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STRATEGIC PLAN 2020-2023
BUILDING A WOKFORCE SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA BOARD OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Nathaniel X. Marshall
Chairman
Human Resources
Generalist
BWX Technologies, Inc.
On behalf of the Virginia Board of Workforce Development
(VBWD), we are pleased to present the 2020-2023 Strategic Plan,
approved on September 18th, 2020. The VBWD is a diverse group of
leaders from across the State who advise the Governor on
workforce issues. A sincere thank you goes out to the members of
the Strategic Plan Task Force for their hard work on this document,
which offers a workforce system blueprint for the next three years.
Our goal here in the Commonwealth is clear – to create the best
workforce system in the nation.To reach this goal, we must:
Align the Commonwealth’s workforce system with economic
development strategies
Ensure training programs are demand driven
Provide Virginians with educational pathways that lead to
economic independence and prosperity
Create a best-in-class delivery system for workforce services
that is accessible and effective for job seekers and employers
alike
As stewards of taxpayer dollars, we must ensure that every
investment in workforce development drives high-impact
outcomes. We must acknowledge the devastating effects of the
pandemic and support the Governor’s plan for recovery. We look
forward to your continued partnership and support, as we build a
better future forVirginia’s businesses and workers.
Sincerely,
Nathaniel X. Marshall – Chair Lane Hopkins -Vice Chair
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LETTER FROM
THE CHAIR AND
VICE CHAIR
Lane Hopkins
Vice Chair
Chief Talent Officer
Harris Williams & Co
Virginia Board of Workforce Development
Private Sector
Members
Nathaniel X. Marshall - Chairman
Human Resources Generalist
BWX Technologies, Inc.
Lane Hopkins - Vice Chair
Chief Talent Officer
Harris Williams & Co
Hobart “Hobey” Bauhan
President
Virginia Poultry Federation
Xavier Beale
Vice President of Trades
Newport News Shipbuilding
Julie Brown
Owner
2 Witches Winery & Brewing
Company
Lynne Bushey
Senior Vice President
CGI
Ernie Caldwell
President
G.J. Hopkins
Barry DuVal
President
The Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Daniel Gomez
Chief Strategy Officer
Capitol Bridge LLC
D. Michael Hymes
President
HY Performance Management
Consulting
Melissa McDevitt Jiulianti
VP, Diversity and Inclusion
Capital One
Jim Monroe
Global VP of Customer Success
Cisco AppDynamics
Joan Peterson
Executive Director
Literacy for Life
Carrie Roth
President and CEO
Activation Capital & VA Bio + Tech
Park
Becky Sawyer
Senior Vice President, Chief Human
Resources Officer
Sentara Healthcare
Anne Jolly Schlussler
Founding Partner
Clarity Technology Partners
Raheel Sheikh
President
Manassas Auto and Tire
John David Smith, Jr
Owner and Partner
Village Market Bistro, Village Square
Restaurant, & V2 Piano Bar
Zuzana Steen
Academic and Community Relations
Manager
Micron Technology, Inc.
