BAWIB

The Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board (BAWIB) cultivates relationships with employers, Adult & Youth job seekers and partners to stimulate workforce and economic development.

BAWIB foster relationships and collaborations with regional partners to design education and training initiatives for the workforce in our ten communities, facilitating sustainable growth and regional economic development. BAWIB serves as the primary source for the development of the regional workforce by investing in our people and our resources. Brokering collaborations between the demands of the workforce and the available resources, BAWIB strives to close the gap through education and training.  Utilizing our Career Center partner, CareerWorks, to provide funding to job seekers and employers, BAWIB sets and monitors performance, administration and fiscal management for the region.  Our services target underrepresented and disadvantaged segments of our community including unemployed and Veterans in the ten communities that we represent.  BAWIB also manages YouthWorks, the One Stop Career Center for youth age 14-21.                           

Our vision for delivering services to the workforce in the Brockton area includes:    

• Promoting, supporting, and developing education and training opportunities to move people to higher paying jobs and increasing attainment of post-secondary degrees;
• Defining employer skill needs and providing appropriate training programs;
• Providing entry-level job skills (for example, English for Speakers of Other Languages and computer literacy) to adults and youth; 
• Prioritizing and organizing the work of the Board and refining its committee structure;    
• Increasing private sector involvement in the work of the Board; and  
• Broadening the Board’s resource base (public, private, and foundations).

The Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board (BAWIB) is a business-led, policy-setting board that oversees workforce development initiatives in our ten-community region. BAWIB, along with the Mayor of Brockton, charters CareerWorks, the One Stop Career Center operated by the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute.  BAWIB also manages YouthWorks, the youth career and educational resource center. Providing oversight and leveraging resources, BAWIB works with our community leaders to respond to current trends in our region.

BAWIB works with employers to bring training resources to the region and to foster collaborations for regional priorities. We also serve as ambassador for the MA Workforce Training fund and conduct training sessions for employers. An additional focus of the Board is to respond to the need for Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) resources into our region. Developing new strategies to build the capacity of the region, BAWIB has initiated a wide range of programming for ABE & ESOL residents. A full time staff manages operations and assists the Board in the implementation of policy and practices.