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.
- a. Economic, Workforce, and Workforce Development Activities Analysis
The Unified or Combined State Plan must include an analysis of the economic conditions, economic development strategies, and labor market in which the State’s workforce system and programs will operate.
- 2. Workforce Development, Education and Training Activities AnalysisThe Unified or Combined State Plan must include an analysis of the workforce development activities, including education and training in the State, to address the education and skill needs of the workforce, as identified in Education and Skill Levels of the Workforce above, and the employment needs of employers, as identified in Employers' Employment Needs above. This must include an analysis of –
- 2. Workforce Development, Education and Training Activities Analysis
- a. Economic, Workforce, and Workforce Development Activities Analysis
II. a. 2. C. State Workforce Development Capacity
Current Narrative:
II (A) (2) (C) State Workforce Development Capacity. Delaware is well positioned to handle all workforce needs for employers and job seekers in Delaware. See One Stop referral system for capacity building details. Provide an analysis of the capacity of State entities to provide the workforce development activities identified in (A), above. The evolution of the one-stop system to a more integrated comprehensive system will assist in this effort. We have a strong and improving Employment and Training system with a history of responding to labor market needs. In the past year we played a significant role in the development and expansion of advanced manufacturing training and the Coding School. The system is closely linked with the Delaware Economic Development Office (DEDO) so we get and share real time information on economic and workforce needs. Currently utilizing State funding we are operating a program to facilitate employer driven training and working with DEDO to jointly fund employer training. In Delaware, there is an estimated 75,000 adults over the age of 24. Currently, WIOA funded programs are serving on average 4,500 or 6% of those not possessing a secondary credential. There is a need for educational services to provide lower skilled Delawareans with “the skills and credentials necessary to secure and advance in employment with family-sustaining wages” and to provide employers with the skilled workers needed to complete in a global economy. To address this and other capacity issues, Delaware’s publicly funded system will field, during the covered period, a centralized One-Stop referral system. The system will initially be manual and migrate to an automated system sometime after the covered period. DVR’s capacity to employ workforce development activities is described in detail throughout the VR section of the combined state plan. We expect to have the capacity to serve everyone eligible for VR services.