SUMMARY OF WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT

DRAFT NINTH-YEAR LOCAL PLAN MODIFICATION

FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2008

       (JULY 1, 2008, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2009)

Employers' Training Resource (ETR), a department of the County of Kern, located at 2001 28th Street, Bakersfield, California, is the grant recipient and administrative entity for the Kern, Inyo and Mono (KIM) Counties Consortium Workforce Investment Area. KIM receives federal funds under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. Proposed budgets and participant summaries will be included for the various funding sources. Estimated allocations for the KIM for Program Year 2008 (July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009), per the State of California Workforce Investment Division, are as follows:

Title Amount
Adult $4,368,649
Youth $4,527,676
Dislocated Worker $3,568,559

KIM is in the process of modifying the Five-Year Local Workforce Investment Plan, which describes the KIM's employment and training programs and services funded under WIA for the period July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009. It is estimated that approximately 2700 individuals will be enrolled in WIA services. Types of programs and services expected to be offered to eligible individuals include Core Services (job search and placement assistance, eligibility determination, initial assessment, employment statistics information, job training information, etc.), Intensive Services (comprehensive assessment, counseling and career planning, case management, pre-vocational services, etc.), and Training Services (occupational skills training, work experience, on-the-job training, customized training, etc.).

Types of occupations for which training is planned may include automotive mechanic, barber, bookkeeper, medical insurance billing, clerical occupations, Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN), tractor and diesel engine mechanic, medical assistant, pharmacy technician, welder, truck driver, etc. The above list of occupations is not an all inclusive list of occupations for which training is planned by KIM.

To allow the general public to review the draft of the Ninth-Year Plan Modification, copies are available at the locations below. Persons wishing to comment on the draft Modification may do so by: (1) submitting their comments via the ETR Web site at wwwetronline.com; or (2) in writing to Eddie Dominguez, Deputy Director, Employers' Training Resource, 2001 28th Street, Bakersfield, CA 93301; or (3) by telephoning Eddie Dominguez at (661) 336-6893; or (4) during a public forum, Thursday, September 25, 2008, 7:00 a.m. at Southeast Career Services Center, located at 1600 East Belle Terrace, Bakersfield.

Employers' Training Resource 

Kern County          

2001 28th St. Bakersfield, Ca. 93301                   (661) 336-6893

Employers' Training Resource

Inyo County              

914 N. Main         

Bishop Ca. 93514

(800) 334-5670

Employers' Training Resource

Mono County

107384 Highway 395

Walker, Ca. 96107

(800) 334-5670