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WIRED Plan
North Jersey
Partners:
Uniting
Organizations for Economic Growth
www.northjerseypartners.org
The Morris Sussex Warren Workforce Investment
Board (MSW WIB) is part of North Jersey
Partners, an innovative
regional partnership of public, private, and government organizations
collaborating to ensure that a talented and skilled workforce will help drive
economic growth in northern
New Jersey.
Funding
North Jersey Partners operates with an initial
investment of $5.1 million provided by the U.S. Department of Labor through the
Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) Initiative.
The New Jersey Institute of Technology has a large role in the grant,
particularly through the business acceleration and incubator assistance program.
The lead agency in implementing the grant is the Newark Alliance.
Service
Area
The service area is
comprised of
Bergen, Essex,
Hudson, Morris,
Passaic,
Sussex, Union, and
Warren
counties in northern
New Jersey. Bordering the Delaware
River,
New York City, and the Atlantic Ocean, this region includes more than 4 million
people and over half of
New Jersey's private sector jobs. It is a national economic powerhouse, and home
to many global corporate leaders. It
is an attractive, diverse region that also hosts some of the richest and poorest
communities in our nation.
Mission
North
Jersey
Partners’ mission is to align and
connect regional institutions and organizations to ensure that people and
industries become — and remain — competitive, inventive, and innovative.
Our primary goals are to:
- leverage assets that help sustain and grow our regional economy
- link unemployed and underemployed residents - and prepare students - to
fill jobs in
industry sectors with existing
shortages and anticipated growth
- spur development and job creation through innovation and small business
expansion
Key
Industry Clusters
North
Jersey Partners focuses on key industry clusters that may be expected to provide the
greatest economic impact through development of a talented workforce.
We also emphasize actions that cut across the target clusters.
Transportation, Logistics, & Distribution
The region is the entry-point and staging area for
65% of the population of
North America
to receive goods and services within one day.
It is home to the largest port on
North America's East Coast. The
industry is undergoing dramatic change, and we support the training of workers
in industry-identified professions.
Health
Care & Life Sciences
There
is a current labor shortage in allied
health care professions and North
Jersey Partners is leading efforts to recruit, train, and retain workers to
fill these gaps. We are using our
entrepreneurial and technology initiatives to support a variety of pathways in life
sciences, from discovery to development to delivery.
Entertainment,
Arts & Retail
The
region’s expanding mix of creative and artistic venues — along with
incomparable entertainment, sports, hospitality and retailing destinations —
provide untapped prospects for job creation.
North Jersey Partners is fostering a convergence of talent and opportunity in this
cluster.
Entrepreneurship
& Small Business Development
North Jersey Partners is working with entrepreneurs and small businesses to enhance their
chances for success, and to accelerate the transformation of new ideas into
commercial products and services.
Information
Technology
Information technology is at the heart of dynamic
economic growth, and North Jersey Partners
is working to ensure that every worker has access to these critical skills.
Taking a further step, we are using IT, and specifically online technology, to
support and expand the way in which 21st century training and
education are conducted.
Our Partners
US Departments of Labor and Commerce
World
Class
Universities,
4-Year
Colleges, eight Community Colleges and Secondary Education
Business and Industry and Chambers of Commerce
Community-Based and Faith-Based Organizations and Foundations
The
Morris Sussex Warren
Workforce Investment
Board
is an equal
opportunity
employer with equal
opportunity programs.
Auxiliary aids and
services are available
upon request
to
individuals with
disabilities.
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