Building Bridges Between Employers and Skilled Workers

Mission

The Greater Lowell Workforce Investment Board, working in partnership with the Chief Elected Office (Lowell City Manager) provides policy guidance for workforce development initiatives in the Greater Lowell area.

The Board works in concert with business, education, labor and other agencies dedicated to improving and promoting economic sufficiency for residents of Greater Lowell.

Who We Are

"The Workforce Investment Act represents national consensus on the need to restructure a multitude of workforce development programs into an integrated workforce investment system that can better respond to the employment needs of its customers-current workers, workers laid-off due to restructuring and downsizing, and new entrants to the labor force, as well as employers."-U.S. Department of Labor

The Greater Lowell Workforce Investment Board is one of 16 Workforce Boards throughout Massachusetts, servicing the communities of Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Lowell, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro, Dunstable and Westford.

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Youth Programs

Connecting Activities

The Connecting Activities Grant is funded through the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Education.

The Connecting Activities staff works with local schools assisting students with part-time employment with a special emphasis on those schools with a high percentage of students with MCAS failure. The Connecting Activities staff works closely with the School to Career employee and/or MCAS Remediation Specialist. All of the students who are working or participating in a MCAS remediation class after school are on a Work-Based Learning Plan. The Work-Based Learning Plan:

Schedule of on-going services available to youth through the GLWIB Connecting Activities program:
Community Educational Resources:
Youth Programs