Located in:
- III. Operational Planning ElementsThe 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 ImplementationThe Unified or Combined State Plan must include—
- 2. Implementation of State StrategyDescribe 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—
- 2. Implementation of State Strategy
- a. State Strategy Implementation
III. a. 2. I. Coordinating with Economic Development Strategies.
Current Narrative:
At the state level, the head of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) had a seat on the Indiana Career Council (ICC). The State Workforce Board (SWIC) had joint meetings with the ICC to ensure strategies were coordinated. The SWIC has now absorbed the work of the ICC. At the local level, economic development partners are members of and/or engaged in the work of the Works Councils and the Workforce Development Boards.
A few specific examples where coordination is taking place are:
- Local economic development representatives along with other partners assist with determining which industry recognized certificates should be trained/implemented in their Region for the WorkINdiana program. More information on WorkINdiana can be found in (F) above.
- State and local economic development officials assist DWD on Rapid Response services to ensure that all stakeholders are strategically involved in the process and that the training needs and skills required by employers are known.
- Through the Skill Up initiative, DWD is following the lead of IEDC’s Regional Cities Initiative in broadly defining “region” as a contiguous geographic area consisting of a minimum of 200,000 in population.
- DWD’s Labor Market Information staff have developed regional dashboards for Workforce and Economic Development partners to access for informed decision making at the local level.
- DWD is holding a Summit in the Spring 2018 for local economic development and local chambers to share information to ensure a coordinated approach.
The Indiana Department of Workforce Development will meet with state/regional/local economic development groups on a regular basis to ensure coordination of workforce development activities described in section A above with economic development strategies involving workforce development entities in the State. In particular, DWD has worked to coordinate employer engagement activities across core and required onestop delivery system partners. DWD will also be working to share important and relevant data collected with economic development partners.