Mid-Maryland Workforce Investment Board - Workforce Centers

1. Our Vision ……A Mid-Maryland where everyone has the opportunity to maximize his or her career potential and employers have access to the workforce resources they need to grow and prosper. CARROLL AND HOWARD COUNTIES October 21, 2015 Mid-Maryland Workforce Investment Board- Workforce Centers Laurel Regional Workforce Center 312 Marshall Avenue, 6th Floor Laurel, MD 20707 PHONE: (301) 362-9708 ESPAÑOL: (301) 362-9709 Howard County Office of Workforce Development 7161 Columbia Gateway Drive, Ste. D Columbia, MD 21046 PHONE: (410) 290-2620 FAX: (410) 290-2626Email: owd@howardcountymd.gov Carroll County Business & Employment Resource Center 224 N. Center Street Westminster, MD 21157 Phone: 410.386.2820 Fax: 410.876.2977 Email: info@carrollworks.comWeb: www.carrollworks.org

2. Meeting Date: October 21, 2015 Time: 9AM-10:30 AM Approx. Location: Gary J. Arthur Community CenterLocated at the Glenwood Complex2400 Route 97Cooksville, MD  21723PH:  410-313-4840 WDB contact Info: 410-290-2620-PH 410-290-2626-FX Board Chair Wallace Brown Mid-Maryland WDB Director Francine Trout AGENDA • Introductions • Approval of Minutes • Open Meeting Act Presentation • Regionalism • Center Updates • Conflict of Interest/Board Appointments

3. Presenter: James Vannoy, Howard County Government

4. Region Update

5. Delineating Regions of Economic Activity & Regional Planning Source: DLLR

6. Subcommittee Background • Subcommittee of the LMI and Sector Strategies WIOA Work Group • Group of 14 individuals with diverse backgrounds ranging from economics to planning • Subcommittee is designed to: • Determine appropriate data that can inform decision-making pertaining to delineating regions • Develop proposed methodology for utilizing the specified data • Listen to the ideas, insights, and concerns • Collaborative effort to delineate regions using proposed methodology and associated map(s) 6

7. Additional Background • Governor must develop a policy for designation of a region prior to submission of the State Unified or Combined Plan (March 2016), in order to receive WIOA title I–B adult, dislocated worker, and youth allotments • In consultation with the Local Boards and chief local elected officials in the local area(s) • Regions must consist of: (1) One local area; (2) Two or more contiguous local areas in a single State; or (3) Two or more contiguous local areas in two or more States 7

8. Text from NPRM (Draft Regulations) • Consideration of the extent to which the local areas in a proposed region: • Share a single labor market • Share a common economic development area • Possess the Federal and nonFederal resources, including appropriate education and training institutions • In addition may also consider : • Population centers • Commuting patterns • Land ownership • Industrial composition • Location quotients- (measures a region’s industrial specialization relative to a larger geographic unit) • Labor force conditions • Geographic boundaries • Additional factors as determined by the Secretary 8

9. Resources-Commuting Patterns 12

10. WIOA Regional Planning Area Designation Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Pages 605-607 • § 679.510 What are the requirements for regional planning? • (a) Local Boards and chief elected officials within an identified planning region (as defined in WIOA secs. 106(a)(2)(B)-(C) and § 679.200 of this part) must: • (1) Participate in a regional planning process that results in: (i) The preparation of a regional plan, as described in paragraph (a)(2) of this section and consistent with any guidance issued by the Department; (ii) The establishment of regional service strategies, including use of cooperative service delivery agreements; (iii) The development and implementation of sector initiatives for in-demand industry sectors or occupations for the planning region; (iv) The collection and analysis of regional labor market data (in conjunction with the State) which must include the local planning requirements at § 679.560(a)(1)(i) and (ii); (v) The coordination of administrative cost arrangements, including the pooling of funds for administrative costs, as appropriate; (vi) The coordination of transportation and other supportive services as appropriate; (vii) The coordination of services with regional economic development services and providers; and (viii) The establishment of an agreement concerning how the planning region will collectively negotiate and reach agreement with the Governor on local levels of performance for, and report on, the performance accountability measures described in WIOA sec. 116(c) for local areas or the planning region. • (2) Prepare, submit, and obtain approval of a single regional plan that: • Includes a description of the activities described in paragraph (a)(1) of this section; and • (ii) Incorporates local plans for each of the local areas in the planning region, consistent with § 679.540(a).

11. Center Updates

12. Center Performance Updates Mid-Maryland Performance

18. Meeting Schedule Future Meeting Dates: December 16, 2015February 17, 2016April 20, 2016June 15, 2016September 21, 2016 Meeting Location: Gary J. Arthur Community CenterLocated at the Glenwood Complex2400 Route 97Cooksville, MD  21723PH:  410-313-4840 Or visit: www.mid-marylandwib.org

19. Next WDB Meeting December 16, 2015 Meeting Location:Gary J. Arthur Community CenterLocated at the Glenwood Complex2400 Route 97Cooksville, MD  21723PH:  410-313-4840 **If you are unable to attend our regularly scheduled WIB meeting, we encourage you to send a representative in your place.