Overview
The Governor’s Workforce Investment Board (GWIB) is the Governor’s chief policy-making body for workforce development. The GWIB is a business-led board of 45 members, 51% of whom represent the business community. Other members include cabinet secretaries, college presidents, the superintendent of schools, elected officials, non-profit agencies, the governor, and the lieutenant governor. The GWIB is responsible for developing strategies and policies to form a coordinated workforce system from a variety of education, employment and training programs. It brings together and focuses various workforce development partners and stakeholders on a single outcome; a properly prepared workforce that will meet the current and future demands of Maryland employers. The GWIB was established by the Federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
Partner Agencies
Several partner agencies collaborate with the GWIB and each other to plan and implement the workforce development system in Maryland. The following partner agencies are members of the GWIB:
- Department of Human Resources
- Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
- Maryland State Department of Education
- Maryland Higher Education Commission
- Department of Business and Economic Development
- Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
- Department of Juvenile Services
GWIB’s Center for Industry Initiatives
The GWIB’s Center for Industry Initiatives, initially supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, assesses the issues and demands of Maryland’s targeted industry sectors. Leaders from private industry, government, education and other stakeholders are engaged in the collaborative process. Each industry has a steering committee, which is charged with identifying its industry’s workforce issues and developing strategies to resolve the workforce needs. The center staff guides and supports the committee's work.
Vision
A Maryland where every person maximizes his or her career potential and employers have access to the human resources they need to be successful.
Mission
To guide a nationally recognized workforce development system that is aligned with the economic and educational goals of the State of Maryland and that will result in a qualified workforce available to employers across the state.
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