City of Gainesville - File #: 140650.

• File #: 140650.
• Version: 1
• Name: CareerSource North Central Florida Update (NB)
• Type: Discussion Item
• Status: In Committee
• File created: 1/12/2015
• In control: Community Redevelopment Agency
• On agenda: 7/15/2015
• Title: CareerSource North Central Florida Update (NB) This item is a request for the City Commission to receive a brief update from CareerSource North Central Florida on the local labor market, job creation activities and a proposal to relocate the Career Center.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/15/2015	1	City Commission	Referred	Pass

Title
CareerSource North Central Florida Update (NB)

This item is a request for the City Commission to receive a brief update from CareerSource North Central Florida on the local labor market, job creation activities and a proposal to relocate the Career Center.

Explanation
CareerSource North Central Florida (CSNCFL) is the local workforce investment board for Alachua and Bradford Counties. The 37 member Board is comprised of over 50% business owners and also includes economic development, education (public and private), Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Children and Families, Veteran representation, Housing Authority, County Commissioners from both Alachua and Bradford County and other representing various populations, many with significant barriers to employment. Workforce Boards are created by federal law. The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act was passed in 2014, which replaced the prior law knows as the Workforce Investment Act. This new law now requires local boards to include plans for entrepreneurship and micro-enterprise services in our state approved plan. The new law will go into effect in 2016 after implementation regulations are established. Boards all over the country (including ours) are weighing in now with comment on the DOL implementation planning process.

CSNCFL has enjoyed great success in the past few years at bringing in additional funding to our community, beyond the $3 to $4 million dollar federally funded (state pass through) annual formula funds our region is allocated from the state's roughly $350 million, which goes to all 24 regional workforce boards. Since 2011 we have been awarded almost $27 million in additional grants directly from the Department of Labor Education and Training Administration. Our regional workforce board (RWB 9) is the sixth smallest in the state of Florida, yet we enjoy more jobs per person than all others. This past November we have 6,910 people in our system showing as unemployed with 9936 job...