Arizona Workforce Report Available

Few would dispute that workforce development should serve businesses' needs and go hand in hand with economic development. Indeed, the Workforce Investment Act offered states an opportunity to reinvent employment programs by connecting them more closely to economic development efforts. How does Arizona govern this new system? Are there ways that governance could be improved so that services would better fit businesses, economic development, and residents?

On behalf of the Governor's Council on Workforce Policy, Morrison Institute prepared a study that:

--Describes the perceived strengths and weaknesses of Arizona's current governance of the Workforce Investment Act and related programs.

--Presents alternative governance models and programs that could better integrate workforce development with economic development.

--Makes recommendations about governance structures which would help Arizona achieve its workforce and economic development goals.

To read the final report of Can’t Stand Still: Issues and Ideas for Workforce Governance in Arizona, go here: http://www.asu.edu/copp/morrison/CantStandStill.pdf