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4 <br /> Chet Mottershead said that Work Force Solution's mission is to connect talent to jobs. <br /> He said that they are 100% federally funded. He said they fund the twenty-two work force <br /> development boards with grant funding received from the US Department of Labor. He said <br /> they have 450 employees and 75% are located at NC Works Career Centers across the state. <br /> Slide #2 <br /> State Low: <br /> NC Prosperity Zones: Economic,Education and Government <br /> Regionalism and Collaboration <br /> NC General Statutes§143B-28.1 �..�.� _ '+ ul�i'wow w :^ <br /> 8 Regional Prosperity Zones .1%P <br /> NC Dept of Commerce _ 4 <br /> • Economic Development Partnership of NC <br /> • NC Community College System <br /> • NC Dept of Health and Hunan Services <br /> • NC Dept of Public Instruction <br /> NC Dept of Transportation <br /> • NC Dept of Environmental Quality <br /> • NCSU Industry Expansion Solutions <br /> NOgTH GAROUNf <br /> DEPARTMENT of <br /> MG—Wag-4,WW2� COMMERCE <br /> Chet Mottershead said the purpose of this realignment is to better align economic <br /> development and workforce development. He said this map is how the state apparatus pushes <br /> economic development resources to the regions in the state. <br /> Slide #3 <br /> 22 WORKFORCE DEVELOPNMENT BOARDS (III UnVLJur1,20221 <br /> 1- 10 Counties per board Counties for current boards are located in as <br /> (does not promote reglonalisln) many as 3 different Prosperity Zones <br /> • Very in aperationai and procedural Prosperity Zones have 3-6 Workforce Boards <br /> implementations represented with a sl ngle county or more <br /> (does not provide consLsteucy) <br /> 17 of the 22 Workforce Development Boards are <br /> Management oversight and economic priorities located in a single Prosperity Zane;with 6 of <br /> differ (does not promote coilahoration) those operating in a single county <br /> 0nIEdRTiAltki f <br />