These tools include an Education and Workforce Portal that provides access to labor market information and career-planning resources. As part of this unified plan, the CCWD will be creating new tools and resources for businesses, students, educators, parents, and others that make workforce services more available than ever before.
This unified plan will bring long-lasting, positive changes to statewide education and workforce development. By placing them at DEW, the Act directly connects RWAs with experienced business consultants, economists, workforce specialists, and others already at our agency whose daily focus is workforce development.”Īs mentioned in a recent Post and Courier op-ed, the Act will align the workforce development efforts of multiple agencies into a unified state plan through the CCWD. “The RWAs are a vital link between school and work, as they help communicate to students, parents, educators, guidance counselors, and others about the availability and advantages of fulfilling, well-paid jobs in our state, such as health care, manufacturing, and information technology. “Thanks to the Workforce Development Act, the CCWD has more tools and stakeholders to align South Carolina’s workforce and DEW has received more subject matter experts, such as the RWAs, to help get the job done,” stated DEW Executive Director William Floyd. The Act also expands the CCWD to include additional public and private workforce development stakeholders, as well as designates DEW’s Executive Director William Floyd as its Chair. The Workforce Development Act confirms DEW’s leadership in workforce development and allows our agency to improve accountability, broaden our efforts in addressing obstacles unique to rural areas, and enhance responsiveness to industry needs. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW), including the transition of the Coordinating Council for Workforce Development (CCWD) and the Regional Workforce Advisors (RWAs) from the S.C. This law brings new responsibilities to the S.C.
67 of 2023, the Statewide Education and Workforce Development Act (the Workforce Development Act), recently became law due to overwhelming support by the House, Senate, and Governor McMaster. Newly Passed Act Brings Positive, Long-Term Changes to South Carolina’s WorkforceĬolumbia, S.C. DEW Welcomes Coordinating Council for Workforce Development and Regional Workforce Advisors
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