Liz Gallagher

This annual report from the Health Workforce Council details 2025 activities and outlines key policy and funding priorities to address healthcare personnel shortages and ensure accessible, quality healthcare in Washington. The strategic recommendations include expanding healthcare pathway opportunities for rural youth, addressing the affordability of health professional education, and increasing access to child care for healthcare students and workers. The report aims to develop sustainable workforce solutions, with a particular focus on rural communities.

This document outlines Washington State's strategic workforce plan, 'Talent and Prosperity for All,' designed to champion long-term economic success for workers, employers, and communities. It is built upon three guiding principles: closing economic disparities for marginalized populations, delivering comprehensive support for individuals with employment barriers, and ensuring systemwide performance metrics and accountability. The plan identifies five strategic priorities focusing on system effectiveness, industry alignment, youth opportunities, credential transparency, and job quality, with the aim of creating a strong, stable workforce capable of meeting future economic demands.

This document outlines a proposal for the TAP Workforce System Dashboard, intended to evaluate workforce system impacts and performance using system-level data. The plan identifies key performance indicators including landscape indicators, participant metrics, and business metrics, organized around the USDOL's five pillars: Industry-Driven Strategies, Worker Mobility, Integrated Systems, Accountability, and Flexibility & Innovation. A detailed work plan is provided, with the objective of launching a live dashboard by August 2026 to track outcomes such as employment rates, median earnings, and credential attainment.

This document outlines the Federal WIOA Combined Program Plan, emphasizing compliance, coordination, and the allocation of federal funding across various workforce development programs. The plan is structured into seven sections, covering system plans (including executive summary, strategic, operational, and coordination elements) and detailed program plans for core WIOA titles and additional federal programs. Key objectives include implementing Workforce Pell, establishing a 'No Wrong Door' approach, integrating service performance, and developing cross-industry recommendations to prepare the workforce and meet employer needs. The plan is part of a four-year planning cycle with two-year mid-cycle updates, aiming for enhanced strategic alignment and coordination among partner agencies.

The board meeting agenda covered several key items for discussion and potential action. Topics included the Chairs Report, which addressed the consent agenda items concerning the minutes from the January 23, 2026, Board Meeting and Perkins V State Determined Performance Levels (SDPL), alongside an update on the Executive Director recruitment process. Other significant discussions involved a Legislative Update, a presentation on the Performance Framework and Expected Performance Levels for the Talent and Prosperity for All (TAP) system, and a review of the draft Federal WIOA Combined Program Plan scheduled for submission in April. The consent agenda portion addressed the approval of Perkins V State Determined Performance Levels (SDPLs) for the CAR Reporting Year 2027, which requires annual updates.