Partner

Workforce Development

Mindy Wilmot
Partner/Workforce Coordinator, Kern-EDC
Bakersfield, CA 93301
County: Kern
http://www.co.kern.ca.us/...

Organization:
The Kern County Workforce Investment Board (Kern-WIB) was established to provide strategic planning, policy development, and oversight of the local workforce investment systems. It provides policy guidance in partnership with units of general local government, as well as developing and administering job training plans and selecting grant recipients. Kern-WIB also acts as a liaison with the business community, and performs additional review functions as required by local, state, and federal law. Kern-WIB is a partner on one WIRED project.

Tasks:
Project 3.1 - Workforce Analysis:
- With partners, generate a minimum of 200 company responses to the project survey, and develop and publicize a final report of the survey results.
- Develop strategies to address identified training and education gaps, and share strategies across the 9 regions and the entire Corridor.