The North Central Texas Workforce Development Board plans and oversees the services and programs facilitated by Workforce Solutions for North Central Texas. It is one of 28 Workforce Development boards in the State of Texas. Covering 14 counties, including urban, suburban, and rural areas, the service area includes Collin, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, and Wise counties. This area is home to over 2.5 million residents, 47,000 businesses and over 1.4 million workers. The North Central Board is one of the larger boards within the state.
Members of the Workforce Development boards are leaders within their communities and are appointed by the chief elected official of the county in which they reside or operate their business. Because businesses are the driving force within the economy, the Board is comprised of largely of private business leaders. However, the Board includes representatives from the other key partners within the workforce system: economic development entities, chambers of commerce, labor, education, and community organizations. Dr. Evans was nominated by administrators from the adult education programs serving the 14 county region of North Central Texas as their representative and currently serves on the Parker County Adult Literacy Council. Dr. Evans will assume his role in November.
The WISD Adult Education Cooperative has been providing adult education services (high school equivalency and adult ESL) to our community for the past 30 years. Currently, the cooperative is the designated provider of adult education services for not only Parker County, but also residents of Palo Pinto and Wise counties. All services are free of charge to participants. For information on class locations and times, please call the WISD Community Education office at 817-598-2806.