Our Institutions

North / Far North Region

STRONG WORKFORCE REGIONAL PLAN – OVERARCHING GOALS

Vision for Success Goals

• Increase number of students who acquire associate
• degrees, credentials, certificates, or specific skill sets that prepare them for an in-demand job
• Increase number of students transferring to a UC or CSU system
• Decrease the average number of units accumulated by community college students earning associate degrees
• Increase the percent of exiting CTE students who report being employed in their field of study
• Reduce equity gaps across all measures through faster improvements among traditionally underrepresented student groups
• Reduce equity gaps across all measures through faster improvements among traditionally underrepresented student groups

NFN Regional Goals

• Improve coordination of workforce training
• Improve responsiveness to employers
• Increase equitable student completions
• Further organizational effectiveness

San Francisco Bay Area Region

BAY AREA REGIONAL WORKFORCE PLAN – OVERARCHING GOALS

Goal A: Provide pathways that enable all Bay Area students to find employment and advance to livable wages.

Goal B: Meet the needs of employers in the Bay Region for well-qualified candidates for positions that pay livable wages, particularly in labor market priority* areas.

Goal C: Ensure equity in participation, completion, and employment.

Central Valley and Mother Lode Region

STRONG WORKFORCE REGIONAL PLAN – OVERARCHING GOALS

1. Regional Leadership & Communication – Cultivate and develop regional leadership and support structures that improve outcomes in the region’s priority sectors.
2. Regional Planning – Intentional planning and deliberate collaboration to prepare students to enter the workforce educated for tomorrow’s jobs in pathways supported by labor market data in the CRC’s industry sectors that offer living wage and higher paying, middle-skill jobs.
3. Curriculum, Programs and Pathways – Build and Clarify the Path.
4. CTE Student Support Services – Enter the Path, Stay on the Path and Ensure Learning, Employment Preparation and Transition to Work.
5. Research and Data – Foster the use of data (Launchboard, LMI, etc.), inquiry, and evidence to achieve SWP metrics and Vision for Success.

South Central Coast Region

STRONG WORKFORCE REGIONAL PLAN – OVERARCHING GOALS

1. Strengthen communication, coordination, and timely decision-making in regional CTE efforts.
2. Enhance participation in CTE Career Pathways between K-16.
3. Reinforce regional leadership and operational partnerships among K12, community colleges, industry, labor, and other workforce and economic development entities to improve the delivery of all CTE efforts.
4. Align college programs with local and regional and industry needs and provide support for CTE programs.
5. Create a public outreach campaign for industry, high school students, counselors, parents, faculty, staff, and the community at large to promote career development and attainment and the value of career technical education.

Los Angeles Region

LOS ANGELES COUNTY STRONG WORKFORCE REGIONAL PLAN – STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

1. Consciously and intentionally infuse diversity, equity, and inclusion in all strategies and activities.
2. Maximize sustained industry engagement.
3. Strengthen CE career pathways and programs of study.
4. Implement strategies and activities to help students complete the CE pipeline.
5. Address the needs of business and industry in identified priority and emerging sectors.
6. Demonstrate the regional impact of SWP investments.

Regional Plan 2023: https://losangelesrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/LARC-Regional-Plan-Report-1-31.pdf

Orange County Region

ORANGE COUNTY STRONG WORKFORCE REGIONAL PLAN – OVERARCHING GOALS

The Orange County Regional Consortium (OCRC) consists of nine community colleges and one continuing education center across four community college districts, and serves as a regional framework for communicating, coordinating, collaborating, promoting and planning career and technical education, and workforce and economic development initiatives in the Orange County Region. The goal of the OCRC is to support the connection of individuals and the alignment of programs and curriculum to the needs of business & industry

Regional Collaboration/Coordination  Objectives

Employer Engagement Regional Strategy

Develop and Support Career Pathways Program

Increase Middle-Skill, Industry-Valued Credentials

Target Unemployed and Low-Income Residents

Increase Completions, Graduation Rates, and Reduce Units

Employer Engagement Objectives

WBL, Apprenticeships, Internships, and Faculty Externships

Career Placement

Comprehensive Supports & Pathways, APL, and Articulation

Industry Training and Education

Inland Empire Desert Region

IEDRC STRONG WORKFORCE REGIONAL PLAN – OVERARCHING GOALS

Goal A. Reinforce efforts to address issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the region’s career education programs.

Goal B. Support relevant and valuable career education opportunities for students via distinct paths in K-12 and community college.

Goal C. Strengthen initiatives that facilitate student course and program completion in career education paths.

Goal D. Expand and enrich stakeholder relationships to support students’ transition into and progress within the labor market.

San Diego/Imperial Region

SAN DIEGO/IMPERIAL REGIONAL CONSORTIUM STRONG WORKFORCE REGIONAL PLAN

The San Diego & Imperial Counties Regional Consortium (SDIC RC) is comprised of 10-member Community Colleges, and is committed to providing leadership and guidance on regional career education initiatives that serve its members and stakeholders. Driven by an equity framework, we collaborate with educators, industry, and community partners to support students, develop and sustain a skilled workforce, and align to the needs of the regional ecosystem.

1. Equity
2. Career Pathways
3. Pathway Navigation
4. Employer Engagements: Employment readiness, work-based learning and job placement
5. Retention, Success and Supports
6. Sector Investments
7. Data/Research – Labor Market Information and Gap Analysis
8. Marketing

Employer engagement is central to aligning our programs of study with industry needs, providing work-based learning for our students and job placement opportunities for our students. All of our investments are grounded in data research.