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New JerseyWorkforce Regions
NJ State Employment and Training Commission (SETC) Presentation
Friday, September 25, 2015
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Dennis M. Bone, ChairmanNJ State Employment and Training Commission
Sheryl Hutchison, Acting Executive DirectorNJ State Employment and Training Commission
Today’s Presenters
NJ State Employment and Training CommissionOne John Fitch Plaza, PO Box 940
Trenton, NJ 08625‐0940609‐633‐0605
www.njsetc.net
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Local Workforce Board Roles
Strategic: Setting priorities for workforce investments, leading career pathways development, identifying and promoting promising workforce practices.
Systems Alignment: Designating One‐Stop Operators, Program Oversight and MOUs with partners, oversight of local youth activities
Planning: Must prepare a regional plan and a local strategic plan.
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Creation of Regional Planning Areas
Goal: Promote alignment of workforce programs with regional economic development strategies to meet the needs of employers and job seekers
Designation of Regions: The State, in consultation with local workforce boards and elected officials, is required to designate Regions following certain criteria.
Regional means:Workforce planning, coordinated service strategies and support services, industry sector strategies, administrative cost sharing, alignment with regional economic development initiatives
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Workgroup Considerations
Economic Development Areas
Industry Sectors
Labor Market Information (annual employment numbers, unemployment rates, median income, education levels)
Commuting Patterns
Resources/Size and Fit of Region Flexibility to work outside the Region
OCEAN
SUSSEX
BURLINGTON
MORRIS
ATLANTIC
SALEM
WARREN
MONMOUTH
CUMBERLAND
HUNTERDON
BERGEN
SOMERSET
MERCER
CAMDEN
GLOUCESTER
PASSAIC
CAPE MAY
ESSEX
MIDDLESEX
UNION
HUDSON
²0 20 4010 Miles
Prepared by: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Bureau of Labor Market Information April 2015
Option 1NorthCentralSouth
Regional DesignationOption 1
OCEAN
SUSSEX
BURLINGTON
MORRIS
ATLANTIC
SALEM
WARREN
MONMOUTH
CUMBERLAND
HUNTERDON
BERGEN
SOMERSET
MERCER
CAMDEN
GLOUCESTER
PASSAIC
CAPE MAY
ESSEX
MIDDLESEX
UNION
HUDSON
²0 20 4010 Miles
Prepared by: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Bureau of Labor Market Information April 2015
Option 2North EastNorth WestCentralSouth
Regional DesignationOption 2
OCEAN
SUSSEX
BURLINGTON
MORRIS
ATLANTIC
SALEM
WARREN
MONMOUTH
CUMBERLAND
HUNTERDON
BERGEN
SOMERSET
MERCER
CAMDEN
GLOUCESTER
PASSAIC
CAPE MAY
ESSEX
MIDDLESEX
UNION
HUDSON
²0 20 4010 Miles
Prepared by: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Bureau of Labor Market Information April 2015
Option 3North EastNorth WestSouth EastSouth West
Regional DesignationOption 3
Southern Region: Tuesday, October 13, 201510 am – 12 noonRowan College at Burlington County500 College Circle, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054Laurel Hall – Room 320
Central Region: Tuesday, October 13, 20152 pm – 4 pmNJ Association of Counties, 3rd Floor150 West State Street, Trenton NJ 08608
Northern Region: Wednesday, October 14, 201510 am – 12 pmMontclair State University, Feliciano School of Business, Room 140
RSVP to: [email protected] , 609‐633‐0605
Regional Meetings ‐ Save the Dates
Public comment on New Jersey Workforce Regionsmust be submitted in writing to the
NJ State Employment and Training Commission (SETC) by 4 pm on Friday, October 23, 2015
Mail to:NJ State Employment and Training Commission
One John Fitch Plaza, PO Box 940Trenton, NJ 08625‐0940
Email to:[email protected]
Written Public Comment Instructions
SETC Website: www.njsetc.net
NJ WIOA Website: http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/wioa
USDOL‐ETA: http://www.doleta.gov/wioa/
WIOA Resources
September25,2015DearElectedOfficialsandWorkforceBoardRepresentatives:OnbehalfoftheStateEmploymentandTrainingCommission(SETC),IampleasedtoinviteyoutoparticipateinourupcomingRegionalWorkforcemeetings,todiscusscriticalchangestoNewJersey’sworkforcesystemthatwillimpactfutureplanningandfundingconsiderationsacrossourstate.AsrequiredundertheWorkforceInnovationandOpportunityAct(WIOA),theStateiscreatingnewworkforceregions,topromotethealignmentofworkforceprogramswithregionaleconomicdevelopmentstrategiestomeettheneedsofemployersandjobseekers.Thiswillinvolveregionalplanning,alignmentwithregionaleconomicdevelopmentinitiatives,coordinatedserviceandindustrysectorstrategies,andadministrativecostsharing.PleaseconsiderattendingoneofthreeregionalmeetingstoprovideyourinputonthefuturedirectionofourtalentdevelopmentsysteminNewJersey:
SouthernRegion: Tuesday,October13,2015 10am–12noon RowanCollegeatBurlingtonCounty 500CollegeCircle,MountLaurel,NJ08054 LaurelHall–Room320
CentralRegion: Tuesday,October13,2015 2pm–4pm
NJAssociationofCounties,3rdFloor,Trenton
NorthernRegion: Wednesday,October14,2015 10am–12pm MontclairStateUniversity,FelicianoSchoolofBusiness,Room140
[email protected],609‐633‐0605byOctober5,2015.Inaddition,weinviteyoutosubmitwrittencommentontheregionaloptionsdirectlytotheSETC.Regionalinformationandinstructionsforsubmittingpubliccommentmaybefoundonourwebsiteatwww.njsetc.net.AllcommentsmustbesubmittedinwritingbyOctober16,2015.Welookforwardtoyourparticipationandinputinthisprocess.Sincerely,
DennisM.Bone,Chairman