Jobs & Workforce Development
The Jobs and Workforce Development workgroup developed multiple outcomes and strategies for the Boone County Mobility Action Plan.
Result Statement:
Boone County is a flourishing community where everyone can live, learn, and grow.
Outcomes & Action Steps
Outcome:
Implement Upwardly Mobile Business Practices
Action Steps:
- Improve community messaging on importance of business community to support upward mobility practices
- Train and support businesses in creating Upwardly Mobile business practices
- Create opportunities to acknowledge and incentivize businesses which support employees' upward mobility
- Develop career pipelines across industries
- Support policy changes to expand access to workforce training programs
- Fund a community one-stop website that nonprofits can contribute to for stakeholders
- Survey employers about existing resources they have for their employees
- Stronger presence of Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds within Boone County
Outcome:
Enhance Supports for Justice-involved Individuals
Action Steps:
- Expand Ban the Box within Boone County and ensure eligible Columbia businesses are compliant
- Increase capacity to coordinate with individuals who are justice-involved/post-release and employers who will hire justice-involved individuals
- Create and coordinate internships and apprenticeships for justice-involved individuals
Outcome:
Increase Youth Leadership Opportunities
Strategies:
- Increase opportunities to expose youth to careers in middle and high school
- Expand opportunities for high school students to earn associate degrees (Middle College Program) for all Boone County schools