Spouses and family members of active military stationed at Joint Base Lewis McChord may now be eligible to receive support to continue their education or update job skills. This is thanks to a $4.8 Million dollar grant from the Department of Labor won by Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council and Workforce Central partnering together. Please contact Stacey Anderson at 253-477-4077 for more information.
Cheryl Fambles has been named the new CEO for the Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council. Cheryl will replace Mike Kennedy who will retire on June 30th. Cheryl has previously worked with Pacifc Mt. in 2007-2010 as the administrator of the WIRED grant. Cheryl holds a Master's degree in public administration from City University and an undergraduate degree fromThe Evergreen State College. She is also a graduate of the Senior Executives in Government Program, Harvard University-JFK School of Public Service.
Pacific Mountain Youth Council, ESD #113 and the Washington College Access Network sponsored a Regional Youth Summit on March 22, 2012. Over 75 educators, community leaders and service providers attended. The goal of the meeting was to inform the community about recent legislation that may impact students and develop a regional approach to reduce high school drop out rates.
Fueling our Region's Growth Sectors
For more than 35 years, the Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council has served as the region's premier workforce development agency by bringing innovation to the delivery of services to both employers and job seekers.
The Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council (PMWDC) is a nonprofit organization serving Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston counties. Through a variety of federal and state funding sources, our agency offers a wide range of job placement, training and educational services to employers, job seekers and incumbent workers.
With an emphasis on job creation and retention, innovation, cultivating new and existing partnerships, performance and accountability the Council is as committed as ever to develop a talented work pool that will serve to grow our economy. We know that our most valuable asset is a dynamic workforce.
The Council currently administers over $10 million dollars in grant funding. Through the focused efforts of the Council and its workforce partners, we have made remarkable progress in transforming our workforce area into an effective system.
