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Plan The OC Regional Plan has met and exceeded these state requirements as addressed in the below narrative sections of the plan as identified in bold orange text headings prior to each applicable narrative response. WIOA Section 106(c) requires the local boards and chief elected officials in each planning region to engage in regional planning that results in 'Regional Coordination" identified as eight Regional Planning Unit (RPU) requirements, commonly referred to as the A -H requirements. It should be noted that, based on State content requirements, there may be minimal repetition in the plan narrative in response to address said requirements. This fact does not in any way diminish the value of the information communicated in the plan. In addition to meeting federal and state requirements, key features of the OC Regional Plan Include: Target Audience: While the OC Region recognizes that the 4 -Year Strategic Local Workforce Plan is subject to state -level review, the OC Regional Plan has been written and is structured for a broader audience, including the full range of business, labor, education, workforce development, economic development, social services, and community -based stakeholders who support and influence the workforce system. It is also expected that the OC Regional Plan will be meaningful to the various businesses and job seekers who are the principal customers of the workforce system. Planning, Research and Analysis: Imbedded in the design and development of these regional strategies are current labor market research and analysis of the OC Region including, but not limited to: local economic conditions, demographic data, workforce and education trends, and research on successful best practices. Evidence - based, data - driven research, and partnerlstakeholder input provide the foundation for the goals and objectives that comprise this 4 -year strategic regional workforce plan. Achieving Goats and Objectives: The OC Regional Plan includes strategic goals for the four -year (2017 -2020) period that the plan is in effect. This plan is intended to be a dynamic /living document that may be revisited and refined as regional needs, priorities, and strategies shift. As prescribed in the state directive, at the end of the first 2 -year period of the 4 -year local plan, the local boards within the planning region will review the regional plan and revise as needed to reflect changes in regional needs, such as: changes in labor market and economic conditions. This plan will provide a framework to define roles, outline commitments to action, identify resource allocations across systems, and establish strategies and activities to be locally competent, regionally responsive, and globally competitive. Specific activities to reach regional goals are to be defined in the OC Local Plan. Local Plan: The OC Local Plan is informed by the overarching regional plan. The regional plan informs and guides how services are delivered at a local level, as described in the local plan, in a way that feeds into the architecture created by the regional plan. The OC Local Plan will specify strategic activities related to regional goals and overarching regional strategy as defined in the regional plan. WIOA section 106 notes that local plan is considered as part of the regional plan and is therefore to be included and submitted with the designated Regional Planning Unit (RPU) regional plan to the state for approval. It should be noted that some local plan content requirements may be addressed in the comprehensive OC Regional Plan and as such, narrative in response may simply indicate and reference the way local services and operations are Integrated into broader RPU regional efforts in these areas as developed in consultation with required planning partners. A summary of portions of the local plan that are being addressed in the narrative content of the regional plan are identified in local plan - section Kill accordingly. Page III 1901-11