Los Angeles Boards and Commissions

Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board

The work of the City of Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board (WIB) is to develop, in concert with the Mayor and City Council, policy and strategy to ensure that business has access to a trained workforce and workers have access to quality jobs. All of the WIB's services operate on the premise that upward mobility for workers impacts and elevates the prosperity of cities, counties, states, and the country.

The Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board promotes economic well-being locally by:

• improving employment opportunities for workers by enriching their knowledge base, growing their skill set, and identifying job openings.
• providing tax incentives, benefits and other support services to businesses.
• guiding the city's workforce policy priorities and investments.

The board oversees the expenditure of over $50 million in public funds annually. WIB programs are available to workers and businesses through "WorkSource Centers" scattered throughout the Los Angeles Area. Most services are available at no charge.

Individual board members are selected from the leadership ranks of the education, economic development, and organized labor fields as well as other key players in the Los Angeles economy. They are appointed by the Mayor. The majority of sitting board members represent the private sector.

WHAT IS THE WIB'S MISSION?

1. Improve the core levels of education achievement for both adults and youth
The Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board initiates programs designed to provide educational facilities and mentoring to both in-school and out-of-school youth. Adult literacy programs are also promoted.

2. Connect workers and businesses to information on jobs and services
The board accomplishes this goal through eighteen WorkSource Centers which provide WIB's services to individuals and businesses. WorkSource Centers are based in easily accessible locations throughout Los Angeles. WIB oversees the operations and curriculum of all these centers as well as four facilities dedicated strictly to needs of youths, ages 14 - 21-years-old.

3. Increase the percentage of workers earning quality wages
WIB delivers customized training to upgrade worker skills and qualify them for positions in growing California industries. WIB particularly targets the following sectors which are showing growth in the area:

• Transportation / Goods Movement / Logistics
• Construction / "Green" Construction
• Industrial / Manufacturing / "Green" Technology
• Healthcare and Life Sciences
• Early Childcare and Education Worker Training
• Private Security Officers Training
• Hospitality/Tourism Worker Training
• Public Sector and Utilities

4. Promote social equity

WIB strives to ensure that Los Angeles workers earn wages which provide for self-sufficiency and that residents facing particularly onerous barriers to employment have access to WIB's programs and the opportunities derived from them.

THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT

WIB funding is derived from both public and private sources, with the organization's benchmark monies provided through the federal government as part of the government's implementation of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).

The WIA was passed by the United States Congress in 1998 to improve the quality of the workforce, encourage career mobility, and improve business competitiveness through increased workforce productivity. Workforce Investment Boards across the country are charged with administrating WIA provisions on a local basis.

The City of Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board is a WIA Title I financially assisted program or activity and is an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

Address: 1200 West 7th Street, 6th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
Tel: (213) 744-7164
TTY: (213) 744-9395
Fax: (213) 744-9398