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PA Workforce Development Association
PA Workforce Development Association represents workforce development professionals in each of the state’s 23 Workforce Investment Areas. Our members oversee and operate employment and training programs administered under the federal Workforce Investment Act and other workforce programs, including the services provided by Pennsylvania’s CareerLink (one-stop) system.
Lehigh Valley Manufacturing Career Pathways Guide
Allentown Economic Development Corp.
Allentown Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) helps site selection consultants, Lehigh Valley entrepreneurs, and existing Allentown businesses to find opportunities in Allentown, PA. This site provides useful information about Pennsylvania's third-largest city, including demographics and quality of life, as well as information on small business loans, economic development incentives, business start up assistance, brownfield remediation, downtown revitalization, and smart growth. As the urban hub of the Lehigh Valley, Allentown, Pennsylvania is a vibrant, sustainable, and diverse 21st-century city. Allentown offers affordable proximity to two of the largest consumer markets in the United States, and a place where small businesses thrive in a business-friendly downtown and on excellent industrial sites. Always the fighter, Allentown is a resilient city, prepared to lead during economic recovery and anchor a revitalized Lehigh Valley. AEDC is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting smart growth throughout the city.
Allentown School District
Bethlehem Area School District
Bureau of Workforce Partnership and Operations
Career Institute of Technology
CareerLinking Academy
An academy designed by the Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board, Inc. for high school students to explore career interests, map career paths, and link to employment and education opportunities.
Dream It. Do It. Pennsylvania
Educational Data Systems, Inc. (EDSI)
Greater LV Chamber of Commerce
The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce's mission is to deliver value to its members through superior programs and services; to advocate advancing business interests; to unify the Lehigh Valley business community to leverage regional resources and strengthen its collective voice; and to create opportunities for businesses to grow. Representing 14 regional chambers and councils with more than 140,000 employee members, The Chamber is the largest in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and the fastest growing in the nation.
Green Jobs Report
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of the Lehigh Valley
INCH BY INCH
LANTA
LANTA's Metro system is a network of 35 fixed bus routes throughout the Lehigh Valley, providing daily, later evening, and weekend services. More than 380,000 people live within walking distance of a Metro route.
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Lehigh Career and Technical Institute
Lehigh Valley Business
Lehigh Valley Green Machine Guide
Lehigh Valley Professionals
LV Economic Development Corporation
The Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation is a one-stop resource and the single point of contact for companies looking for help with their relocation or Lehigh Valley business expansion plans. As part of our mission to ensure the success and growth of the region’s economy, we are committed to helping national businesses find a home here while providing services to companies already located in Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton and throughout Lehigh and Northampton counties.
LVWIB Career Cruising
Sign on using Username: Careerlink Password: northeast Career Cruising offers a suite of online career guidance and planning tools designed for people of all ages. Using our tools, you can find the right career, explore education and training options, build your own portfolio, manage your school’s course selection process, or set up a career development network in your community. Learn more about all of these possibilities on our Products page.
National Association of Workforce Boards
The National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) is the leading workforce association that represents the nation's nearly 650 business-led Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) and also serves other associated organizations in the workforce industry with one common goal: Helping America Work. Our mission is to support members through a comprehensive program of advocacy, training and technical assistance, communication, and the promotion of strategic partnerships for the advancement of our nation's workforce.
National Workforce Association (NWA)
NWA is dedicated to serving its members - this website has been developed as a communication tool in order for us to provide timely communication between you - our members and the association in general
Northampton Community College
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
PA Career Gates
Sponsored by the PA Department of Labor & Industry, Pennsylvania Career Gates is a multi-episode educational media series for the high school classroom. These episodes feature highlights of careers in PA's emerging industries for which employees are projected to be in high-demand into the future.
PA CareerLink Lehigh Valley
PA State Civil Service Commission
PA Unemployment Compensation Board of Review Referees
Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)
SHRM of Lehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley Chapter of the Society For Human Resource Management exists to promote the highest level of professionalism in Human Resource Management. We offer members professional development opportunities, share Chapter resources with the communities served, and foster awareness of the role of Human Resource Management in creating high performance organizations.
SKILLSUSA Council
The SkillsUSA Councils mission is to create a world-class workforce by developing partnerships among the business community and our schools. SkillsUSA Council is a non-profit organization that was created in 1985 to foster active business-education partnerships in order to prepare students for the world of work. The Council serves more than 6,000 career and technical education students in District 11 every year. The area served is Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Upper Bucks counties. The SkillsUSA Council provides cutting-edge training that prepares students for the rapidly changing skills demanded. The council develops citizenship, leadership, employability, and occupational skills through career-focused education and industry partnerships.

Sunshine Provision

The Lehigh Valley Workforce Development Board will make available to the public, on a regular basis through open meetings, information regarding the activities of the local board, including information regarding the local plan prior to submission of the plan, and regarding membership, the designation and certification of one-stop operators, and the award of grants or contracts to eligible providers of youth activities, and on request, minutes of formal meetings of the local board.

Project Manager - LEAP Project

The Workforce Board Lehigh Valley (WBLV has an immediate opening for a Project Manager for a program called Linking Employment Activities Pre-Release (LEAP). The LEAP Program includes a job center in the Northampton County Jail to provide critical job readiness and employability skills to transitioning offenders to help them get and keep a job when released and to ultimately lower recidivism rates. This position is housed at the Northampton County Jail and reports to the WBLV Executive Director.

The LEAP Manager is responsible for the successful operation of the LEAP Program through planning, managing, developing and coordinating services by the Program team, partners, participants and the community. This position is responsible for the attainment of goals and performance metrics including supervision of three full-time staff.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree or comparable experience in workforce, business, corrections, education, or a related field.

- Minimum of five years experience in leadership role and program management in an educational, business, workforce or non-profit setting with demonstrated success in meeting goals.

- Demonstrated supervisory and administrative experience along with experience managing and working with data.

- Demonstrated ability to work with diverse backgrounds.

- Successful candidate will be required to obtain all necessary security clearances.

This position is housed at the Northampton County Jail. Working in a jail is a unique and sometime stressful environment. Prior experience working in corrections and with inmates is a plus.

To view the full job description and to apply for the position, visit PA CareerLink at www.pacareerlink.pa.gov. The Job Positing number for this position is 12534976

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ANNOUNCING
PA Department of Labor and Industry
Teacher In The Workplace Grant

The purpose of this Grant is to solicit grant applications from eligible organization in partnership with their Local Workforce Development Board to develop and/or implement Teacher in the Workplace programs that connect the classroom to the workplace for K-12 educators across Pennsylvania.

Click here to access the Teacher in the Workplace Notice of Grant Availability

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WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT MULTI-YEAR
REGIONAL/LOCAL PLAN APPROVED

The Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board, Inc., doing business as Workforce Board Lehigh Valley, in partnership with the Chief Elected Officials of Lehigh and Northampton Counties. The Multi-Year Plan is consistent with guidelines issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry.

The final plan was approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry on November 16, 2017.

To access the Multi-Year Regional/Local Plan, click here.

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FINAL PY16 WIOA Transitional Regional/Local Plan

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Pennsylvania’s Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
Combined State Plan

PA WIOA Combined State Plan Modification 1 - Effective July 1, 2018

Pennsylvania’s WIOA Combined State Plan

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Lehigh Valley Education & Talent Supply Report 2018
Click here for Summary

Click here for Full Report

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BRIDGING THE WORKFORCE GAP: LEHIGH VALLEY WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC STRATEGY
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