• FACILITATE
  a framework that puts public policy to work on workforce development issues. That means special funding, laws, and programs can go to work for our community faster and more effectively.

• PROMOTE
  partnerships among businesses, local agencies, educational institutions, and the community. By coordinating resources and working together, we can strengthen our community, businesses, and workforce.

• ENHANCE
  the skills, employability, and training levels of your current and future workforce, including youth and adult jobseekers.

• COORDINATE
  workforce development activities and local and regional economic development strategies - a full spectrum of programs designed to connect qualified jobseekers with companies looking for the right talent.
  

• MARKET
  educational and training resources to both employers and jobseekers. A wealth of resources and information is available and the WIB makes it accessible

Lay-off Aversion Study

The Anaheim WIB received a grant to implement a study to determine

• Why layoffs have occurred in the manufacturing sector
• Training needs in demand for manufacturing firms
• Most effective practices in layoff aversion policies and initiatives.

HIRE-A-YOUTH SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM

Today's youth are tomorrow's workforce. Through our unsubsidized youth job program, hundreds of energetic career seekers, ages 16-2 1, have gained valuable experience and offered great value to companies like yours. The program runs from May through July each year and is the result of an ongoing and successful partnership between the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce and local business community. Click here for more information and to place a job order to hire a youth this summer.

CalWORKs Employment Services

The demand for trained certified healthcare workers has never been higher. To meet this demand in Anaheim, the WIB has partnered with the Orange County Social Services Agency and Casa Loma College, as well as several healthcare facilities to training CalWORKs recipients as Certified Nursing Assistances, Restorative Nursing Assistants and Home Health Aides. CalWORKs recipients are individuals receiving welfare assistance but are striving to become self-sufficient upon completion of training.

Anaheim Small Business Assistance Center

The Anaheim Workforce Investment Board (WIB) has undertaken an active role to assist the City's Economic Development efforts with the operation of the Anaheim Small Business Assistance Center. The WIB hosts a business advisor on the premises of the Anaheim Workforce Center - One Stop. By having a small business advisor on its premises, the WIB offers business owners the services of the Anaheim Small Business Assistance Center along with the services available to employers through the Anaheim One-Stop Center at one convenient location.

The Anaheim Small Business Assistance Center offers local small businesses educational workshops in a wide array of business development topics to assist companies maintain and/or improve their competitive edge. Individualized business counseling sessions are also available at no cost to Anaheim business.

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WIB Membership

The Anaheim Workforce Investment Board (WIB) is asking for your help as we look to the future needs of our residents and employers to build a quality workforce in Anaheim. We are in the process of filling vacant board of director seats for individuals representing the business community.

The position of board member is one of great responsibility because it guides the future of workforce development programs in our local area. The purpose of the WIB is to provide leadership and policy direction for our local workforce investment system.

Board members will be expected to attend regularly scheduled bi-monthly board meetings and participate on subcommittees which last approximately one hour each. Board members are not asked to raise funds, as this is a fully funded program.

Our board is comprised of 31 members representing education, labor, community-based organizations, economic development and the private sector. The WIB is required to have its chair and a majority of its members from the private sector. Anaheim residence is not a requirement for board service, only a specific tie to the City, which could be a business location in Anaheim. The Anaheim Chamber of Commerce will nominate the private sector board members and the Anaheim City Council will appoint all board members. The Anaheim WIB also uses the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Orange County as a membership outreach body.

Business representatives considered for membership shall include owners of business, chief executives or operating officers with optimum policy-making or hiring authority.

Click here to complete and submit an application for membership consideration.