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Workforce board outlines budget, warns youth performance lags under WIOA measures
Summary
Gretchen, executive director of the Saratoga-Warren-Washington Workforce Development Board, told the committee on Aug. 21 that while adult and dislocated-worker measures are being met, all three career centers are underperforming on WIOA youth measures and the board is revising structure and priorities as federal guidance changes.
Gretchen, executive director of the Saratoga-Warren-Washington Workforce Development Board, told the committee Aug. 21 that the board expects roughly $1.9 million in WIOA funding and about $600,000 from the summer youth employment program for the local three-county system. She said the system’s three career centers are meeting adult and dislocated-worker measures but are “not hitting our numbers for youth.” Gretchen described WIOA’s measurement structure — “we are measured by 16 different things” — and said those measures focus on outcomes such as credentials and measurable…
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