The Western Piedmont Workforce Development Board provides, planning, technical assistance and implementation of employment, and training activities as required by Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) for the local area, as well as providing oversight, coordination and guidance of the local NCWorks Career Centers.

 

Additionally, the Workforce Development Division promotes and develops partnerships and linkages with workforce resource agencies and institutions to sustain coordinated approaches to developing workforce program design and delivery systems. 

 

We are here to serve businesses and jobseekers within Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, and Catawba Counties. Take some time to look through our website of services and initiatives to see how we can impact your success!

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The Western Piedmont Workforce Development Board is housed within the Western Piedmont Council of Governments (WPCOG), a voluntary association of local governments. The WPCOG was organized in 1968 as a nonprofit group to provide long-range planning and technical assistance. The organization is one of 16 regional councils in North Carolina formed under NC General Statutes 160A 470-478. Local governments eligible for WPCOG membership include Alexander, Burke, Caldwell and Catawba Counties located in Western NC and the 24 cities and towns within those counties. Our mission statement is to “serve all local government members with professional, cost effective assistance on a variety of local, regional, state and federal issues and programs.”