Description:
Local workforce development boards (LWDBs) set policies for and oversee a set of workforce programs and services funded under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). As such, they are the front line for low-income parents who need education and training, and they can play a critical role in helping parents address child care barriers. Yet relatively little is known about how LWDBs address child care needs. This report provides insights into how LWDBs can help address these child care barriers by presenting findings from interviews with administrators from five LWDBs across the country. It is part of a two-phase project that explores the role of LWDBs in meeting the needs of parents seeking education and training. The first phase involved a survey of local workforce boards (Spaulding and Gebrekristos 2018). This report builds on that survey with findings from semistructured phone interviews with administrators from five LWDBs that are actively supporting the child care needs of the parent clients they serve. The sites we interviewed were Larimer County Economic and Workforce Development in Colorado, CareerSource of Broward County in Florida, Northern Indiana Workforce Board, Workforce Solutions of Central Texas, and North Central SkillSource in Washington. For the sake of brevity, we refer to these programs as Larimer County, Broward County, Northern Indiana, Central Texas, and North Central Washington in this report. (author abstract)
Resource Type:
Reports & Papers
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Country:
United States
State(s)/Territories/Tribal Nation(s):
Colorado;
Florida;
Indiana;
Texas;
Washington