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Washington's Workforce Development System

Washington state’s workforce development system is a network of services, programs, and investments with a shared goal of improving the skills of the state’s workforce.

These programs help people become employed, re-enter the workforce, or move ahead in their careers.
The programs cover a broad territory beginning with high school and reaching through apprenticeships, certificate programs and college but stops short of a four-year degree. With 40 percent of all jobs requiring more than a high school diploma but not requiring a four-year college degree, these programs have the potential to change lives and lift the state economy at the same time.

At the state level, the Workforce Board, through a legislatively required process, coordinates 18 programs administered by seven agencies. Every two years, the Workforce Board develops a state strategic plan to address state needs. The Board reports to the Legislature every year on the progress of this plan.

At the local level, Washington's 12 Workforce Development Councils, in consultation with their chief local elected officials, direct WIA Title I-B activities, provide outreach to employers, and oversees the WorkSource system, the state's one-stop access to employment services. Each council develops a regional strategic plan assessing local employment to coordinate workforce development activities throughout the state using economic development strategies tailored to local communities.

Workforce Development Directory

Organization Program Funding

State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

Postsecondary Technical Education

Adult Basic Education

Worker Retraining Program

Volunteer Literacy Program

Job Skills Program

Customized Training Program

$ 275,753,182

$ 99,665,197

$ 35,259,100

$ 432,573

$ 2,725,000

$ 3,075,000

Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Secondary Career and Technical Education

Even Start Family Literacy Program

$ 294,466,558

$ 1,068,070

Employment Security Department

WIA, Title I-B Dislocated Worker Program

WIA, Title I-B Adult Training Programs

WIA, Title I-B Youth Activities Programs

Training Benefits Program

Wagner-Peyser

$ 24,920,842

$ 17,601,075

$ 20,232,310

$20,000,000

$ 14,784,734

Department of Social and Health Services

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation

$ 54,096,000

Department of Services for the Blind

Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind

$ 11,191,420

Department of Labor and Industries

Apprenticeship

 $ 1,375,004

Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board

Carl D. Perkins Technical Education

Private Vocational School Act

$ 1,174,232

$ 225,770

Total Public Funds

$ 878,046,067

 

ADMINISTERING AGENCY  
STATE FUNDS    
FEDERAL FUNDS             
  AGENCY TOTAL
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
$393,411,188 .
$23,498,864
.$416,910,052
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
284,408,480
11,126,148
295,534,628
Employment Security Department
20,000,000
77,538,961
97,538,961
Department of Social and Health Services
11,900,000
42,196,000
54,096,000
Department of Services for the Blind
2,361,480
8,829,940
11,191,420
Workforce Board
768,116
631,886
1,400,002
Department of Labor and Industries
1,375,004
0
1,375,004

 

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