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THE MASSACHUSETTS WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEM. Deval L. Patrick, Governor Timothy P. Murray, Lieutenant Governor Joanne F. Goldstein, Secretary EOLWD Alice Sweeney, Acting Director DCS. MA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEM LANDSCAPE. - 16 Local Workforce Investment Areas
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THE MASSACHUSETTS WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEM Deval L. Patrick, Governor Timothy P. Murray, Lieutenant Governor Joanne F. Goldstein, Secretary EOLWD Alice Sweeney, Acting Director DCS
MA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEM LANDSCAPE - 16 Local Workforce Investment Areas - 34 One-Stop Career Centers • 32 Full Service Centers • 2 Limited Service Centers
MA CAREER CENTERS • The Career Centers are the cornerstone of the MA Workforce Investment System • Chartered by employer-driven Workforce Investment Boards • The goals of a Career Center is to integrate systems to: • Better leverage resources and manage labor market cycles • Better meet the needs of diverse populations • Better prepare workers to meet the needs of local businesses
JOBS FOR VETERANS STATE GRANT (JVSG) Funded by U.S. Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Services (DOL/VETS) • Enables the Commonwealth to fund the positions of Local Veterans’ Employment Representative (LVER) or (LV) and Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program (DVOP) or (DV) • DVs and LVs are on-site at most Career Centers.
PRIORITY OF SERVICES The MA Workforce Development System honors veterans and eligible spouses as our “Heroes at Home” by implementing “Priority of Services” to our Veteran customers.
RESULTS Fiscal Year 2012 July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012 • 196,600 Job Seekers Served • 12,844 Employers Served • 11,683 Veterans Served Fiscal Year 2013 July 1, 2012 – November 30, 2012 • 142,802 Job Seekers Served • 6,204 Employers Served • 8,649 Veterans Served
PORTRAIT OF VETERANS SERVED AT MASSACHUSTTS CAREER CENTERS SINCE JULY 2011
TOTAL SERVED SINCE JULY 2011 18,156
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEM “PROUDLY SERVES THOSE WHO PROUDLY SERVED”