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2 Year Modification

Plan: Louisiana PYs 2018-2019
Combined Plan C

Section: WIOA State Plan Common Elements

Narrative: III. a. 2. D.

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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—
    • a. State Strategy Implementation
      The Unified or Combined State Plan must include—
      • 2. Implementation of State Strategy
        Describe how the lead State agency with responsibility for the administration of each core program or a Combined Plan partner program included in this plan will implement the State’s Strategies identified in Section II(c). above. This must include a description of—

III. a. 2. D. Coordination, Alignment and Provision of Services to Employers

Describe how the entities carrying out the respective core programs, any Combined State Plan partner program included in this plan, required and optional one-stop partner programs will coordinate activities and resources to provide comprehensive, high-quality services to employers to meet their current and projected workforce needs. The activities described shall conform to the statutory requirements of each program.
View corresponding narrative from PYs 2016-2017

Current Narrative:

Louisiana‘s core program partners along with One-Stop partner programs in each of the 8 regions coordinate activities and resources through local Workforce Development Boards (LWDBs), focusing on delivering regional business services and creating a positive long-term economic impact in the regions. The coordinated activities and resources are designed to provide comprehensive, high-quality services to employers to meet their current and projected workforce needs. This regional approach is appropriate for the following reasons:

• It builds strategic partnerships among businesses, training providers, community organizations and other key stakeholders in a labor market region that is designed to bolster the region’s economic competitiveness and promote systemic change to achieve ongoing benefits. • This approach is more responsive to labor demand than solely traditional job-matching and training services because it is problem-oriented (versus program-oriented), addresses needs interdependently (versus independently) and works to understand the collective needs of business.

The Regional Business Service Team (RBST) determines the skills, recruitment and retention needs of employers, as well as the training, employment and career advancement needs of job-seekers and workers. This meeting of the needs of businesses in the region has the potential to strengthen a region’s overall economic vitality by:

• Addressing the needs of employers through an intense focus on the workforce needs within specific industry sectors and businesses over a sustained period, often concentrating on a specific occupation or set of occupations within that industry. • Addressing the needs of workers by creating formal career paths to good jobs, reducing barriers to employment and sustaining or increasing middle-class jobs. • Bolstering regional economic competitiveness by engaging economic development experts in workforce issues while aligning education, economic and workforce development planning. • Engaging a broader array of key stakeholders through partnerships. • Promoting systemic change that achieves ongoing benefits for the industry, workers and community.

Regional Business Service Team

The Regional Business Service Team is a partnership between core program partners and mandatory/optional One-Stop partner programs with local Workforce Development Boards that convene and provide guidance to the team. The Regional Business Service Team within each region consists of the following programs:

• Wagner-Peyser. • Veterans. • Adult/Dislocated Worker Youth Program. • Louisiana Rehabilitation Services. • Incumbent Worker Training Program. • Rapid Response. • WorkReadyU (Adult Education) • Other stakeholders that engage employers in the region.

The RBST meets as necessary, in order to collaborate and coordinate their focus on employers’ needs in the region. The RBST supports and aligns One-Stop Center (B&CSC) business services within each region. Below is a list of business services in the region the team provides to the employer community: