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B. How will the needs of employers be determined in your area? [State Planning <br />Guidance IV.B.6] <br />C. What are the current and projected employment opportunities in the local area? <br />[WIA Section 118(b)(1)(B)] <br />The latest Orange County data (10/17/08 press release) provided by fhe Employmenf <br />Development Department, Labor Market Information Division indicates that the <br />unemployment rate for Santa Ana has grown fo 9.2 from 6.8 a year ago. In Orange <br />County the unemployment rate has risen from 4.2 in August 2007 to 5.7 in September <br />2008. The one-stops are seeing larger numbers of clients who face fhe difficult <br />challenge of competing with many highly skilled recently laid off workers for the small <br />number of jobs available to them. It is anticipated that the competition for the traditional <br />holiday season positions will be intense in 2008. Nonfarm employment increased by <br />only 2,300 jobs during the past year. Government jobs were up but that was due to <br />teachers returning to fhe classroom after the summer recess. Healthcare and social <br />assistance jobs only grew by 400 jobs while leisure and hospitality had the largest <br />decrease (2400 jobs) and construction was down 800 jobs. <br />D. What job skills are necessary to obtain such employment opportunities? [WIA <br />Section 11$(b)(1)(C)] <br />IV. LEADERSHIP <br />As stated in the Federal Register of April 15, 1999, "The Department [of Labor] believes <br />that changing from the existing JTPA Private Industry Councils to local workforce <br />investment boards is essential to the reforms of WIA [Interim Final Rule §661.305] . The <br />Department [of Labor] strongly encourages all eligible areas to create new, fully <br />functional local boards as early as possible, and is committed to providing assistance to <br />facilitate such changes." <br />In this section describe how authority will be exercised by the local workforce <br />investment board. [WIA Section 117(b)(3) and (d)(1)] <br />A. If an interim board was responsible for development of this plan, how will the plan <br />and authority to oversee its implementation under WIA Section 117(d)(4) be <br />transferred to the new local workforce investment board? <br />B. What circumstances constitute a conflict of interest for a local board member, <br />including voting on any matter regarding provision of service by that member or <br />the entity that s/he represents, and any matter that would provide a financial <br />benefit to that member? [V1/1A Section 117(8)(1)(2)] <br />FWIAB99-2A 7 of 18 Rev. 9/08 <br />190-10 <br />