Brett Vassey
President & CEO
Virginia Manufacturers Association
Brian T. Warner
Rolls-Royce Head
Commonwealth Center for Advanced
Manufacturing
Labor and Training
Members
Tommy Bell
Business Manager
Iron Workers Local Union 79
Doris Crouse-Mays
President
Virginia State AFL-CIO
Virginia Rae Diamond
President
Northern Virginia Labor Federation
Mark B. Dreyfus
President
ECPI University
Glenn Dubois
Chancellor
Virginia Community College System
Patricia Funegra
Founder and CEO
La Cocina VA
Travis Staton
President and CEO
United Way of Southwest Virginia
Strategic Plan 2020 – 2023
MEMBERS AND STAFF
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State and Local
Elected Officials
The Honorable George Barker
Virginia Senate, 39th District
The Honorable James “Jimmy”
Gray
Councilman, City of Hampton, VA
The Honorable Ann Mallek
Supervisor, Albemarle County
The Honorable Jeremy McPike
Virginia Senate, 29th District
The Honorable Kathleen Murphy
Virginia House of Delegates, 34th
District
The Honorable Kathy Tran
Virginia House of Delegates, 42nd
District
Governor’s Cabinet
Members
The Honorable Brian Ball
Secretary of Commerce and Trade
The Honorable Dr. Daniel Carey
Secretary of Health and Human
Services
The Honorable Dr. Megan Healy
Chief Workforce Development Advisor
The Honorable Carlos Hopkins
Secretary of Veterans and Defense
Affairs
The Honorable Brian Moran
Secretary of Public Safety and
Homeland Security
The Honorable Atif Qarni
Secretary of Education
Designees
Fran Bradford
Deputy Secretary for Education
Designee for Secretary Atif Qarni
Jae K. Davenport
Deputy Secretary of Public Safety &
Homeland Security
Designee for Secretary Brian Moran
Dr. Daniel Lufkin
President, Paul D. Camp Community
College
Designee for Chancellor Glenn Dubois
Deborah Melvin
Assistant Vice President, Talent
Solutions
Virginia Economic Development
Partnership
Designee for Secretary Brian Ball
Duke Storen
Commissioner, Virginia Department of
Social Services
Designee for Secretary Daniel Carey
Johnathan G. Ward
Assistant Secretary of Veterans &
Defense Affairs
Designee for Secretary Carlos Hopkins
StaffSpecial acknowledgment goes to the
following members of the Board’s
cross-agency staff team who
contributed to the development of this
plan and provided invaluable staff
support and expertise to support the
Board and its work.
Jane Dittmar, Executive Director
Deputy Chief Advisor for Workforce
Development
Office of the Governor
George Taratsas, Staff Leader
Director, WIOA Administration &
Compliance
Virginia Community College System
Dale Batten
Deputy Commissioner, Division of
Rehabilitation Services
Virginia Department for Aging &
Rehabilitative Services
Jason Brown
Deputy Commissioner
Virginia Employment Commission
Pam Cato
Director, Vocational Rehabilitation &
Workforce Services
Virginia Department for the Blind &
Vision Impaired
Dr. Yolanda Crewe
Director, WIOA Title I Program
Services
Virginia Community College System
Julie Jacobs
Workforce Services Manager
Virginia Department of Social Services
Martina Murray
Director, Education Programs
Virginia Department of Veterans
Services
Maria Onsel
Administrative Assistant
Virginia Community College System
Jeff Ryan
Deputy Commissioner
Virginia Employment Commission
Heidi Silver-Pacuilla
Adult Education Coordinator
Virginia Department of Education
Dr. Robert Walker
Chief, Veterans Services
Virginia Employment Commission
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MEMBERS AND STAFF
4Virginia Board of Workforce Development
MISSION, VISION, AND
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
The Virginia Board of Workforce Development (VBWD) is
a business-led board that acts as the principal advisor to the
Governor, providing strategic leadership to the state regarding
the public workforce development system.
MissionThe mission of the VBWD is to build a strong workforce
with skills aligned to employer needs.
The Board’s roles and responsibilities are described in Virginia
law as well as the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act (WIOA). The Board has several deliverables for which it is
responsible, including policy and budget recommendations; the
provisions of specific guidance, policy, and oversight for the
programs funded by WIOA; the development of state-level
performance metrics for the workforce system; the production
and dissemination of an annual workforce system report; a
review of agency budgets; and a comprehensive cross-agency
workforce plan. To accomplish its mission, the Board has
endorsed a set of guiding principles.
VisionEvery Virginian, regardless of the barriers they face, has equitable access to tools and
opportunities leading to careers that pay family-sustaining wages, and every business has
access to a highly skilled workforce.
To achieve the best possible result for our customers, the Board and all workforce system partners need to:
Be business-driven and customer focused in all that we do
Be flexible, nimble, and responsive culture of continuous improvement
Be collaborative in engaging a network of partners to accomplish our goals
Be innovative in our approach, including integrating technology and new ways of doing things
Move beyond compliance and embracing a culture of innovation and invention
Use data and evidence in our policy and decision-making
The public workforce system includes eight agencies and 25 programs organized under three secretariats.
