Missouri’s Workforce Investment System

MISSOURI WORKFORCE

INVESTMENT

SYSTEMWorkforce

Supply Side

Business

Demand Side

EducationSkills Training

Capacity Building

EconomicDevelopment

HigherEducation

Elementary &Secondary Education

SocialServices

Labor &IndustrialRelations

STATE DEPARTMENTRELATIONSHIPS

Customers:Students,

Businesses &Job Seekers

Policies, Plans & Standards

•Better Returns on Missouri’s $1+ Billion Investment

•Focus on Literacy and Life-Long Learning

•Essential and Technical Skill-Sets

•Full System Integration

•Effective Partnerships

•Public Accountability

•Students, Job Seekers & Businesses

Strategies

•Assisting Businesses to be More Competitive - Lean Techniques & Increased Exports

•Integrate Education, Social Services, Workforce and Economic Development

•Governor’s Commission on Essential Skills and Job Proficiencies

•Expand Public Workforce System Market Share

•Communities Customize Customer Services

•Quality Analytical Data For Communities

Self-Sufficiency StudyState-wide Targeted

Industries

Targeted Industry CouncilsWorkforce Investment Boards

Regional Technical Education CouncilsMissouri Employer Committees

UniversitiesCommunity Colleges

Vocational Education Schools

Workforce Supply and Demand Gap Analysis

Gap/Surplus Analysis

SupplySide

DemandSide

Education/Training Census Data

Occupational StudySkills Availability

Target Missouri IIIndustry Clusters

Customers:Students, Businesses

Job Seekers

Invest in New SkillsConnect Students to Careers

•Literacy - A Key to Economic Prosperity

•Improve Basic and Technical Skill-Sets Needed by Business - Math/English/ Science

•Support Innovative Solutions - Missouri Mathematics Academy

•Accountability - Test and Report Outcomes

•Balance Between “Work First” and Essential/Technical Skill-Set Training

Measure What Matters

•Public Accountability for Customer Outcomes

•Common Measures for System Performance

•Annual Scorecard of Customer Outcomes

•Stakeholder Participation in Defining Success

•Compare of Results with Other State

MISSION

To provide leadership that creates a world-class workforce system

ensuring Missouri’s competitive advantage in the global economy, by developing systemic policies, plans and standards that promote

best practices.