1. Collaborate. Innovate. Lead.
WIOA Implementation
Collaborate. Innovate. Lead.

2. Local Structure… First Coast Workforce Development, Inc.
Serve Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam & St. Johns counties
501(c)3 Public-Private Partnership
DBA - CareerSource Northeast Florida
Board of Directors
Majority private sector members (with emphasis on members from targeted industries)
WIOA Partners
Economic Development
Public & Private Training Provider Reps
Dept. of Children & Families (TANF)
Migrant Farmworkers Program
HUD Representative
Vocational Rehabilitation
Military Base Liaison (Ex-Officio Member)
Strategic planning, policy development, fiscal oversight

3. Program & Funding Integration
WIOA (Adult, Dislocated Worker & Youth)
Wagner-Peyser
Unemployment Comp.
Veterans Employment & Training
Trade Adjustment Act
TANF (Welfare Transition)
SNAP Employment & Training

4. Program Year 2013-14 Regional Allocation
Total of $20,515,693

5. Sound policies and programs must support each component
Partnerships for Development
Sound policies and programs must support each component
Retain & Recruit
High Wage Jobs
Business Climate
Economic
Development
Infrastructure
Redevelopment
Planning
Community
Development
Workforce
Development
Education & Training
Employment Assistance
Employer Assistance

6. Staffing A mix of our own staff as well as state employees Challenges
FCWD, Inc. staff members
State merit staff members (Department of Economic Opportunity)
Contracted staff members through staffing company
Challenges
Creating comparable pay/benefit schedules
Differing performance management systems
No control over state staff pay or benefits
Cross-training for multiple programs
Retaining high quality talent due to relatively low pay

7. Who Is Our Customer? The business community is our ultimate customer
We are trying to help them meet their talent needs
Understand their future skill needs
Ensure our region has training programs to meet current and future needs
But what about the job seekers?
They are truly the “product” we are preparing for the job market
Some are job-ready and just need polishing
Others need a complete skills overhaul

8. Community Partnerships
America’s Youth Forum
CareerSource Florida, Inc.
Chambers of Commerce
Clara White Mission
Communities in Schools
Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO)
Early Learning Coalitions
Enterprise Florida
Experience Works
FSCJ, SJRCC, FCTI
First Coast Manufacturers Assoc.
Florida Dept. of Children & Families
Florida Dept. of Juvenile Justice
Fresh Ministries
Goodwill Industries
Jacksonville Children’s Commission
Jacksonville Community Council
Jacksonville Public Libraries
Jacksonville Transportation Authority
Jacksonville Urban League
JAXPORT
JAX USA Partnership
Job Corps
Junior Achievement
Literacy Council of NE Florida
Lutheran Social Services
NE Florida Builders Assoc.
NE Florida Community Action Agency
Military Transition Assistance
Operation New Hope
Police Athletic League
Real$ense Campaign
School Districts
Small Business Center s
River Region
United Way
Universities
Wounded Warrior Project

9. Collaborate. Innovate. Lead.