In spite of progressing economic recovery, demand for the City's Workforce Development System's services are still high - over 177,000 jobseekers, laid off workers, youth and employers were assisted during 2011-2012. Learn more through the WIB's 2011-12 Annual Report.

Building a Stronger Los Angeles Workforce: Highlighting Eight Years of Collaboration, a narrative report about workforce development in the City of Los Angeles during the 2005-2013 period

Los Angeles Workforce Development Scorecard, a "report card" for Los Angeles workforce efforts
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National Emergency Grant will fund “Getting L.A. Back 2 Work” initiative to provide training and employment for 2,000+ dislocated L.A. workers

On April 23, 2013, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joined with the Workforce Investment Board (WIB), the Community Development Department and workforce development partners to celebrate the placement of 200,000 Angelenos in living wage jobs and over 75,000 youth in L.A. Youth summer employment over the course of his administration, making Los Angeles’ workforce development program one of the most successful in the country. Watch footage from the Getting L.A. Back to Work Press Conference here. The Mayor challenged employers to get involved with the “Getting L.A. Back 2 Work” campaign, announcing the receipt of a $13.7 million federal grant, funded by a National Emergency Grant under the Department of Labor, aimed at training and hiring an additional 2,000 or more displaced L.A. workers.

On April 2, 2013, the Compton WorkSource Center hosted U.S. Representative of California’s 44th District, Congressmember Janice Hahn (D-CA) as she held a press event to announce nearly $500,000 in grants from the Federal Transit Administrations (FTA) Innovative Transit Workforce Development Program, a program that will help create 200 jobs. The City of Los Angeles Workforce Investment Board (WIB) has allocated $3.32 million in sector strategies including the METRO Bus Operator Training Program and has been a funder of this program since 2006.