Appendix A includes a complete listing and description of the partner agencies and their programs. The
Board recognizes that the workforce system in Virginia includes important players beyond these state
agencies and programs, including private training providers, community-based and faith-based organizations,
and others who share our vision and mission. The Board encourages collaboration at the state and local level
to ensure public and private sector resources are fully leveraged to deliver effective solutions to workforce
challenges. 5Strategic Plan 2020 – 2023
In December 2019, the Virginia unemployment rate was among the
lowest in the nation at 2.7 percent. Approximately 23,000 individuals had
filed unemployment claims. With the national unemployment rate at 3.5
percent, the state and the national employment landscape was promising.
This landscape changed dramatically as a result of the economic
downturn caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic. By July 1, 2020, the
state unemployment rate had increased to eight percent. Unemployment
claims by Virginians increased by over 1,800 percent.
From July 2019 to July 2020, Virginia lost an estimated 284,000 jobs, or
7.0 percent. Those job losses varied across the Commonwealth. The
Winchester metro statistical area experienced the highest percentage of
job losses, while the Staunton-Waynesboro metro statistical area saw a small
increase in employment over the last year.
From December 2019 to July 2020, the Virginia industries that
experienced the greatest percentage decrease in employed individuals
includes Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (-47.7 percent), Leisure and
Hospitality (-23.9 percent), Accommodation and Food Services (-19.7 percent),
Administrative, Support, and Waste Management (-14.1 percent), and Real Estate,
Rental and Leasing (-10.7 percent). Construction (2.5 percent) was one of the only
industries to see an increase in employees.
From December 2019 to July 2020, unemployment claims for Virginia
women increased by over 2,300 percent. This increase is 1,000 percent
more than the increase for men over the same period. Asian Virginians,
whose claims increased by over 6,000 percent, experienced the highest
unemployment claims percentage increase by race. This increase was over 4,000
percent more than the increase for White Virginians. Black and African American
Virginians experienced an increase of over 1,400 percent and Latino/a Virginians
experienced an increase of over 400 percent.
Virginians under the age of 22 experienced the highest percentage
increase in unemployment claims by age. Their claims increased by
almost 18,000 percent. The rate of unemployment claim increases went
down as the age of the claimant went up. However, Virginians aged 65 and older
experienced an increase of over 1,500 percent, which is a higher rate of increase
than that of those aged 35-64.
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Metro Statistical AreaEmployment Change
July ’19 – July ‘20
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford -8.3%
Charlottesville -6.9%
Harrisonburg -6.8%
Lynchburg -5.8%
Northern Virginia -8.0%
Richmond -7.1%
Roanoke -6.7%
Staunton-Waynesboro 1.9%
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News -6.2%
Winchester -8.8%
VIRGINIA SNAPSHOT
Virginia Board of Workforce Development
STRATEGIC
PLAN
GOALS AND
STRATEGIES
Strategy 1.2
Evaluate existing Virginia workforce policies
and programs to determine effectiveness.
Identify short and long-term workforce strategies for
businesses and workers in response to changing economic
conditions.
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In its role as advisor to the Governor, the Board will:
Strategy 1.1
Ascertain business and worker needs as
economic conditions change.
Strategy 2.1
Encourage the increased accessibility of
registered apprenticeships and other work-
based training programs amongst
populations facing barriers.
Goal 1
Expand equitable access to education and training programs.Goal 2
Strategy 2.2
Support every Virginian to earn a minimum of
a high school diploma or equivalent, and
preferably a post-secondary credential or an
industry recognized credential.
Strategy 2.3
Address challenges to equitable access to education and training programs
throughout the Commonwealth.
Strategic Plan 2020 – 2023
Strategy 3.2
Increase awareness, accessibility, and usage
of the Virginia Career Works Portal to
connect workers to sustainable jobs and
provide actionable information to decision
makers within Virginia’s workforce
development system.
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Strategy 3.1
Connect Virginia businesses to workers more
effectively using available technology.
Strategy 4.1
Examine legacy policies that impede
equitable access to workforce development
and opportunities and remove those policies
that are outdated.
Increase access to the technology needed for the education,
training, and career pathway development for Virginia’s
workforce of the future.Goal 3
Address systemic barriers to workforce success through
innovative strategies, policy changes, and investments.Goal 4
Strategy 4.2
Recommend the Governor and the General
Assembly use flexible funding to establish a
process to test innovations that address root
causes of workforce system barriers.
