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Orange County Regional Plan Planrdina Process The planning and preparation of the OC Regional Plan includes five phases. It is important to note that throughout all of the phases there is on -going leadership, stakeholder and partner meetings in addition to focused workgroups to accomplish the development of the regional plan, Monthly meetings in addition to focused task workgroups contributed to the development of the regional plan. The OC Regional Plan includes plans for on -going technical assistance and leadership meetings throughout the duration of the strategic efforts to facilitate seamless coordination, implementation, and sustainability of regional strategies Identified herein. The OC Regional Plan incorporates regional goals and strategies of regional workforce systems, business, education, and community based organizations who have all have been decidedly involved in the development of the plan. All goals and strategies are designed to align regionally across systems and include support and implementation of policy objectives and goals outlined in the State Plan to support three of the seven policy strategies emphasized in the State Plan: Sector Strategies, Career Pathways, and Regional Partnerships in order to: Foster demand - driven skills attainment: through the alignment of workforce and education programs with the • state's industry sector needs so as to provide California's employers and businesses with the skilled workforce necessary to compete in the global economy. :• Enable upward mobility for all Californians, including populations with barriers to employment: by ensuring that workforce and education programs are accessible for all Californians to ensure that everyone has access to a marketable set of skills, and is able to access the level of education necessary to get a good job that ensures both long -term economic self-sufficiency and economic security. ` •3 Increase middle -skill industry- valued and recognized post- secondary credentials: The goal of the State Plan is to produce a million "middle- skill" industry- valued and recognized post - secondary credentials between 2017 and 2027. The OC Regional Plan's goals include strategies to support this state goal and facilitate the increase of middle - skill industry- valued and recognized post- secondary credentials and the desired movement of Individuals into either 12 the labor market or longer term education programs aligned with the state's workforce needs. •:• Align, coordinate, and integrate programs and services: by leveraging and braiding workforce and education programs in an effort to economize limited resources needed to achieve the scale and impact needed, while also providing the right services to customers, based on each customer's particular and potentially unique needs, a including any needs for skills - development. Phase t- Strategic Planning Regional planning and organizing efforts involve industry sector leaders, organized labor, community colleges, K -12 programs, Adult Schools, Adult Education Block Grant (AEBG) Consortia, regionally organized Local Boards in designated RPU, Community Based Organizations (CEOs), business associations, and regional economic development agencies. As such, OC Region strategic planning included recruitment and engagement of all key core partners and stakeholders as aforementioned, with the additional inclusion of Social Services Administration TANF, Employment Development Department, and Department of Rehabilitation leaders. Efforts in this phase included quarterly meetings in 2015 and thereafter monthly meetings in 2016 with a focus on: • Identification and engagement of key partners and stakeholders • Establishment of the OC Regional Leadership Council • Regional coordination and system alignment discussions Phase 2 - Data Collection and Analysis A regional analysis Involved the collection and analysis of regional labor market data, assessment of regional industry workforce needs, evaluation of current and projected regional workforce, labor market trends, educational and skill levels of Page iv 190-12