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- Program-specific Requirements for Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Activities under Title I-B
The Unified or Combined State Plan must include the following with respect to activities carried out under subtitle B—
a. 1. A. Identify the regions and the local workforce development areas designated in the State
Current Narrative:
The State of West Virginia is divided into seven local workforce development areas. While the attached map shows the geographic breakdown of the seven areas/regions, a brief description of each follows:
Region 1: The Region 1 Workforce Development Board, headquartered in Beckley, administers workforce activities in an eleven-county region covering the southeastern portion of the State.
Region 2: The Southwestern West Virginia Workforce Development Board, located in Huntington, governs a seven-county region in the southwestern portion of the State.
Region 3: The Workforce Development Board of Kanawha County oversees activities in the State’s only single-county workforce development region from its office in Charleston.
Region 4: Nine counties are served by the Workforce Development Board Mid-Ohio Valley, which is located in Parkersburg.
Region 5: The Northern Panhandle Workforce Development Board provides services in six counties and is based in Wheeling.
Region 6: The Region 6 Workforce Development Board, located in Fairmont, provides services in a thirteen-county region in the north-central portion of the State.
Region 7: Eight counties in the easternmost portion of West Virginia are served by the Region 7 Workforce Development Board located in Moorefield.