The following publications have been produced by LOSRC. Most of these publications are available from this page as printable PDF files; the others are available by contacting the appropriate program manager. To view and print the PDF files, you will need Adobe's free Acrobat Reader software.
GroWNC Summary Brochure - View this brief but comprehensive brochure and use it to share GroWNC resources with others. The brochure contains GroWNC project and products highlights with links to all the web resources.
BUSINESS ACCELERATOR GRANT For Incumbent Worker Training Call for Pre-Application Questionnaire and Submission of Grant Applications to Mountain Area Workforce Development Board (MAWDB)
The Business Accelerator Grant Application Round is CLOSED for the 2022 Program Year. Please refer back to the website in July 2023 or contact Barbara Darby at barbarad@landofsky.org or 828-231-6611.
The Business Accelerator Grant for Incumbent Worker Training is a competitive, cost reimbursement training grant through which qualifying businesses can address employees’ skills gaps. These skills gaps can be a result of a worker's changing responsibilities/requirements in her/his job, or for a worker whose job may potentially be eliminated, and skill upgrading is needed to accept new responsibilities. Incumbent worker (IW) training should increase the knowledge, skills, and/or certifications of workers, and increase the competitiveness of the employee and the employer.
Mountain Area Workforce Development Board Comprehensive Four-Year Regional and Local Workforce Development Plan for Program Years 2020-24 is available for public comment beginning on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Public comment will be received for the next thirty (30) days until June 8, 2022 at 5:00 pm. All public comments shall be sent to zia@landofsky.org or to Zia Rifkin, Administrative Services, Mountain Area Workforce Development Board, Land of Sky Regional Council, 339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140, Asheville, NC 28806.
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires each local Workforce Development Board (WDB) to develop and submit to the state, in partnership with the local chief elected official, a comprehensive four-year plan. Annually, each WDB provides updates to the four-year plan. The WIOA Comprehensive Four-Year Plan for Program Years (PY) 2020-2024 is the first year of the comprehensive four-year plan, providing current information and is effective July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023. The Comprehensive Four-Year Plan (PY 2020-24) will be maintained and updated as appropriate on an annual basis.