FAMILY & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: July 22, 2024
Subject: Appointments to the Workforce Development Board
Submitted For: Marla Stuart, Director
Department: Employment and Human Services Department
Referral No: N/A
Referral Name: N/A
Presenter: Noramah Burch, WDB staff
Contact: Danielle Fokkema, (925) 655-2047
Referral History:
On January 7, 2020, the Board of Supervisors (BOS) adopted Resolution No. 2020/1 adopting policy governing appointments to boards, committees, and commissions that are advisory to the BOS. Section III.A. of this resolution states that when an advisory body conducts interviews for at-large/countywide seats, the body's recommendation will be provided to a Board committee for further review, along with all applications received for the applicable seat(s). In all cases, the Board Committee decides which applicants to nominate for full Board action.
The Workforce Development Board implements federal requirements for programs to address the education, skills, and employment needs for a skilled workforce, and that lead to an increase in the skills and earnings of Contra Costa residents.
On March 14, 2016, the Family and Human Services Committee (FHS) accepted the Employment and Human Services Department's recommendation to decertify the then-current Workforce Investment Act local Board and re-certify a new board structure in compliance with the new Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). FHS approved these recommendations, and the Board did the same at its March 29, 2016 meeting.
Under new standards in WIOA (2016) and as adopted by the Board on March 29, 2016, the new Workforce Development Board structure is: a total of 25 required seats and 2 "optional seats", consisting of: 13 Business representatives, 5 Workforce representatives, and 5 Education and Training representatives as follows: (1) Adult Education/Literacy; (2) Higher Education; (3) Economic & Community Development; (4) Wagner Peyser representative; (5)...
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