Strategy 4.3
Identify areas of service alignment and overlap.
STRATEGIC
PLAN
GOALS AND
STRATEGIES
Virginia Board of Workforce Development
APPENDIX –DEFINING VIRGINIA’S WORKFORCE SYSTEM
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Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired Vocational Rehabilitation ProgramProvides services (employment preparation and assistive
technology) to help to make employment opportunities
available to persons with visual disabilities.
Department for Aging and Rehabilitation Services Vocational Rehabilitation ProgramProvides employment services, assistive technology and
disability determination to help those with disabilities to
prepare for, find and keep a job.
Department of Education Adult Education and LiteracyProvides integrated education and training to adult
populations in support of improved employment outcomes.
PluggedIn VA Provides low-skilled adults with a program
that incorporates digital literacy skills,
professional soft skills, and 21st Century
Skills into a traditional GED® curriculum and a Career
Readiness Certificate.
Career and Tech Ed/Secondary Perkins Provides young people in grades 6-12 with technical training
courses, credentials, and industry certifications.
Workplace Readiness Skills Assessment Provides funding for young adults to work toward the
Workforce Readiness Skills Assessment certification.
Virginia Workforce System Program Descriptions
Agency* Program Description
*Work in Progress. Agency/Programs may still be added.
Strategic Plan 2020 – 2023
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Department of Labor and Industry Registered Apprenticeship Program Provides coordination of apprenticeships in a range of trades
including on-the-job training, theoretical instruction, and
journeyman certification.
Department of Social Services SNAP Employment and Training Provides job preparation, training, and support services to
assist SNAP clients in gaining employment.
VA Initiative for Employment not Welfare Provides job preparation training and support services to
assist TANF clients in gaining employment.
Virginia Community College System Institutes of Excellence Provides focused education and cutting edge training in areas
that support Virginia’s business and industry.
Non-Credit Workforce Training Provides customized, open-enrollment training based on
Virginia business needs.
Postsecondary Perkins Provides funding for Career and Technical Education in
community colleges and Career Coaches program.
WIOA Adult Provides job search and placement assistance as well as
employment plans, counseling, and training and support
services.
WIOA Dislocated Worker Provides employment, training and support services for
workers who are losing their jobs as a result of layoff or
company closing.
WIOA Youth Provides intensive services including employment plans,
Counseling, training, and support services for youth aged
16-24.
WIOA Rapid Response
Layoff AversionProvides businesses with employee hiring, staff restructuring
and training support. Rapid Response is most noticeably front
and center to Virginia’s workers when their place of
employment is downsizing and a significant number of
workers lose their jobs, but the program also helps firms
avoid layoffs, especially through upskilling initiatives.
Virginia Economic Development Partnership Virginia Jobs Investment Program Provides funds to offset recruiting and training costs incurred
by companies that are either creating new jobs or
implementing technological upgrades and provides assistance
to companies with workforce-related challenges and
organizational development workshops.
Virginia Workforce System Program Descriptions
Agency* Program Description
*Work in Progress. Agency/Programs may still be added.Virginia Board of Workforce Development
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Virginia Employment Commission Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Provides re-training, job search and relocation support for
workers being laid off because of jobs moving overseas.
Veterans Program Provides job search and counseling services and training to
Veterans and candidate matching services to employers.
Wagner-Peyser Provides employment assistance services to job-ready
workers who are unemployed and recruitment assistance to
employers.
WIOA Rapid Response Provides timely and comprehensive Rapid Re-employment
services to laid–off workers who are the subject of WARN
notices. The goal is to place workers in new jobs so that they
can transition to new employment opportunities immediately
in an effort to reduce the average duration of unemployment
insurance compensation they may require.
*Work in Progress. Agency/Programs may still be added.
VIRGINIA BOARD OF
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIC PLAN 2020-2023
SEPTEMBER 2020
prepared by the:
STRATEGIC PLANNING TASK FORCE
facilitated by the:
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
GROUP
L. DOUGLAS WILDER SCHOOL OF
GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
(804) 828-8845
www.pmg.vcu.edu
Virginia Workforce System Program Descriptions
Agency* Program Description