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WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT
BACKGROUND
The Workforce Investment Act(W.I.A.) reforms federal job training programs and creates a new, comprehensive workforce investment system that
- Customer-focused
- Helps people access the tools they need to manage their careers through information and high quality services
PURPOSE
The purpose of WIA is to improve the quality of
the workforce by
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Providing
workforce investment activities through statewide and local
workforce investment systems
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Increasing
the employment opportunities, employee retention, and earnings
of participants
PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION
W.I.A. embodies seven key
principles to support its purpose. By following the seven key principles, San
Bernardino County has designed a program that is comprehensive and accessible
for all customers. The seven key principles are:
BASIC FACTS ABOUT WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT
- Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) at
state and local levels develop and lead WIA programs. San
Bernardino County’s Local Workforce Investment Board has many
subcommittees including the Youth Council that oversees W.I.A.
Youth Programs www.youthvibe.com .
- The Local Workforce Investment Board (LWIB)
approves the providers intending to offer services within the
local area. They are then submitted to the State Workforce
Investment Board (SWIB) for approval and inclusion on the State Eligible
Training Provider List (ETPL). These Eligible Training
Providers are educational, community-based, private non-profit or
for-profit organizations, and public agencies that will provide training
services to adults and dislocated workers through an Individual Training
Account (ITA). The ITA is established at the One-Stops for WIA eligible
customers.
If you are
a training provider and would like more information, please contact us at Contract Opportunities
SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIPS MAKE
FOR SUCCESSFUL SERVICE!
Successful WIA implementation
requires collaboration and partnership. WIN has partners for adult services
and for youth services. One-stop
partners provide comprehensive employment-related and supportive services that
are responsive to the needs of employers, job seekers, and the community. Each one-stop partner offers special areas
of expertise.
- Partners for adult services use the one-stop center as their
base. Required partners have at least one staff person at the
one-stop center and offer core services there. Other services are
offered either at the one-stop center or at the partner’s separate
location.
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Partners for youth services
offer services at their site. A WIN Youth Specialist is available
at each one-stop center to tell youth customers their options, but
providers of WIA youth services do not use the one-stop center as
their base.
WHO ARE THE SAN BERNARDINO
ONE-STOP PARTNERS?
- State Employment
Development
Department (EDD)
- State Department of
Vocational Rehabilitation
- County Department of
Aging and Adult
Services (DAAS)
- County Department of
Behavioral
Health (DBH)
- County Department of
Public
Health (DPH)
- San Bernardino
Community
College District
- County Community
Services Department
- County Department of
Economic and Community
Development (ECD)
- Housing Authority of
San
Bernardino County
- County Jobs and
Employment Services
Department (WIN)
- County Department of
Preschool Services
- County Superintendent
of Schools
- Inland Empire
Job Corps
- U.S.
Forest Service
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT
W.I.A., click on one of the following:
http://www.calwia.org/
http://www.edd.cahwnet.gov/eddhome.htm
http://usworkforce.org/
Locations of One-Stop
Centers in San Bernardino County
Full service one-stop centers
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The locations of the four comprehensive one-stop
centers in San Bernardino County are:
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Address
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Phone
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Hesperia Employment and Business Resource Center
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15555 Main Street, #G3/G4.
Hesperia, CA 92345
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(760) 949-8526
Fax (760) 949-8541
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Rancho Employment Resource Center
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9650 9th Street Suite A, Rancho Cucamonga,
CA 91730
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(909) 941-6500
Fax (909) 941-6517
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San Bernardino Employment Resource Center
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646 N. Sierra Way
San Bernardino, CA 92415-0083
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(909) 386-0884
Fax (909) 386-0888
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Satellite one-stop centers
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The three satellite one-stop centers in San Bernardino
County are:
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Address
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Contact Phone
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Copper Mountain College
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6162 Rotary Way
P.O. Box 1398
Joshua Tree, CA 92252
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Sue Tsuda
(760) 366-3791
Fax (760) 366-3821
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Hesperia USD Alternative Center
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16527 Lemon St.
Hesperia, CA 92345
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Sue Rees
(760) 244-1771 x106
Fax (760) 948-3508
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San Bernardino Valley College
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701 S. Mt. Vernon Ave.
San Bernardino, CA 92410
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Zelma Russ
(909) 888-6511 x1799
Fax (909) 885-4758
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