The Delaware County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) is a business-led Board that works in partnership with County Council. Our goal is to make sure that Delaware County has a dynamic and high quality workforce. We do this by working with businesses to improve the skill levels of all current and potential workers.

We offer Employers, regardless of industry, the tools to improve their entire workforce. We connect Delaware County Job Seekers to jobs as well as helpful information about employers in Delaware County.  We connect job seekers to a wide number of state, county and local organizations that provide education, job training and social services.

The Delaware County WIB was established through the Federal Workforce Investment Act. This legislation was enacted in August of 1998 and authorizes WIBs to establish goals for workforce programs in their local communities. WIBs are also expected to set standards that will improve the quality of programs and services.

As a business-led Board, we want to bring best practices to government programs and services. For example, most businesses have a strategic plan outlining their strategy, a plan of action and measurable steps to ensure that progress is being made. To that end, the WIB provided the leadership to identify critical workforce issues for Delaware County and incorporated those issues into a three-year community-wide Strategic Plan. We did this by reaching out to the community and engaged the full range of community stakeholders to create a forum for meaningful discussions on local workforce issues. The plan we developed is now guiding us on how to carry out WIB responsibilities. The plan is also providing a framework for the many organizations responsible for carrying out the goals and action steps. It ensures that we are all on the same page and are working together for a single goal - the economic security and well-being of Delaware County's employers, residents and the community.

Serving on the WIB are 39 leaders from private business, organized labor, education, economic development, human services and community-based organizations, all of whom are appointed by County Council to terms of three years. Much of the work of the WIB is accomplished through its Committees some of which include non-WIB members.

The Delaware County WIB meets quarterly. These meetings are open to the public.  Please visit our website at www.delcoworks.org.