About Us: Our Vision, Mission & Goals

The Napa County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) is our community's only organization that has workforce development at the center of all of its work. We understand that a strong local economy is characterized by an abundance of well-paying jobs and that the availability of a skilled workforce will assure continued economic success for our businesses. In order to promote a strong local economy, the WIB assures the integration of effective employment, training, education, and business services for job seekers, workers and employers.

Our Vision is a strong local economy in which employers have an ample supply of skilled labor resources and residents have access to an abundance of quality jobs.

Our Mission is to respond to the labor and training needs of our employers and job seekers by designing a workforce delivery system that is outcome based, leverages community resources, explores new training alternatives, and influences education and workforce policy.

The Workforce Investment Board works in partnership with the Napa County Board of Supervisors to oversee local workforce development activities and to establish programs and services in response to the workforce needs of Napa County.

Our 5 Year Strategic Plan describes the Workforce Investment Board's commitment to establishing a comprehensive, demand-driven workforce development system for Napa County. At the center of this effort is our Business & Career Center which is operated by a consortium of local service providers known as Workforce Napa. The Business & Career Center is a key resource for our community and offers a wealth of training and employment resources, and labor market information, to assist employers, employees, and job seekers.

The vast majority of our funds are grants from the federal government for workforce development services (typically Workforce Investment Act funds). The State of California and the Napa County Workforce Investment Board adopt policies or rules that apply to the expenditure of these funds. WIB programs generally result in no net County costs. WIB staff are continuously looking for additional funding to help support our local workforce development system. In a recent 7 year period, the WIB managed to secure over $15 million in supplemental funding for local and regional workforce development programs.