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Plan: West Virginia PYs 2016-2017
Unified Plan U

Section: WIOA State Plan Common Elements

Narrative: II. c. 1.

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  • II. Strategic Elements

    The Unified or Combined State Plan must include a Strategic Planning Elements section that analyzes the State’s current economic environment and identifies the State’s overall vision for its workforce development system. The required elements in this section allow the State to develop data-driven goals for preparing an educated and skilled workforce and to identify successful strategies for aligning workforce development programs. Unless otherwise noted, all Strategic Planning Elements apply to Combined State Plan partner programs included in the plan as well as to core programs.

    • c. State Strategy

      The Unified or Combined State Plan must include the State's strategies to achieve its strategic vision and goals. These strategies must take into account the State’s economic, workforce, and workforce development, education and training activities and analysis provided in Section (a) above. Include discussion of specific strategies to address the needs of populations provided in Section (a).

II. c. 1. Describe the Strategies the State Will Implement, Including Industry or Sector Partnerships Related to In-demand Industry Sectors and Occupations and Career Pathways, as Required by WIOA Section 101(d)(3)(b), (d). “career Pathway” is Defined at WIOA Section 3(7). “in-demand Industry Sector or Occupation” is Defined at WIOA Section 3(23).

Current Narrative:

We will create an approach based on the needs of the job seekers as well as the needs of the employer. Our workforce development system must examine the needs of the employer, assess the skills and skills gaps of the workforce and then create solutions to ensure maximum benefit to both customer groups.

Strategy 2.1: Work with employers to identify true workforce needs.

Strategy 2.2: Assess skill gaps and needs of individuals seeking employment and/or training.

Strategy 2.3: Ensure that individuals with barriers, especially those with disabilities, to employment have increased access to and for opportunities for employment, education, training, and support services.

Strategy 2.4: Make available training programs that solve both the needs of employers and individuals.

It is imperative that the workforce development system provide education and training for skills that lead to quality employment in high–demand jobs or entry–level occupations that lead to high demand jobs. Career pathways must be diverse with multiple entry and exit points allowing individuals of varying abilities, including low–skilled adults and youth with multiple barriers to employment, especially those with disabilities, to have realistic access to pathways. The State will support career pathways that help adults and youth enter the labor force and/or advance among multiple occupations, advance within an occupation or move to a new occupation that has similar skills to a previous occupation.

Strategy 3.1: Ensure career pathways development as set forth in WIOA is followed.

Strategy 3.2: Enhance current career pathways system.

Strategy 3.3: Educate individuals (job–seekers and employers) and encourage career pathways in training and employment environments.