Career Camps for Youth-June 2009, Visit Youth Council-Youth Development Services
BC-WIB Board Meetings:
Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 9:00 AM, PA Biotechnology Center, 3805 Old Easton Road, Doylestown, PA
You're invited!
The Bucks County Workforce Investment Board and the PA CareerLink Bucks County in cooperation with the PA Departments of Labor & Industry and Public Welfare will hold
Here to Help: Bucks County Community Resource Fair
Date: Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Time: 10 AM—2 PM
Place: Bucks County Office Center
1284 Veterans Highway
Bristol, PA 19007
Resources will be offered by Community/Social Agencies, Training Providers, and Government Assistance Programs. Workshops on Housing, Health Insurance, Education & Training, Financial Aid, Transportation, Weatherization, Legal Aid, Social Security & Aging, and Veterans’ Services will also be presented.
Here to Help is open to everyone!
Light refreshments and raffle prizes will be available.
The Bucks County Workforce Investment Board is responsible for the strategic planning of workforce activities in Bucks County, PA.
We work for Bucks County...
Dear Bucks County Employer Community:
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was signed into law on February 17th and is the single largest spending act in the nation’s history.
The intent of the Recovery Act is:
To preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery.
To assist those most impacted by the recession.
To provide investments needed to increase economic efficiency by spurring technological advances in science and health.
To invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits.
To stabilize State and local government budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state and local tax increases.
This $787 billion economic stimulus legislation includes a total of 3.95 billion for employment and training services under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). Local Workforce Investment Boards function as the strategic planners and financial stewards of WIA funds.
The funds from the Recovery Act to Pennsylvania’s WIBs will include $15.5 million for low-income adults, $21 million for dislocated workers, and $37 million for youth programs. The allocation to each county has not yet been determined; it is expected to be released in late April, 2009.
With this significant funding to the Bucks County WIB comes the responsibility to invest it effectively. We are working aggressively to utilize the current CareerLink workforce system in deploying effective workforce development; with an increased funding allocation, additional opportunities become present.
There exists the opportunity to create a trained workforce; the challenge becomes ensuring that the training is for jobs that currently exist or will exist at the conclusion of the training. We want to engage in an effective partnership with our local industries and economic development partners as well as our educational and training partners to create the integrated and comprehensive workforce delivery system that will result in an improved economic condition in Bucks County’s workforce and economy.
In addition to the federal Recovery Act funds, the PA Department of Labor is working aggressively to respond to the current economic climate by developing competitive grant-funded programs. If there is a demonstrated need from the employer community, the Bucks County WIB will apply for these additional competitively-awarded funds.
Your complete responses to this survey will enable us to begin the necessary planning for effective stewardship and investment of the Recovery Act funds.
Due to the overwhelming response to our survey, the BC-WIB has extended the deadline for its completion to April 24th, 2009. If you access/complete this survey after April 24, 2009, your responses will still provide value to our on-going strategic planning efforts.
Please complete the survey by clicking the link below (link will open a new browser window).
A major component of the Recovery Act is providing Work Experiences for youth and young adults ages 14 to 24. With that said, the Bucks County Workforce Investment Board will be coordinating Summer Youth Work Experience Programs throughout the county of Bucks.
Employers interested in being part of this exciting opportunity should click on the links below to access the Employer Letter and Work Site Application. Completed Work Site Applications should be forwarded to Alice Colyar, Summer Youth Programs Coordinator at acolyar@bc-wib.org or faxed to 215-874-2804.
Youth interested in participating in a Summer Work Experience Program should visit the Bucks County Youth Council page.
