(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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(Wilkes-Barre, PA, March 31, 2010) – The Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board issued the following statement after the event today at the Luzerne County Courthouse:

The Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board, working under the authority of the Luzerne and Schuylkill county commissioners, recently started seeking Requests For Proposals that would provide increased accountability for, and oversight of, about $10 million in federal and state employment program funding.

The Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board, Inc. is providing the following two documents for parties interested in the RFP of March 8, 2010.

• RFP Pre-Proposal EARN Conference Agenda and Minutes with Questions and Answers and RSAs attached (.pdf)
• WIA Title I Pre-Proposal Conference Agenda and Minutes with Questions and Answers 3.22.10 (.pdf)