oversee the WIOA gr...
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