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Governor's Workforce Investment Board
The Governor's Workforce
Investment Board, also known as the State Workforce Investment Board (SWIB)
was established as a condition under the Workforce Investment Act. The
mission of the Governor’s Workforce Investment Board is to bring Nevada
business and workers together to shape strategies that best meet
workforce needs in order to foster a healthy and growing economy in the
state.
The State Board is charged with
assisting the Governor with:
Development and modification of a State Plan
for Workforce Development;
Development and continuous improvement of a statewide
system of activities carried out through the one-stop service delivery
system described in the Act;
Designation
of local workforce investment areas;
Commenting
at least once annually on the measures taken pursuant to the Carl D.
Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act;
Development
of allocation formulas for the distribution of funds for adult
employment and training activities and youth activities to local areas;
Development and continuous improvement of
comprehensive state performance measures, including state adjusted
levels of performance, to assess the effectiveness of workforce
investment activities in the State;
Development of statewide employment statistics system
described in the Wagner-Peyser Act;
Development of an application for incentive grants;
and
Preparation of an annual report to the Secretary of
the U.S. Department of Labor.
Membership
Members of the State Workforce Investment Board are appointed by the
Governor and must be in accordance with the Act. The Governor has the
authority to appoint ex-officio members to the SWIB.
No
less than fifty one percent (51%) of the membership of the SWIB will be
representative of business. The
membership must include private sector/business representation from the
northern, southern, and rural areas of the state. Area representation
may be based on the most current geographic demographics available at
the time of the appointments).
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