Workforce Development Board

The West Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board is appointed by the Local Elected Officials of the West Central Wisconsin County Boards' Consortium and sanctioned by the Governor, to carry out responsibilities under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998. Nominations to the Board may be made by business, trade and designated community organizations.

Formerly known as the Private Industry Council, the Board was established in 1983 to administer the federal Job Training Partnership Act. Through a strategic planning process that began in 1995, the Board has been in transition to assume the broader roles authorized under the Workforce Investment Act and related local, state and federal legislation.

Workforce Development Board Executive Committee

The Executive Committee will meet monthly to provide guidance and direction to the full Workforce Development Board, develop meeting agendas and act in the absence of full Workforce Development Board meetings on issues requiring immediate response.
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County Boards' Consortium

The West Central Wisconsin County Boards' Consortium appoints the Workforce Development Board and has responsibility for program planning and oversight.
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One-Stop Operator Consortium

a. Intake and referral
b. Assessment
c. Individual service planning
d. Case management
e. Employer contacts
f. Placement and follow-up
g. Marketing services to employers
h. Economic support services

The primary role of the One-Stop Operator Consortium (formerly the Local Collaborative Planning Team or LCPT) is to plan and implement an integrated employment and training service delivery system that meets the needs of an area's employers and job seekers. Job Center Standard #1 defines the LCPT as the "vehicle for administrators of participating programs to meet, discuss, plan, implement, and manage the effort to achieve a comprehensive, seamless, efficient and effective employment and training enterprise." Programs required to participate in this collaborative planning process originally included, at a minimum, JOBS, JTPA (now WIA), Wagner-Peyser, Carl Perkins Vocational Education Act, and Adult Education Act. The W-2 ("Wisconsin Works" - the replacement program for JOBS) and Vocational Rehabilitation programs were added in 1996 as core participating partners. Additional partners/programs, such as county human service departments and economic development agencies are encouraged to be members of the One-Stop Operator Consortium and participate in collaborative planning. Some regions choose to have county-level teams responsible for community (vs. WDA-wide) program planning and implementation. If county-level groups do exist, they must have a clearly defined role in relationship to the One-Stop Operator Consortium.

The role and responsibilities of the One-Stop Operator Consortium for interagency area-wide planning are furthered defined in Job Center Standards #2 - 6 (as revised in 1997) and include providing for job center management, authoritative representation from participating programs, documented meeting practices and planning linkages between fund sources.
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Youth Council

The Youth Council will meet to address issues relating to youth needs and services in the region. This group is an independent sub-committee of the Workforce Development Board.
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Workforce Resource Inc. Board

The Workforce Resource Inc. Board will meet to provide direction and oversight for the Workforce Resource, Inc. administrative and service entity.
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Regional One-Stop Operator Committees

Job Center Steering Committee
To provide overall guidance, direction and governance to the area Job Center system including development and implementation of Memoranda of Understanding, Resource Sharing Agreements, and monitoring of overall system performance.

Job Seeker Services Committee
Job Center Standards: Job seekers have access to services that will meet their needs, including:

a. Information on education, employment and training services available
b. A listing of local service providers and whether the services are available on-site or elsewhere in the local area
c. Initial eligibility information on programs available in the community for which they are eligible
d. Information on nontraditional occupations, which is made available to customers as part of their overall orientation
e. Information on pre- and post-support services needed to maintain the employment situation
f. Assessment
g. Career guidance and occupational information
h. Current job openings, the qualifications associated with these openings, and application instructions
i. Assistance with job search, including resume writing, interviewing, seeking nontraditional employment positions, using labor market information and locating the "hidden job market"
j. Information on the UI filing and claims update processes

The Job Seeker Services Committee will address the following issues:

• Identification of Job Seeker needs
• Tailoring Job Center services to meet Job Seeker needs
• Promoting Job Center services to attract Job Seekers
• Establishing Job Center performance standards and benchmarks
• Developing Job Center customer satisfaction measures and methods
• Monitoring Job Center performance
• Promoting continuous quality improvement in Job Center Services

Employer Services Committee
Job Center Standards:Employers can access workforce development services including:

a. Assistance with recruiting qualified job applicants
b. Information and assistance on entering job orders on electronic systems
c. Access to labor market information
d. Information on employer events
e. Assistance with planning for workplace expansion or downsizing
f. Information on retention and post-employment support services for employees

The Employer Services Committee will address the following issues:

• Identification of Employer needs
• Tailoring Job Center services to meet Employer needs
• Promoting Job Center services to attract Employers and increase job orders
• Establishing Job Center performance standards and benchmarks
• Developing Job Center customer satisfaction measures and methods
• Monitoring Job Center performance
• Promoting continuous quality improvement in Job Center Services

Education and Training Committee
The Education and Training Committee will address the following issues:

• Job Center linkages to education and training resources
• Education and training services provided within Job Centers
• Identification of area education and training needs
• Access to education and training services
• Promoting use of education and training to address workforce development
• Individual Training Account criteria and procedures (WDB issue)
• Continuous quality improvement of education and training services

Job Center Teams

The purpose of these meetings will be to gain insight into local needs, service provision, performance and customer satisfaction.
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