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Conducting a Community Audit: Assessing the Workforce Development Needs And Resources of Your Community

Community audits are envisioned as a means by which key local stakeholders can better understand business and labor force trends and, on that basis, developed informed strategies to respond to worker and business needs. Community audits bring together information on economic and labor market trends to support both strategic planning and WIA program operations. They vary in scope and purpose, depending on their precise goals. However, all depend on a common base of information about the regional labor market— both its demand and its supply sides--and about the kinds of workforce development and other critical resources available (such as housing, child care, transportation, supportive services, and so on).

Available online

http://www.doleta.gov/

Author(s)

Workforce Learning Strategies

Date

August 2000

Publisher

U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration