ANNUAL PLANS & REPORTS

• Workforce Investment Board Annual Plan
  The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Annual Plans represent substantial investment in the City's current and future workforce. Through the leadership of the Mayor, City Council, and the Workforce Investment Board, these plans align the City's workforce development strategic initiatives, encourage regional training investments, and coordinate with on-going economic development efforts. Previous Years are available through the links below.
  
  
  • DRAFT Year 14 Annual Plan, Program Year 2013-2014
    April 8, 2013
  
  
  • Year 13 Annual Plan, Program Year 2012-2013
    July 2012
  
  

• WIB Annual Reports
  • Connecting, 2011-2012
    May 2013
    In spite of slow economic recovery, the City's Workforce Development System assisted over 177,000 jobseekers, laid off workers, youth and employers during 2011-2012
  
  
  • Building a Stronger Los Angeles Workforce, 2010-2011
    July 2011
    During Program Year 2010-11, the WIB Workforce Development System assisted over 200,000 job seekers in their search for employment and training
  
  
  • Recovery in Action, 2009-2010
    July 2010
    This report showcases the Workforce Investment Board's many extraordinary services dedicated to the improvement of the Los Angeles workforce and economy

• Local Workforce Investment Act (LWIA) Local Plan Modification
  In order for a state to access federal WIA funds, the Governor requires local jurisdictions to develop and submit a Local WIA Plan which identifies and describes certain workforce development policies, procedures and activities that will be carried out on the local level over a 5-year span and are consistent with the Single State WIA Plan.  This modification entails adjustments to various sections of the 5-year Local WIA Plan (i.e., Local Vision and Goals, Labor Market Analysis, Leadership, Local One-Stop Service Delivery, Youth Activities, Budget and Participant Plan Summaries, and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Local Plan) to account for WIA activities.
  
  
  • Draft PY 2011-12 Five-Year Plan Modification
    July 2011
  
  
  • PY 2009-10 Five-Year Plan Modification
    June 2010

OTHER REPORTS

• Workforce Development System
  • Building a Stronger Los Angeles Workforce: Highlighting Eight Years of Collaboration
    April 2013
  • Los Angeles Workforce Development Scorecard
  • Scorecard Definitions
    March 2013

• Partnerships for Summer Youth Employment
  A publication by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, to highlight how fourteen Major cities across the United States, including Los Angeles, have created innovative and successful partnerships to promote summer youth employment in 2012. activities undertaken by fourteen American cities, including Los Angeles' efforts, in 2012
  • Partnerships for Summer Youth Employment Report
    January 2013

• Summer Youth Jobs: A Survey of Business Executives
  A U.S. Conference of Mayors Survey for American business executives, in an effort to understand summer youth hiring practices and identify the fundamental problems facing summer jobs programs, as well as their potential solutions
  • Summer Youth Jobs Survey Summary & Results
    January 2013

• Proposed New Economic Development Organizations for City of Los Angeles
  Report compiled by HR&A Advisors, Inc, to analyze and recommend a new approach to citywide economic development following the State-mandated elimination of the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles throughout California and the lingering effects of the Great Recession
  • HR&A Report
  • Technical Appendices
    December 2012

• United Way on Employment Transition for Returning Service Men and Women
  Report on the uncertain financial stability of returning veterans and how our professional community can work collaboratively to strengthen the service system, helping them succeed
  • Helping Our Heroes: Creating Pathways to Veteran Employment
    November 2012

• Why Green Is your Color
  A comprehensive manual designed to assist women with job training and career development as they enter into innovative and nontraditional jobs
  • A Woman's Guide to a Sustainable Career
    February 2012

• US Conference of Mayors 2012
  • US Metro Economies Employment Forecast and the Impact of Exports
    January 2012

• Los Angeles City Council
  A detailed review of economic, wage, and employment information for the City as a whole and per the City's 15 Council Districts conducted by the L.A. Area Chamber and Beacon Economics
  • 2012 Council Districts Economic Report
    October 2012
  
  
  • 2011 Council Districts Economic Report
    October 2011

• Federal Budget
  • Update on the Federal Budget - A WIB Informational Memorandum
    October 7, 2011
    A progress briefing by WIB Executive Director Gregg Irish
  • Proposed Cuts to Workforce Development Programs
    September 2011
    House Appropriations Committee spreadsheet on proposed program cuts for fiscal year 2012

