TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Planning and Building Services
MEETING DATE: June 21, 2016
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Debbie Holmes
PHONE:
467-5590
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Steve Dunnicliff
PHONE:
234-6650
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Application for Mendocino County Local Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Local Area Recertification
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve Application for Mendocino County Local Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Local Area Recertification; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
On May 19, 2015, the LWDA local area designation determined by the Board; and, on March 1, 2016, the Board approved a resolution formally designating the Workforce Development Board (WDB).
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
The WIOA was signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 22, 2014. On May 19, 2015, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors approved the submission of an application for Initial Local Board Certification for Program Year 2015-16 on behalf of the Mendocino County WDB. The WDB then submitted the request to the California Workforce Development Board for review, and subsequently received local board certification for the period of July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. The WIOA Section 107 provided the criteria for the recertification of local boards. The recertification process requires the Governor to certify one Local Board for each Local Area in the state once every two years. The period for recertification is July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018. The Governor shall approve a request made for local board recertification by any local area if the area did the following during Program Year(s) 2013-2014 and 2014-2015: 1.) Met WIOA membership requirements; 2.) Performed successfully; and, 3.) Sustained fiscal integrity. Local Boards requesting recertification must also provide a status u...
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