Tongue Point Job Corps Center Workforce Council Meeting

Workforce Councils November 14, 2023, 9:30 A.M. meets twice per year in March & November

Workforce Council Responsibilities

1. Work closely with all applicable local boards and review labor market information to determine and provide recommendations to the Regional Office regarding the center’s career technical training offerings, including identification of emerging occupations suitable for training; and will

2. Review all relevant labor market information, including related information in the State Plan or Local plan, to:

(a) Recommend in-demand industry sectors or occupations in the area where the center operates;

(b) Determine employment opportunities in the areas in which students intend to seek employment;

(c) Determine the skills and education necessary to obtain the identified employment; and

(d) Recommend to the Secretary the type of career and technical training that should be implemented at the center to enable students to obtain the employment opportunities identified.

3. Meet at least once every six months to reevaluate the labor market information and other relevant information, to determine and recommend to the center director the any necessary changes in the career technical training provided at the center.

g. The responsibilities outlined above should be carried out for Job Corps centers that are not yet operating at least 3 months prior to the date on which the center -accepts its first enrollee.

(e) and all levels of elected officials.
3. Meet at least once every six months to reevaluate the labor market information and other relevant information, to determine and recommend to the center director the any necessary changes in the career technical training provided at the center.
The responsibilities outlined above should be carried out for Job Corps centers that are not yet operating at least 3 months prior to the date on which the center accepts its first enrollee.
QUALITY INDICATORS
Q1. Job Corps is viewed as a positive alternative for youth by schools and the employment and training community.
Q2. Job Corps is known and recognized as an integral part of state and local workforce
systems.
Q3. The local community supports and endorses the Job Corps center.
Q4. Employer input is sought and used by the Job Corps center.
Q5. Media coverage portrays a positive and fair image of the program.
Q6. The pool of applicants to the Job Corps center reflects the diversity of the community in which the center is located in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, and disability status.
Tongue Point Job Corps has a couple of up and coming events. Please save the dates on your calendar and RSVP to me at Padgett.melissa@jobcorps.org if you would like to attend. 
We have our Center Workforce Council meeting on November 14th at 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Our new Community Relations Council will be having its first meeting on February 21st at 10 a.m.
Our next student Graduation is set for December 8th at 2:00 p.m. Come celebrate with our students. 
If you are interested in being a part of either or both councils please read the definition and purpose of each council to see what fits best for you and let me know which you would like to participate in.

Here’s the agenda page: https://sites.google.com/view/tp-cwc/agenda