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Motherlode workforce board describes rural strategies, leveraging $1M WIOA into multi‑million programs
Summary
Motherlode Job Training Board representatives told the California Workforce Development Board that sparse populations and geography require creative service models—colocated job centers, online navigation and grant leveraging—to stretch roughly $1 million in WIOA formula funds into a $4–5 million program supporting training, reentry and forestry cohorts.
The Motherlode Job Training Board outlined how a small rural workforce area stretches limited formula funds across a wide service territory, saying the region relies on partnerships, colocation and grant stacking to deliver jobs services.
Speaking to the California Workforce Development Board ad hoc committee, Dave Taney, who represents the Motherlode workforce area, said the area receives about $1,000,000 in WIOA formula funds but combines that with about 25 grants and contracts to operate a $4–5 million budget. “We only get about 1,000,000 dollars in formula funds from WIOA,” Taney said, noting the board leverages additional federal, state and private sources to run four job centers across four counties and provide targeted programs.
The nut graf: Taney argued that…
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