INFORMATIONAL BULLETINS (PY 2000)

WIB COMMITTEE DESCRIPTIONS, GOALS & FUNCTIONS

Alameda County Workforce Investment Board
Committee Descriptions, Goals & Functions

1. Executive Oversight Committee

Composition: WIB Chair and Vice-Chair; the Chairs of each of the other committees (Economic Development & Employer Services, Performance Accountability & Customer Service and Operations); and the Chair of the Youth Council.

The Board Chair presides at the Executive Oversight Committee. The primary responsibilities include but are not limited to coordination of other committees’ work, administrative issues, budget review and approval, and personnel matters. The Executive Oversight Committee may also perform special assignments as needed.

WIA legislation mandates the following:

 Bylaws
 Chief Local Elected Official (CLEO) Agreement
 Umbrella Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
 Conflict of Interest Policy
 Develops a budget to carry out the duties of the WIB

2. Economic Development & Employer Services Committee

Composition: Representatives from the local Economic Development Agencies and other WIB members. The WIB Chair appoints the Chair of the Economic Development & Employer Services Committee. The Vice-Chair is selected from the committee membership.

GOAL 1: Provide job seekers with opportunities to improve skills and wages through a system of workforce services and life long learning opportunities.

A. Conduct an annual community audit.

- Provide useful information (i.e. labor market, skills and service gaps) to key stakeholders including firms and workers – as well as policy makers, workforce and economic development practitioners and educators.

- Provide stakeholders in our local area the information needed to develop a shared view of the critical economic and social challenges that confront them, and a forum within which they can find solutions.

B. Decrease the skills gap between industries’ skill needs and the potential workforce by creating mechanisms for clearly defining industry-based skill standards (hard and soft) and communicating them to educational providers (public and private).

C. Act as a catalyst to promote collaborations and partnerships to train and educate job seekers for careers.

GOAL 3: Champion and promote best practices and innovations in workforce development for Alameda County.

A. Identify best employer and community based projects (childcare center, salary/wages, family friendly services on school/community/industry partnerships, mentoring).

B. Promote best practices and innovations.

C. Replicate successful models.

GOAL 5: Develop and implement an effective marketing and communication strategy for the Workforce Investment Board, the Youth Policy Council and the workforce development system.

The Economic Development & Employers Services Committee will focus on customers being trained for jobs that will provide long-term career paths.

It coordinates labor market studies being done in the County, provides the Board with information on emerging economic trends, provides policies guidance with regard to Individual Training Accounts (ITA’s), the Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL), and Employer Services within the One-stop Career Centers. It also formulates the WIB’s marketing plan and strategies. The committee makes recommendations to the WIB.

WIA legislation mandates the following:

 Develops the Local Plan – a comprehensive strategy to meet the local workforce and economic development needs.
 Coordinates workforce development activities with economic development strategies.
 Establishes an “Eligible List of Training Providers”. WIBs may not directly provide training services.
 Promote private sector involvement in the workforce development system.
 Marketing Plan

3. Performance Accountability & Customer Service Committee

Composition: Majority private sector membership. The WIB Chair appoints the Chair of the Performance Accountability & Customer Service Committee. The Vice-Chair is selected from the committee membership.

GOAL 2: Create mechanisms that hold the workforce investment system accountable.

A. Meet business needs.

B. Meet job seeker needs, e.g. creating family friendly policies that enhance quality of life, providing for advancement opportunities and promoting a self-sufficiency wage.

C. Improve the quality of one-stop services.

The Performance Accountability & Customer Service Committee will develop policies to implement a comprehensive performance-based accountability system that uses objective data to evaluate the Alameda County Workforce Development System and direct the systems continuous improvement. The committee makes recommendations to the WIB.

WIA legislation mandates the following:

 Negotiates the systems performance measures, oversees its performance and ensures customer satisfaction.

4. Operations Committee

Composition: WIB partner agencies representing the one-stop mandated programs, private sector members, and other WIB members. The WIB Chair appoints the Operations Committee Chair. The Vice-Chair is selected from the committee membership.

GOAL 4: Enhance system integration among workforce entities (i.e. Employment Development Department, one-stops, CalWorks), social services, community and economic development for Alameda County (e.g. childcare, housing, transportation).

The Operations Committee responsibilities will be to assist staff in developing sound policies and implementing operational changes for the Alameda County Workforce Development System. This committee will be the forum for the mandated partners and others, to discuss: roles, workforce system requirements, resources, and customer needs. The committee makes recommendations to the WIB.

WIA legislation mandates the following:

 Develops the Local Plan – a comprehensive strategy to meet the local workforce and economic development needs.
 Coordinates multiple funding streams into a single workforce development system rather than funding a collection of programs. Creates a mainstreams system with universal access to services.
 Selects and certifies the one-stop operators. Negotiates MOUs with the one-stops.
 Assists in the development of the employment statistics program and labor market exchange.
 Local Definitions and Policies


Youth Policy Council
(Required sub-part of the WIB)

GOALS: Because all five goals relate to the work of the Youth Policy Council, there will be representation from the Youth Policy Council on each of the four WIB committees.

The Workforce Investment Board and the Board of Supervisors jointly appoint this 32-member council. It includes representation from the WIB, juvenile justice, law enforcement, education, labor, public housing, Job Corp, parents, youth; community based organizations, and other entities with interest and expertise in youth policy.
The WIB Chair appoints the Chair of the Youth Policy Council (YPC). The Vice-Chair is selected from the YPC membership.

The YPC is charged with developing youth employment and training policy and practices, recommending youth service providers to the WIB, and conducting oversight of local youth programs. Finally, it oversees a $1,000,000 grant on behalf of the County of Alameda.

WIA legislation mandates the following:

 Develops youth portion of the Local Plan.
 Recommends providers of youth activities to the Workforce Investment Board.
 Coordinates local area youth activities.


Rev 2/26/01