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C.154

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	September 10, 2019

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

2017-2021 East Bay Regional Plan and 2017-2021 Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County Local Plan

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/10/2019

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor

Contact:

Elaine Burres 6084960

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: September 10, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ACCEPT the 2017-2021 East Bay Regional and 2017-2021 Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County (WDBCCC) Local Plan and AUTHORIZE the Chair, Board of Supervisors, to sign the WDBCCC Local Plan as recommended by the Employment and Human Services Department Director.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no fiscal impact.

BACKGROUND:

Under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) the Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County is tasked with modifying the existing four-year plan into a five-year plan, to provide an overview of the local workforce system and describe the strategies that will be used to achieve specific goals, including fostering strategic alignment, improving service integration among workforce partners, and insuring the workforce system is industry relevant. The East Bay Regional Plan was developed in unity with other areas in the East Bay region, including the City of Richmond, Alameda County, and the City of Oakland; and conjointly with the Local Plan will serve as the strategic roadmap for the implementation of WIOA. Strategic priorities identified in the five-year strategies align with the State's primary objective: "fostering demand driven skills alignment; enabling upward mobility for all Californians; and, aligning, coordinating, and integrating programs and services to economize limited resources to achieve scale and impact".

Under WIOA, a biennial update of regional and local plans is required in order to ensure plans remain current and account for “changes in labor market and economic conditions or in other factors affecting the implementation of the local plan” (29 U.S. Code § 3123). The California Workforce Development Board (State Board) has also made changes to the State Plan which require that Local Boards update their plans to keep them consistent with the policy direction of the State Plan. Pursuant to the State Plan modifications submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor in the spring of 2018 and approved on June 11, 2018, the State Board is providing guidance to Local Boards on the requirements associated with local and regional planning modifications. This Directive provides specific guidance and instructions on both required and elective modifications to local and regional plans.

A Chief Elected Official signature is required for local plans, but not for regional plans. However, CEOs are still required to approve final regional plans.

On February 5, 2019, the Contra Costa County Workforce Development Board approved the 2017-2021 Local Plan modifications and on May 7, 2019, the Board approved the 2017-2021 Regional Plan.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without submission of the Regional and Local Plans, the Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County would be out of compliance with Innovation and Opportunity Act requirements.