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Our Mission Statement
The Oahu Workforce Investment Board (OWIB) invests in human capital.
We believe that a vibrant workforce plays an integral role in the well being of the local economy. In our support role to the local economy, the Oahu Workforce Investment Board's policy focus is to collaborate with industry leaders and government to help Oahu's business grow, train and sustain a globally competitive workforce. Members are appointed by the Mayor per specific member categories set by Federal law. Members established teams to focus on the following key activities of systemwide impact [P.L. 105-220 Section 117(d)(7) & (8)]: 1. On-The-Job Training Program Outreach; 2. Strategic Planning; 3. Marketing & Networking of Oahu WorkLinks with the business community; and 4. Monitoring of Oahu WorkLinks.
In 1998, then Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman stated, in part, that the passage of the Workforce Investment Act established a "(s)trong role for local boards and the private sector. Local boards will become business-led 'Boards of Directors' for the local areas. By relieving them from 'nitty gritty' operational details, the Act insures they will be able to focus on strategic planning, policy development and oversight of the local system...In the new system, the local level remains key for policy and administrative decisions..."
We oversee Oahu WorkLinks which operates direct services as our designated "local system." Our local system has several One-Stop Centers around Oahu.
The Board's purpose for this website is to publicize our direct customer services. It is patterned after effective private-sector website design strategies which dedicate themselves to promoting their direct customer services.
The nation's 700+ local workforce investment boards were established and funded by Congress in 1998 via the Workforce Investment Act.
"…Rebuilding opportunity for working families will mean engaging the core problems of our economy:
how to support competitive industries, how to train workers in the skills required, and how to ensure the
creation of sufficient numbers of good jobs. Communities across the country are therefore exploring a range
of new policy tools to ensure that economic and workforce development delivers
living wage jobs, quality training, and the supports that
workers need to weather change…"
National Employment Law Project
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