HomeMy WebLinkAboutWorkforce Investment Area DocDate: June 18, 2014
To: Board of County Commissioners
From: Erik Kropp, Deputy County Administrator W
Re: Local Workforce Investment Area Boundaries
Commissioner Alan Unger serves on the Oregon Workforce Investment Board (OWl B). OWIB is
the overall advisory board to the Governor on workforce matters and is made up of leaders
representing private sector businesses, labor, state, local governments, and government agencies.
To carry out the work ofOWlB, the State of Oregon is divided up into Local Workforce
Investment Areas (L WIA).
Commissioner Unger also represents Deschutes County on the Oregon Consortium, the Local
Workfoce Investment Area that includes Deschutes County. The Oregon Consortium includes
twenty-four counties located throughout Central and Eastern Oregon, as well as parts of
Southwest Oregon. Governor Kitzhaber, through Executive Order 13-08, initiated a process to
evaluate the L WlA boundaries. In order to reduce fragmentation and align federal and state
programs to better serve Oregon's job seekers and businesses, OWlB is considering changing the
boundaries for the Local Workfoce Investment Areas.
At the Board of County Commissioner's June 23 rd Work Session, Commissioner Unger would
like to discuss a proposal for Deschutes County to join a new Local Workforce Investment Board
with the following counties: Klamath, Lake, Crook, Jefferson, Wheeler, Wasco, Sherman, Hood
River, and Gilliam.
At the request of Commissioner Unger, staff has drafted a resolution for Deschutes County to
participate in this new Local Workforce Investment Board and file a Local Workforce Investment
Areas designation request with the Governor's Office. This resolution will come before the Board
of Commissioners for consideration at its June 25 th Business Meeting.
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c: Tom Anderson, County Administrator
Bonnie Baker, Executive Secretary
Sharon Ross, BOCC Administrative Assistant