OVERVIEW
The Monmouth County Workforce Investment Board was established in 1995. It is a business-led, non-profit organization whose mission is to facilitate an alliance of the public and private sectors for the purpose of planning, coordinating, and providing policy guidance for certain publicly funded workforce development activities in Monmouth County. In partnership with the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders, the Workforce Investment Board's goal is to develop and sustain a unified, labor-market driven workforce development system to serve job seekers and employers in a cost efficient, results-oriented manner. The Workforce Investment Board, or WIB as it is commonly known, does not actually operate programs, but plans for workforce development activities by analyzing local needs and integrating federal, state, and local resources.
The WIB relies on the expertise of its committees, some of which include non-WIB members, to monitor developments in specific areas and develop recommendations for action. The WIB's standing committees are Executive, Youth Council, Basic Skills and Literacy, One-Stop Career Centers, Services to People with Disabilities, Scholarship-Fund Raising, Membership, Marketing, and Welfare-to-Careers.
The Monmouth County WIB consists of 36 members, the majority of which are volunteers from area businesses. Membership also includes representatives from education, organized labor, employment and training, human services, and community based organizations. In accordance with the provisions of the federal Workforce Investment Act, which establishes WIBs throughout the United States and provides general guidelines for their operations, all members of the Monmouth County WIB are appointed by the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders. The Monmouth County Division of Employment and Training, a County agency that is part of the Monmouth County Department of Human Services, provides professional staffing for the WIB. Most Recent WIB Newsletter
Monmouth County Workforce Investment Board is now located at:
145 Wyckoff Road, Suite 201
Eatontown, NJ 07724
(732) 683-8850
Fax: (732) 544-5458
Next Meeting Date
Meetings of the WIB are open to the public. The next meeting of the Monmouth County Workforce Investment Board is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on Friday, June 13, 2008 at the Regional Headquarters of Jersey Central Power & Light Company, located off Route 520/Newman Springs Road in Red Bank.
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