RD96 - Virginia Workforce Council 2006 Annual Report


Executive Summary:
The Virginia Workforce Council (VWC) is a 29-member business-led policy council whose purpose is to assist the Governor in meeting the workforce training needs in the Commonwealth. The duties of the Council are delineated in §2.2-2670 of the Code of Virginia. Those duties are:

• Provide policy advice to the Governor on workforce and workforce development issues
• Provide policy direction to local workforce investment boards
• Identify current and emerging statewide workforce needs of the business community
• Forecast and identify training requirements for the new workforce
• Create strategies that will match trained workers with available jobs
• Provide an annual report to the Governor concerning its actions and determinations.
• Create procedures, guidelines, and directives applicable to local workforce investment boards and the operation of one-stops, as necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of the state law
• Perform any act or function in accordance with the purpose of the state law

The Appendix contains performance data for the 16 Workforce Investment Areas in Virginia and Workforce Investment Act statewide performance. Additionally, it contains a list of the Comprehensive One-Stop Career Centers (hereinafter referred to as “One-Stop” or “Center”) and outcome data for the state’s Rapid Response program and the Department of Business Assistance’s Workforce Services Program.

The Virginia Workforce Council 2006 Annual Report provides an overview of Virginia’s workforce development system; the accomplishments of the Council; a description of the Council’s major initiatives; and a spotlight on the workforce investment areas that have promoted excellence in the operation of Virginia’s Workforce Network Centers and increased the awareness of the Workforce Development System.