Located in:
- II. Strategic Elements
The Unified or Combined State Plan must include a Strategic Planning Elements section that analyzes the State’s current economic environment and identifies the State’s overall vision for its workforce development system. The required elements in this section allow the State to develop data-driven goals for preparing an educated and skilled workforce and to identify successful strategies for aligning workforce development programs. Unless otherwise noted, all Strategic Planning Elements apply to Combined State Plan partner programs included in the plan as well as to core programs.
- c. State Strategy
The Unified or Combined State Plan must include the State's strategies to achieve its strategic vision and goals. These strategies must take into account the State’s economic, workforce, and workforce development, education and training activities and analysis provided in Section (a) above. Include discussion of specific strategies to address the needs of populations provided in Section (a).
- c. State Strategy
II. c. 2. Describe the Strategies the State Will Use to Align the Core Programs, Any Combined State Plan Partner Programs Included in This Plan, Required and Optional One-stop Partner Programs, and Any Other Resources Available to the State to Achieve Fully Integrated Customer Services Consistent with the Strategic Vision and Goals Described Above. Also Describe Strategies to Strengthen Workforce Development Activities in Regard to Weaknesses Identified in Section Ii(a)(2).
Current Narrative:
Florida Workforce and Innovation Opportunity Act Task Force
Florida’s implementation of WIOA began with the formation of a legislatively created task force composed of leaders in each agency and stakeholders with an impact on Florida’s workforce development system.
As required by the enacting legislation, task force members included:
- Agency for Persons with Disabilities;
- CareerSource Florida;
- Enterprise Florida;
- Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges Inc.;
- Florida College System;
- Florida Department Children and Families;
- Florida Department of Corrections;
- Florida Department of Economic Opportunity;
- Florida Department of Education;
- Florida Department of Education, Division of Blind Services;
- Florida Department of Education, Division of Career and Adult Education;
- Florida Department of Education, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation;
- Florida Department of Elder Affairs;
- Florida Department of Juvenile Justice;
- Florida Small Business Development Center Network;
- Florida Workforce Development Association, Inc.;
- Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida, Inc.;
- State University System
The task force was charged with developing WIOA implementation recommendations for approval by the CareerSource Florida Board of Directors. Recommendations included: a review of current workforce service delivery and recommendations for the inclusion of programs; regional planning design; one-stop career center service delivery design; the integration of economic development, workforce development and Florida’s education system; and development of sector strategies and career pathways. These recommendations were discussed with the LWDBs during their formulation.
After the task force meetings, implementation recommendations were approved by the CareerSource Florida Board of Directors. Agendas and information collected throughout the meetings are available on the CareerSource Florida website at www.careersourceflorida.com/wioa.
Additional strategies to align core programs are addressed in section IV.