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State Workforce
Investment Board

PO Box 1728
Helena, MT 59624-1728
Phone: 406-444-2607
Fax: 406-444-3037

Governor's State Workforce Investment Board (SWIB)

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is comprised of the officers and no more than ten at-large representatives, and is composed of a majority of business members. The at-large representatives of the Executive Committee shall be members of the SWIB and are appointed by the Chair. At-large members are appointed for one-year terms and may serve multiple terms. The Executive Committee has all of the authority of the SWIB whenever SWIB action is required.

Charge:

General oversight of the board, and authorized in the Board's operating rules to make decisions on behalf of the Board.

Goals:

  • Engage the workforce system in anticipating and responding to the businesses' current and emerging needs for skilled workers.
  • Develop strategies to align workforce development, post-secondary education, and economic development.
  • Advance workforce development policies by providing recommendations to the Governor and other state leaders who support economic development efforts in Montana.

Duties:

  • Recommend allocation distribution formulas for funding One-Stop Centers, for funding between programs, funding types of services and geographical areas, and tracking program expenditures.
  • Review program and administrative budgets.
  • Identify sources of leveraging additional revenue - public and private sources.
  • Review and develop program policies.
  • Capacity Building for Board Members and the System.
  • Track Legislative Issues related to workforce development.
  • Desiree Taggart Memorial Awards for Workforce Development.

                                                                                      Revised: October 13, 2007