• Los Angeles Economic Roundtable Economic, Social and Environmental Research
  The most recent unemployment and under-employment data broken out by age, education and ethnicity for the United States, California and Los Angeles County shows very high unemployment rates for college educated workers in Los Angeles, indicating a hollowing out of knowledge-based jobs
  • Unemployment and Under-employment Rates for the United States, California and Los Angeles County
    September 2011

• Pat Brown Institute Publication
  • Los Angeles 2011: Annual State of the City Report
    November 2011

• Economic Overview & Employment Forecast for Los Angeles
  "The Next Decade: Industries and Occupations for the Los Angeles Workforce"
  Commissioned by the WIB and produced by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC), the report identifies regional industries that are promising to target for job retention and expansion efforts and investment in sector training programs. The report provides an economic overview of Los Angeles County, the City of Los Angeles, and an employment forecast for the next decade. The report also identifies the industries which are expected to grow and provide job opportunities for Los Angelenos.
  • Full report and Executive Summary
    January 2011

• Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) Economic Reports
  To see the latest economic reports for the Los Angeles Region, please visit LAEDC at www.laedc.org
  
  
  • LAEDC 2011 Mid-Year Economic Forecast
  
  
  • LAEDC Economic Data Global Express (e-EDGE) - weekly economic newsletter for the greater Los Angeles area
    (provided by the Kyser Center for Economic Research)

• California's Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs- Meeting the Demands of a 21st Century Economy
  Report by Skills2Compete California, the Workforce Alliance, and the California Edge Campaign
  • Full Report
    October 2009

• Evaluation of the Los Angeles Re-Entry Employment Options Project
  Funded by the State of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Re-Entry Employment Options Project (REEOP) provides support and services related to job creation, training, and job placement efforts for men and women who leave prison with no direct access to specialized programs in the City and County of Los Angeles
  • Full Report
    June 2009

• Evaluation of L.A.’s HOPE
  LA’s HOPE is one of five federal demonstration projects co-sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The program seeks to move chronically homeless persons into permanent housing and assists with attaining and keeping employment.
  • Full Report
    September 2007

• Los Angeles Economy Project
  • Report Summary
  • Report Detail
    - Section I: Economic Base and Workforce Conditions of LA County, 1982-2003 - Major Industries in Focus
    - Section II: Comparison of LA County, Orange County & Ventura County
    - Section III: LA’s Evolving Industry Structure - Economic Profile of LA City Planning Areas
    - Section IV: Comparison of Business Trends for LA City & Surrounding County
    - Section V: An Analysis of Firm Size in LA City with Special Attention to Minority- and Women-Owned Firms
    - Section VI: Capital Access Initiatives
    - Section VII: Entrepreneurship Training to Stimulate Small-Business Growth, Retention and Expansion
    - Section VIII: Labor Market Strengths & Weaknesses
    - Section IX: Hopeful Workers, Marginal Jobs
    - Section X: Workforce Development Initiatives
    
  • Report Appendix
    December 2005

PATH TO POVERTY REPORTS

• Dropouts: Path to Poverty
  A new study on high school dropouts in Los Angeles raises the specter of a lifetime existence at the poverty level. In his newly released report, Professor Paul Harrington, noted economist and director of the Center for Labor Market Studies - Northeastern University, Boston, illuminates the extent to which the economic effects to dropouts are disastrous in terms of lowering the likelihood of employment, lowering wages and lifetime earnings, and increasing the risk of falling into poverty.  The report, commissioned by the City of Los Angeles’ workforce policy leaders, which is the Workforce Investment Board (WIB), along with the WIB Youth Council, and the Community Development Department (CDD) reports some sobering statistics.
  • Executive Summary
    November 2009

• Work, School, and Idleness
  • Full Report
    November 2009

• Consequences of Dropping Out
  • Full report
  • Executive Summary
    October 2009

• One Out of Five
  All of the previous reports follow-up on the 2005 WIB/CDD commissioned study and report by Professor Harrington
  • Full Report
    2005

• New York Times Article
  • Study Finds High Rate of Imprisonment Among Dropouts
    October 2009