Download the L/S WIB Strategic Plan
The Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board understands the regional significance and importance of assisting those who make up the workforce in upgrading their skill levels in careers that are in demand and pay family sustaining wages. Today’s economy has created the need for a workforce with strong academic, workplace, and technical skills. A comprehensive strategy is needed for Pennsylvania to remain competitive.
Our strategic plan is designed around this vision to meet this mission:Vision:
Luzerne/Schuylkill Counties have a world-class competitive workforce.
Mission:
To ensure a demand-driven, world-class workforce system
aligned with economic development and education.
Strategic Directions:
- Target those clusters with sustainable growth industries in the region as the primary workforce focus.
- Establish the Luzerne/Schuylkill WIB, Inc. as the regional leader for aligning labor supply and demand.
- Align education and workforce development.
- Integrate global, national and regional socio-economic trends into the L/S WIB’s strategic initiatives.
- Maximize resource effectiveness at the federal, state and local levels.
The L/S WIB Strategic Plan is the renewal of a commitment on the part of this board to ensure a demand-driven, world-class workforce system aligned with economic development and education. The economic forecast for Northeastern Pennsylvania encompasses more than just two counties, so regional collaborative efforts are in place with neighboring Workforce Investment Areas. These areas are represented by the WIBs of Lackawanna County, the Northern Tier, Pocono Counties, and the Lehigh Valley.
