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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: March 16, 2004 <br />Action Agenda f <br />Item No. 0/4 <br />SUBJECT: Workforce Development Board Annual Report <br />DEPARTMENT: Social Services/Skills PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Development JobLink Center, <br />Workforce Development Board <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Annual Workforce Investment Act <br />Report (Under Separate Cover) <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Gwen Price, ext. 2885 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To present the annual program report prepared by the Regional Partnership Local <br />Area on Workforce Investment Act Programs, including information on expenditures on all <br />contractors' programs, number of participants served, articles on the JobLink Career Centers, <br />and program success stories (the Skills Development Center is a state chartered JobLink <br />Center). <br />BACKGROUND: The Regional Partnership Workforce Development Board has sole <br />responsibility and oversight of the Workforce Investment Act Programs administered in <br />Alamance, Orange, and Randolph Counties. The Board is comprised of a majority of private <br />sector individuals, with remaining board seats filled by public sector. Members appointed by the <br />Orange County Board of County Commissioners are: <br />• Keith Norwood - Board Chair - Private Sector <br />• Nancy Coston - Orange County Department of Social Services <br />• Dianne Reid - Orange County Economic Development <br />• Cleon Currie - Private Sector <br />• Sandra Sanchez - Joint-Orange Chatham Community Action Agency (JOCCA) <br />• Phyllis West -Orange County Schools -Secondary Education <br />The Board's mission "is to provide leadership and advocacy for workforce development in our <br />communities, focusing on employer needs and employment preparedness", with a vision of <br />"being recognized as the catalyst between individuals' education and training and employers' <br />needs through the effective utilization of available resources". <br />It is staffs understanding that Keith Norwood will provide a short presentation on the report.