March 7, 2025
Solicitation Package/Failure to Bid on Youth Services for PY2025.
Read full statement from Dr. Valerie Richardson, WIOA Director »»
WIOA Regional Plan 2024-2027 August 29, 2024
The WIOA Regional Plan for Local Areas 14 & 15 2024-2027 is available for public review and comment.
Review the WIOA
Regional Plan »»
LCWDB Fall 2025 Board Meeting RESCHEDULED
The LCWDB Fall 2025 Board Meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 18, 2025, has been rescheduled for Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 11:30 AM at Columbus City Hall, 2nd Floor IT Department Conference Room, located at 1111 1st Avenue, Columbus, GA. Details for attending virtually and meeting agenda coming soon....
Stay tuned....
We've moved! Individuals interested in WIOA services should visit our One Stop Career Center located at 700 Veterans Parkway, Columbus, Georgia 31901.
JTD is looking for government agencies and nonprofits to partner with for it National Dislocated Worker Grant. If
interested, please contact the office directly at
706.653.4529 or email
JTD@ColumbusGA.org. Attached is our
NDWG Partner Guide with more information.
NDWG Partner guide »
Lower Chattahoochee Workforce Development – Area 14: Local Area Plan June 1, 2020
Starting June 1st, a 30-day comment period will begin to allow the community to review and submit comments
regarding the Local Area Plan. Please email comments to the WIOA Assistant Director, Feleshia Marshall, at
FMarshall@columbusga.org.
...View the
Local Area Plan »»
Welcome to your Local Workforce Development
Agency
On behalf of the Lower Chattahoochee Workforce Board, the Columbus Consolidated Government Job Training Division
is responsible to assist in the administration of services under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
Our mission is to provide quality training and employment opportunities for eligible citizens of our workforce
community through a myriad of programs and activities funded or provided through a network of internal and
external training providers. As your workforce development agency, we promote collaborations with various
business leaders and support agencies within the community to ensure that individuals served are provided the
utmost in quality services that meet their employability needs.
Our trained staff is available to refer and assist you in making informed choices about the services and/or type
of training that best meet your needs and interests, and which maximized your employment opportunities.
The Lower Chattahoochee Workforce Development Board was formed by Executive Order and certified by the Georgia
Department of Economic Development Workforce Division on July 1, 2015 in accordance with the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-128). The Workforce Development Board is comprised of
individuals representing business, economic development, housing and urban development, community service,
senior community service, vocational rehabilitation, organized labor, youth and community-based organization,
apprenticeship, elected officials, and public service organizations.
Members of the Board are appointed by the Chief Elected
Official (CLEO) and serve in an oversight and advisory capacity to the CLEO of the local workforce area. The
Mayor, Columbus Consolidated Government, has been designated by the local elected officials of the eight county
service areas to serve on their behalf as primary Chief Elected Officials for this local workforce area
inclusive of their municipalities. Members of the Board, in partnership with the Chief Elected Official, assist
in development of local, regional planning efforts and annual reports, conduct program oversight and compliance
of local employment and training activities for youth, adult, and dislocated residents of the eight county area
of Muscogee, Harris, Talbot, Chattahoochee, Clay, Randolph, Stewart, and Quitman counties; and ensure fiscal
compliance and administrative oversight of funds awarded under the Act.
It is the mission of the Lower Chattahoochee Workforce
Development Board to partner together with area business, economic development, labor, education, and public
sector to develop strategies and support efforts to ensure that customers of our local workforce development
system are afforded the utmost in personable, professional and quality service and training opportunities. Staff
of the Job Training Division assists the Board and Chief Elected Officials in carrying out this mission.
Contact
Us
with your questions regarding the Local Workforce Development Board of Columbus.
How Do You Qualify?
If you are unemployed, underemployed, or have been laid off as a result of company downsizing, closures, mass
layoffs, or other effects of the changing economy, we may be able to assist you.
To qualify you must meet federal guidelines and age restrictions for the local workforce area.
WDA-14 Services Available - printable format
- Career Counseling and Assessment
- Exploration of Training/Educational Needs
- On-the-Job Training for Adults and Dislocated Workers
- Internship for In-school Youth
- Internship and Placement Services for Out-of-School Youth (ages 18-24)
- Work Reintegration and Placement Services for Adults, Dislocated Workers
- Remedial and Adult Literacy
- Occupational Skills/Classroom Training (See Eligible Provider Listing)