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Monrovia school board approves local American Job Center affiliate to deliver workforce services
Summary
The Monrovia Unified School Board approved Monrovia Community Adult School as an affiliate of the American Job Center network. City and school officials said the affiliate will administer WIOA funds and offer training, youth work experience, incumbent-worker upskilling and business recruitment services; a public job fair is scheduled for May 13.
The Monrovia Unified School Board on April 6 approved Monrovia Community Adult School to serve as an affiliate of the American Job Center of California, steering federal workforce program funds and locally tailored services into Monrovia.
The vote paves the way for a Monrovia American Job Center (AJCC) affiliate that will administer Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds to support classroom training, youth work experience, incumbent-worker training, customized employer training programs and business recruitment assistance, Councilmember Larry Spicer said at the City Council meeting on May 6.
“This milestone represents the culmination of more than 5 and a half years of dedicated effort,” Spicer said, describing a multi-year effort to move Monrovia from the…
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