Boston's Workforce Investment Board
Mayor Menino appoints the members of the Private Industry Council, which serves as Boston's Workforce Investment Board. The Board is comprised of leaders from business, education, government, labor and the community. It oversees the distribution of public workforce development funds in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Jobs and Community Services. The Board charters Boston’s three one-stop career centers and works through them to implement workforce development strategies.
Massachusetts' two-year Workforce Development Plan reflects the continuing federal direction toward streamlined service delivery, the provision of youth services geared toward out-of-school youth and increasing local accountability. There is an evolving effort to align workforce investment policies on training more closely with a regional approach to critical, high growth sectors of the economy.
FY12 Annual Plan Notice
The Boston Private Industry Council (PIC), serving as the Boston Workforce Investment Board, and the Mayor’s Office of Jobs & Community Services (JCS), representing the Boston Workforce Investment Area’s Chief Elected Official, Mayor Thomas M. Menino, are required to prepare a Fiscal Year 2012 “Annual Workforce Development Business Plan” for the City of Boston for submission to the Massachusetts Department of Career Services (DCS).
The PIC and JCS welcome public comment on the proposed FY 2012 WIA plan. Beginning June 23, 2011, interested parties can obtain a working draft of the Plan, which consists of responses to a series of questions posed by DCS, by:
- Going to the PIC and JCS websites at: www.bostonpic.org or www.bostonjcs.org
- Obtaining a copy from JCS at the address below, or
- Contacting Mark Beamis at the email below or by phone at 617-918-5230, or Todd Lee at the email below or by phone at 617-918-5226.
As this is a working draft, it’s suggested that you check back periodically for changes.
All comments must be submitted in writing, no later than July 21, 2011 to:
Mark Beamis, Contractor/Consultant or Todd Lee, Senior Planner
Economic Development & Industrial Corporation of Boston
Office of Jobs & Community Services.
43 Hawkins Street – Floor 3B, Boston, MA 02114
Email: mark.beamis.jcs@cityofboston.gov or todd.lee.jcs@cityofboston.gov
Fax: 617-918-5227
The complete required FY 12 Workforce Development Plan Charts and Budgets will be available on the PIC and JCS websites by close of business no later than July 25, 2011.
The 2012 WIA plan narrative is also available under "Related Resources."
