W. Va. Code R. § 135-27-4 - West Virginia Advance Rapid Response Program Description
4.1. The program will focus on workforce
delivery programs that develop high-performance work organizations and provide
workers with world-class transferable skills enabling them to master technology
and foster innovation.
4.2. The
program will provide the development of specific occupational/technical
competencies and workforce skills in critical thinking, problem solving,
ability to work in teams, communication, math, science, and other critical
competencies required for West Virginia workers and companies to be competitive
in a global economy.
4.3. The
emphasis of the program is skill-based training that can be certified through
national, State, or local assessments resulting in a credential and meeting the
economic development goals of the State as determined by the West Virginia
Development Office.
4.4. The
program is intended to provide services to West Virginia companies, but may
provide education or training at out-of-state locations with the approval of
the Chancellor or his or her designee.
4.5. The West Virginia Advance Rapid Response
program will focus on providing services to employers that have a positive
economic outcome on West Virginia. The program will support projects for:
4.5.1. Existing West Virginia companies that
are expanding and creating new jobs;
4.5.2. Existing West Virginia companies that
are requiring employees to obtain new job skills in order to retain their
positions and keep or make the company more competitive;
4.5.3. Existing West Virginia companies that
are upgrading present employees to access high-skill, high-wage occupations
within the company;
4.5.4.
Companies or industry sectors or clusters that are targeted by the West
Virginia Development Office as critical to West Virginia's economic
development;
4.5.5. New companies
locating in West Virginia that require a skilled workforce for
start-up;
4.5.6. West Virginia
Development Office projects, targeted industries, or local economic development
initiatives;
4.5.7. Pre-employment
training or preparation to enter a program leading to a high-demand
occupation;
4.5.8. Workers
displaced by company closings or reductions in the workforce; or
4.5.9. Entrepreneurship development programs
that have a positive economic impact on a region or community, particularly
rural areas, and produce individual employment opportunities.
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