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Plan: Florida PYs 2016-2017
Unified Plan U

Section: WIOA State Plan Common Elements

Narrative: III. a. 1.

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  • III. Operational Planning Elements
    The Unified or Combined State Plan must include an Operational Planning Elements section that support the State’s strategy and the system-wide vision described in Section II.(c) above. Unless otherwise noted, all Operational Planning Elements apply to Combined State Plan partner programs included in the plan as well as to core programs. This section must include—

III. a. 1. State Board Functions

Describe how the State board will implement its functions under section 101(d) of WIOA (i.e. provide a description of Board operational structures and decision making processes to ensure such functions are carried out).

Current Narrative:

State Board

CareerSource Florida is the state’s chief workforce policy organization. A public-private partnership, CareerSource Florida is a non-profit organization that works with many partners across the state to connect employers with qualified, skilled talent and Floridians with employment and career development opportunities to achieve economic prosperity. Chief among its partners are the state DEO - the state agency responsible for workforce policy implementation and administrative and fiscal affairs - and the 24 LWDBs, charged with local delivery of employment and training services to job seekers and businesses.

The CareerSource Florida Board of Directors includes the Governor and 38 members appointed by the Governor or legislative leaders. Members contribute in a very tangible way to the development of strategies and policies that drive efforts to ensure Florida has a globally competitive workforce. The work of this board and the entire state workforce system is vital to achieving Governor Rick Scott’s priorities for helping Floridians get to work and establishing Florida as the nation’s top job-creating state. The state board plays a critical role in strengthening Florida’s business climate through its policy setting and oversight role.

Governance Structure

The governance structure, through which the state board conducts its work, consists of the board of directors, two councils - the Strategic Policy Council and the Finance Council - and an Executive Committee, which is composed of council chairmen and other board leaders appointed by the board chairman.

Strategic Policy Council

• Responsible for analyzing, discussing, vetting and finalizing strategic policies and performance incentives for the CareerSource Florida network as directed by the chairman of the board

• Recommendations of the Strategic Policy Council will be approved/not approved by the CareerSource Florida Board of Directors

• Currently, 11 board members serve on this council

Finance Council

• Responsible for directing the statewide allocation of workforce system funding

• Responsible for safeguarding the workforce system’s resources and assets

• Recommendations of the Finance Council will be approved/not approved by the CareerSource Florida Board of Directors

• Currently, nine board members serve on this council

A graphic display of the Board Governance can be found on page 59 (figure 3.01) of the Unified State Plan located at: http://careersourceflorida.com/docking/160328WIOAPlan.pdf

Executive Committee

• Responsible for determining funding and strategic priorities

• Responsible for forwarding these recommendations to the CareerSource Florida professional team for review and analysis prior to further consideration by the Strategic Policy Council and potential approval by the full board

• Currently, nine board members serve on this committee

The State board is committed to leveraging the resources entrusted to it with those of its primary workforce-system partners and its many other strategic partners in business, economic development and education to address talent needs at every skill level and cultivate a globally competitive workforce for Florida. To ensure the workforce strategies and policies developed by the state board are implemented throughout the state are consistent with approved state and local plans, the board cultivates collaboration with DEO and Florida’s LWDBs, and other partners vital to workforce-services delivery. LWDB partners hold their quarterly meetings in conjunction with the state board’s quarterly meetings and there are opportunities to showcase best practices and identify and address barriers to enhanced collaboration and performance outcomes. Additionally, quarterly meetings are held between the state board professional team and the leadership of the LWDBs to discuss strategic issues, identify policy objectives, and discuss best practices for service delivery in Florida. Federal and state program guidance is communicated to local workforce partners through participation in state-level policy development activities and formally promulgated and documented in a series of guidance papers developed by DEO. These policy documents are often vetted by state and local partners before final issuance. This policy and administrative information can be found at http://www.floridajobs.org/workforce-board-resources.