Under the new Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Local Workforce Areas must reapply for an area designation and workforce board certification. WIOA provides the criteria for the designation of local areas and certification of local boards. WIOA requires the Governor to designate areas and certify one local board for each local area within the State. The Governor of California has designated the Workforce Development Board (WDB) of Contra Costa County as a local area. This local area has been defined as all of geographical Contra Costa County with the exception of the City of Richmond, which has been designated as its’ own local area.   
  
To be re-certified and continue to operate as a local board/area, the WDB of Contra Costa is required to submit the attached application certifying it has: 1) successfully negotiated and met our program goals, 2) sustained fiscal integrity, and 3) engaged in a regional planning process. This Board Order is needed for authority to submit the application and to authorize the Chair of the Board to sign the application. According to WIOA, the application must be signed by the Local Workforce Development Board Chair and the County's Board of Supervisors' Chair.

Without approval of local area designation for the Local Workforce Investment Area, future funding and service delivery would be impacted.