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10. INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT WELFARE TO WORK 10.1 ALASKA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD The Alaska Workforce Investment Board (AWIB) is focused on developing a workforce system that is useful, accessible, and understandable to businesses looking for qualified workers, unemployed Alaskans looking for jobs, and incumbent workers wanting to upgrade their skills in a changing work environment. The board provides policy oversight of state and federally funded job training and vocational education programs. Board members, a majority of whom are business and industry leaders, look at employment trends and emerging occupations to ensure training is customized and Alaskans are prepared for high demand, good wage jobs. The AWIB helps meet the workforce development needs of economically disadvantaged citizens and Alaskans with disabilities by ensuring access to quality job training and employment services statewide. 10.2 ALASKA JOB CENTER NETWORK Alaska has developed one-stop job centers in various communities. These offices provide job seekers, including ATAP recipients, with professional and convenient resources to help them find work. Key agencies include the Divisions of Public Assistance, Employment Security and Vocational Rehabilitation, other Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) agencies and local non-profit organizations. 11. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF PROGRAM Diverse economic conditions within Alaska dictate that programs are locally administered to the greatest extent possible. The Division recognizes that local knowledge and resources must be used to place recipients into jobs or other meaningful work activities. The Division collaborates and contracts with community agencies for delivery of some services and purchases others through service agreements. Partnerships between the Division field staff and community agencies are forged at the local level.

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