State Workforce Investment Board

The State Workforce Investment Board oversees the Governor's state workforce development initiatives and ensures these initiatives are successful in implementing sustainable and systemic change in the workforce development system to ensure Georgias workforce is the states number one competitive advantage.

The Governor's Office of Workforce Development (GOWD) was created to improve the job training and marketability of Georgia's workforce and drive future economic growth for the state. GOWD works with macro-level workforce and employment issues to help Georgia be competitive economically in the southeast, the nation and across the world. GOWD was established to implement state workforce development policy as directed by the Governor and to serve as staff to the Georgia Workforce Investment Board.