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analysis and planning tools. Santa Ana participated in creating the CEDS through its <br />participation in community meetings, the establishment of overall goals, supporting <br />objectives, and implementing strategies and tactics. Data /evidentiary basis: CEDS plan <br />on file with EDA, evidence from CEDS in workforce analysis in this Section below. <br />• Continue and expand the WIB and its relationships with neighboring WIB's — Anaheim <br />and Orange County. Several WIB members already serve on the two other WIBs, and <br />collaborative activities always take place. However, the greater the collaborative <br />connections, the easier it becomes to acquire new information important to work -force <br />evolution, and the more seamless becomes the experience for Santa Ana clients. The <br />Santa Ana WIB itself is considering expansion to incorporate five new members in key <br />areas related to emerging business, small business, and human resource development in <br />larger companies. <br />• Constantly update its understanding of the regional economy. This strategy implies <br />acquiring and understanding knowledge of changing County and regional goals and <br />trends, and especially its developing business clusters. Santa Ana conducts its own <br />research in this regard, but it collaborates with other cities in the MSA and in Orange <br />County for that purpose. The Orange County CEDS provides evidence of part of this <br />collaboration, as does the exchange of information with Anaheim and the borrowed use <br />of Anaheim's database information. Data /evidentiary basis: Evidence of Santa Ana's <br />currency with the relevant research through Economic Modeling Specialists, Inc. (EMSI) <br />will be found in the labor force analysis in this section below and in subsequent Sections. <br />• Conduct local demographic, labor, and other studies to stay abreast and if possible <br />ahead of the current trends that predict workforce needs in order to anticipate them in <br />training and other support activities. Data /evidentiary basis: Setting the Stage, and this <br />Section below for evidence of data - driven basis of this vision, especially in the use of EDD <br />longitudinal labor need and skill gap analysis. <br />• Analyze and benchmark the current delivery systems for services in Santa Ana, in order <br />to ascertain successful programs and processes and to determine gaps in service that <br />need to be filled. This is an ongoing activity. Benchmark programs in Santa Ana, and in <br />other localities in California, to determine best practices, and in some cases to identify <br />successful programs that can be emulated and modified to fit Santa Ana's workforce <br />needs and populations. Data /evidentiary basis: see Sections below, eg. emulation of <br />"road trip" program, borrowed and enhanced to fit Santa Ana in Youth Section. <br />• Develop and improve tracking and measurement systems, to make certain that goals <br />are being met and surpassed, and to identify systemic concerns that inhibit excellent <br />performance. Santa Ana has several such systems in place. These systems have shown <br />high performance in terms of populations served; jobs generated; etc. <br />• Review training goals and modalities to insure that they are consistent with developing <br />business, economic, and labor needs. Identifying all regional training sources is an <br />ongoing activity. Many of the region's training activities focus on universal job <br />preparation and job ladder attitudes and skills, and others on "timeless" or "traditional" <br />11 <br />19F -16 <br />