STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD MEETING
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Hilton Garden Inn at the Albany Airport
800 Albany-Shaker Road
Albany, NY

AGENDA


1:00 – 1:20Subcommittee Report Out
  • Mr. Richardson & Mr. Slobodian, co-chairs of the System Integration Subcommittee, will provide the Board with an overview of the cross-agency efforts to identify opportunities and challenges to increasing services to individual with disabilities in an integrated workforce system.
 
1:20 – 1:40Update on Work Readiness Credential Discussion with Board of Regents
  • Mr. Calo will lead the discussion on the February meeting between the Board of Regents and the State Workforce Board members on the Work Readiness Credential.
  • Staff will provide a project status update to the Board.
 
1:40 – 3:00Workforce Investment Act Federal Reauthorization Review: Title 1 (WIA), Title II (Adult Education & Literacy), Title III (Wagner-Peyser) and Title IV (Vocational Rehabilitation)
  • Overview of the two different proposals before Congress on WIA Reauthorization
  • Identification of and discussion around goals and objectives the State Board may wish to pursue as part of WIA Reauthorization
  • Identification of strategies which the State Board may wish to pursue in concert with the Local Boards on WIA Reauthorization
 
3:00 – 3:30Federal Budget & Planning Guidance Update
  • Overview of the federal budget proposed for federally funded workforce programs and new USDOL guidelines for a WIA Title 1-B and Title III State Plan
 
3:30 – 3:45Wrap Up
  • Next meeting: Thursday, May 12, 2005, Hilton Garden Inn