Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board, Inc.

(Wilkes-Barre, PA, July 1, 2010) – Three companies awarded contracts by the Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board in May to deliver employment and training programs in Luzerne and Schuylkill counties have completed their transition plans and began providing services to clients throughout the two counties today, the first day of their contracts, said Lucyann Vierling, executive director of the L/S WIB.

With expectations of better accountability and improved services, the Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board’s actions to hire new providers will allow a larger percentage of the funding for 2010-2011 to reach program clients that include adult and dislocated workers and youth program employees, among others.

(Wilkes-Barre, PA, May 20, 2010) – The Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board of Directors today awarded contracts to The ReDCo Group, Educational Data Systems and Arbor E&T, L.L.C., to deliver employment and training programs for Luzerne and Schuylkill counties.

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