The Bay Consortium Workforce Development Board’s Career Advancement Resource Education (CARE) project’s goal is to build new capacity to enhance career awareness and define career pathways within the identified targeted industries. The project will focus on four strategic goals: 1)develop the capacity to serve as the Sector Partnership Regional convenor to develop the foundation for employer-led talent development strategies through employer engagement; 2) define career pathways of the targeted industries influenced by data from employers; 3) address workforce development issues as larger industry initiatives to foster collaboration through the Sector Partnership Toolkit and outreach materials; and 4) collect and utilize data to inform collective talent development priorities and ensure actional strategies are implemented through business toolkits.

• Statewide Project Theme:  Workforce Development
• Region 6 Priority Industry Cluster: Aquaculture / Seafood / Commercial Fishing / Marine Industries; Manufacturing; and Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
• GO Virginia Request: $ 307,857.00
• Match: $ 160,891.00
• Source of Match: Bay Consortium Workforce Development Board and Locality pay from CLEO Board
• Project Type: Implementation