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Alabama PYs 2016-2017

WIOA State Plan Common Elements

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IV. Coordination with State Plan Programs

Describe the methods used for joint planning and coordination among the core programs, and with the required one-stop partner programs and other programs and activities included in the Unified or Combined State Plan.

Current Narrative:

Coordinated planning for all Alabama core and partner programs will be centered in the Alabama Department of Commerce. The WIOA staff resources have recently been placed within the Alabama Department of Commerce in a newly created Commerce Workforce Division. The Alabama Department of Commerce is the entity responsible for the economic development strategies for the state. By this new alignment, it is the specific job duty of the Deputy Secretary of Commerce Workforce Development Division to make sure the WIOA program is coordinated with the economic development strategies. Regional Workforce Councils in the workforce regions of the state are also, the responsibility of the Department of Commerce will serve as the foundational information gathering entities that provide data and recommendations to the Alabama Workforce Board. The Workforce Board quarterly meetings and the meetings of its committees will bring forward needs, recommendations, data analysis, and initiatives to improve workforce development and to meet the needs of Alabama’s current and emerging industries. The Partners Team is defined as the Alabama Team that attended the “National Convening” in Washington a few months ago. This team developed the original Alabama Combined Plan and continues to work as a team to edit and expand the Combined Plan to resolve the identified conditions received from USDOL. This team represents the working group of several Cabinet level Secretaries, Commissioners and Directors that have directed the team to align, leverage, coordinate and lead the Combined Plan. The Governor, through these Cabinet members has directed the agency coordination. The Partners Team will formally plan and set up coordination strategies that will be disseminated to all the Career Centers and Career Center staff to insure all plans and actions that guarantee citizen success is placed into action. Basically the partnership team sets the policies and the Career.