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Workforce Development

Workforce Development


The Turning Point WDB

  • serves as a point of contact for business, industry, and the public sector to communicate their workforce needs;
  • provides a forum where private and public sector leaders jointly consider the workforce development needs of the region;
  • promotes strategies to encourage life-long learning and improve workplace skills;
  • assists in the development of new training programs to benefit the region's workforce;
  • conducts planning, oversight, and evaluation of local workforce development programs, including the local JobLink Career Center System;
  • offers advice regarding workforce policy and programs to local elected officials, employers, education and employment agencies, and citizens;
  • coordinates with economic development efforts and activities to promote the region's availability of qualified workers and promote cooperation and coordination among public organization, education agencies, and private businesses; and
  • reviews local agency plans and grant applications for workforce development programs to ensure coordination of services and achievement of local goals can be attained.

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Turning Point WDB
110 Fountain Park Drive
Battleboro, NC  27809
Telephone: 252.443.6175/252.443.6517
Fax: 252.443.4468

http://turningpointwdb.org/