Sonoma County Workforce Investment Board

Welcome

Welcome to the web site for the Workforce Investment Board (WIB) of Sonoma County. Workforce issues in our county are changing rapidly and the WIB is positioned to take on every challenge. Through this site you can access information on WIB activities as well as numerous workforce issues including job training, employment availabilities, and Job Link, Sonoma County's one-stop career center. Whether your interests are employment and workforce related, or you are interested in finding out how to participate in the WIB, you should find this web site extremely helpful. Thank you for your interest and we encourage your feedback on the web site, the WIB, or any other workforce related issue.

- Scott Kincaid, Chair

What is the Sonoma County Workforce Investment Board? See our Frequently Asked Questions

The Workforce Investment Board oversees Sonoma County Job Link, the one-stop career center.

What's New

THE SONOMA COUNTY WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD IS SEEKING COMMENTS
ON ITS DRAFT FIVE (5) YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN

The Sonoma County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) invites comments on the Draft 2013-2017 Strategic Five-Year Plan for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 for Sonoma County. The Plan will be available for public comment for 30 days beginning May 3, 2013. Click on the link below to download a copy of the draft plan. Copies may also be picked up at the WIB administrative office located at the address below.

Time for comments will be scheduled during the Workforce Investment Board Executive Committee meeting on June 12, 2013, beginning at 2:00 p.m., at 2227 Capricorn Way, Santa Rosa, CA.

Comment from the public on the Plan is encouraged, especially from representatives of business, labor organizations and community based organizations. The Plan is also expected to be considered by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. 

Please send your written comments by 5:00 p.m. on June 13, 2013, to the following address:

Sonoma County Workforce Investment Board
2227 Capricorn Way, Suite 100
Santa Rosa, CA  95407
Attn: Cristin Tuider
Fax: (707) 565-5655
Email: ctuider@schsd.org

Downloads: Draft Strategic Workforce Development Plan for Sonoma County 2013-2017 (pdf 1,378 kb)

Appendix A: Improving Our Local Economy-ActionPlans from the Taskforces on WD, PPI, and ID (pdf 2,717 kb)

Appendix B: Sonoma County Workforce Investment Board Membership (pdf 100 kb)

Appendix C: Benefit-Cost Analysis and Regional Impacts of the Sonoma County WIA Program (pdf 73 kb)

Appendix D: Jobs and Income by Major Industrial Sector in Region, 2012 (pdf 87 kb)

Appendix E: Clusters of Opportunity-Findings, Goals, and Strategies (pdf 1,015 kb)

Appendix F: The Sonoma County Economy, December 2008 (pdf 1,281 kb)

Appendix G: Regional Labor Market Overview-Sonoma Region 2013 (pdf 846 kb)

Appendix H: Sonoma County Indicators 2013 Abridged Edition (pdf 8,307 kb)

Appenidix I: Sonoma County Annual Workforce Development Survey 2012 (pdf 11,784 kb)

Appendix J: Employee Education and Skills Gap (pdf 909 kb)

Appendix K: Data Sources for Section 2-Economic and Workforce Analysis (pdf 39 kb)

Appendix L: The Five Components of Common Workforce Strategy (pdf 57 kb)

Appendix M: Sonoma County Youth Demographics (pdf 986 kb)

Appendix N: Sonoma County Youth Council Membership (pdf 1,003 kb)

Appendix O: WIB Member Affiliation (pdf 57 kb)

Appendix P: Stakeholder Involvement in Local Planning Process (pdf 59 kb)

Appendix Q: WIA Procurement Policy (pdf 65 kb)

Appendix R: Sonoma County One-Stop Partners (pdf 49 kb)

Appendix S: Job Link Client Flow Chart (pdf 134 kb)

Appendix T: Job Link Directory of Services (pdf 118 kb)

Appendix U: Sonoma County WIB Bylaws (pdf 105 kb)

Interested in becoming a member of the Sonoma County Workforce Investment Board
or Youth Council?

Workforce Investment Board and Youth Council application form available here. Currently, the WIB has openings for Business and Labor Organization members. The Youth Council has openings for Apprenticeship, In-School Youth, and Parent of Eligible Youth members.