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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.

WV Workforce Regional Map