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WIA Local Plan Modification PY 2006-07 <br />^ Modification # LWIA: SANTA ANA <br />Date: 04101 /2006 <br />X. ADDENDUM <br />A. Consistency with the State Plan -WIA Section 118(a) requires Local Plans <br />to be consistent with the State Plan. <br />The Governor's key priorities for California's public workforce system are: <br />• Understanding and Meeting the Workforce Needs of Business and Industry in <br />order to Prepare Workers for 215' Century Jobs <br />• Targeting Limited Resources To Areas Where They Can Have the Greatest <br />Economic Impact <br />• Collaborating to Improve California's Educational System At All Levels <br />• Ensuring the Accountability of Public and Private Workforce Investments <br />These four key priorities for California's workforce system are addressed in the <br />Governor's vision for the system in more detail in Section I of the State Plan. <br />Describe how your local vision and workforce development strategy is consistent <br />with the Governor's workforce development priorities. <br />The Vision of bofh fhe State of California and fhe Santa Ana Workforce Investment <br />Board of "providing aworld-class workforce so that businesses may Thrive and grow" <br />are synonymous. In fact, the Santa Ana W1B's vision goes even further and states that <br />they "envision a Santa Ana workforce thaf achieves world-class status and surpasses <br />The needs of local employers." Santa Ana believes ifs vision and workforce <br />development strategy are in alignment with the Governor's key priorities. <br />1) The Santa Ana W1B and its comprehensive one-stop cenfer staff along with the <br />Economic Development Division of the City of Santa Ana which oversees the Federal <br />Empowerment Zone (FEZ) and the State Enterprise Zone (EZ) provide comprehensive <br />business services to our employer base on a daily basis. One advantage in having <br />close ties with the City's Economic Development Division is in the area of business <br />retention. A Business Services Team, consisting of staff from all relevant city divisions, <br />are in regular contacf with local employers and use a database developed to share <br />information immediately after a visit to each employer regarding their individual <br />workforce needs. The Business Services team can be quickly pulled togefher to <br />develop and implement a plan to ensure a business's needs are met from utilizing tax <br />FW IAD05-19D ~ Pale 1 of 0 6/06 <br />