The Youth Collaboration initiative is an effort to better coordinate efforts by various agencies to maximize funds and staff. Over the past two years, representatives from state and local agencies and private organizations have been meeting to discuss youth development issues, to build consensus on a youth development framework, and to promote youth development principles and practices. Youth development is now being viewed as a responsibility for the entire community, not just traditional youth organizations. State government is in a position to model effective youth development strategies at the state level and to be a catalyst and resource for the implementation of these strategies in communities throughout Iowa. Due to recent plant closings, the IWD Dislocated Worker Unit is currently seeing more activity.
Employers can interview the most qualified candidates on one day at one location.
Ken Sagar made a motion to approve the five funding requests as approved by the Board s Labor-Management Committee in December and Pam Wood s report. Dan Purcell seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously. The winter meeting for the Workforce Board Chairs was held in Dearborn, Michigan in early December. Both Ernie Nelson and Jeff Nall were in attendance. Ernie also attended the Policy Round Table and was asked to sit at the table and participate in the discussion.