About the Local Workforce Development Board
The Anne Arundel County Local Workforce Development Board (LWDB) is a business-led entity responsible for creating a workforce development system that meets business hiring needs and leverages community resources. The LWDB, a body mandated by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), builds connections between workforce, education, and economic development by serving to identify workforce needs and guide the integration of workforce services and resources into a seamless delivery system. It is responsible for providing strategic direction and oversight to ensure the county’s workforce system can deliver the skilled workers that businesses need to enhance the economic vitality of Anne Arundel County.
The Local Workforce Development Board's Vision
Have a high-performing workforce system that is robust, seamless, and equitable so that Anne Arundel County businesses have a pipeline of skilled workers and all Anne Arundel County residents are connected to family-sustaining employment.
The Local Workforce Development Board's Goals
The vision guides the LWDB's work. The board has set four goals that will help the system achieve this vision:
- The Anne Arundel County Workforce Development system is equitable and accessible to all Anne Arundel County residents.
- The partners of the Anne Arundel County Workforce Development System operate an aligned and comprehensive workforce development system that has a unified presence in the County and provides seamless service delivery for residents and businesses.
- The Anne Arundel County Workforce Development System uses demand-driven strategies to ensure businesses have a pipeline of skilled workers to meet current and future demand.
- The Anne Arundel County Workforce Development System builds career pathways leading to family-sustaining wages while providing individualized support through skills attainment, barrier removal, and connection to employers to help our customers achieve their career goals.
More Information
The Anne Arundel County Local Workforce Development Board By-Laws can be found here.
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