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22 <br /> How to Start the Process of Redesignation (also known as Realignment)for Your County/Local Area <br /> These recommended steps describe how any county may go about making the initial request for redesignation <br /> (realignment) of a local workforce area in North Carolina.' <br /> Ordinarily,the official making this request is the Chair of the county Board of Commissioners,unless by prior <br /> agreement,this role has been granted to the Mayor of a city within the county, or another official. <br /> 1. If you have not already done so, contact Chet Mottershead,Assistant Secretary of Workforce Solutions at <br /> the N.C. Department of Commerce, at chet.mottersheadgnccommerce.com, for basic information on <br /> realignment. <br /> 2. Consult with the following to consider the type of alignment that will work for your region in order to <br /> support workforce and economic development: <br /> A. Your fellow elected officials within your county <br /> B. Leader(s)from your local community college or other educational institutions <br /> C. Local economic development official(s) <br /> In your consultations, consider the eight guiding principles established in 2022 by the NCWorks <br /> Commission, found within the memorandum here: https://www.nccommerce.com/documents/ncworks- <br /> commission-draft-memorandum-workforce-development-board-system-alignment-study <br /> Note: It is ultimately up to you, as your county's top official,who exactly to consult. While 100% <br /> agreement is not necessary,a significant amount of consensus will build a stronger case for your request. <br /> 3. Consult with the Chairs of the other counties(or Mayors, as the case may be)with which you would like to <br /> partner on a newly-constituted local area.All of the counties involved must agree to the boundaries of any <br /> new local area.Note,however,that this does not necessarily mean that all of the counties in your current <br /> local area must agree. <br /> 4. Send a letter to Tom Rabon,the Chair of the NCWorks Commission(see attached example letter). You <br /> may email this letter to NCWorksCommissionkcommerce.nc.gov. Please cc Dr. Annie Izod, Executive <br /> Director of the NCWorks Commission, at annic.izodgnccommerce.com and the Chief Local Elected <br /> Official of your current local area. <br /> In this letter,you will: <br /> A. Describe the local area that you intend for your county to join or form. <br /> B. Describe the consensus you have found within your county on the need to realign your local area. <br /> C. Describe the informal agreement you have reached with other counties. <br /> D. Describe the extent to which the new local area follows the eight guiding principles established by the <br /> NCWorks Commission. <br /> 5. Note that this does not complete the process. After a review of your letter,the N.C. Department of <br /> Commerce will work closely with you and other stakeholders to complete necessary documents prior to <br /> August 1,2022. Then,the NCWorks Commission will consider your request. The target date for any new <br /> local areas to become effective following this process is July 1,2023. <br /> 'See also:the Workforce Innovation&Opportunity Act(WIOA)of 2014,the federal law governing the public workforce <br /> system. <br />