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A MEMORIAL

REQUESTING STATE AGENCIES TO LOCATE IN ONE-STOP CENTERS TO

PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SERVICES IN CENTRALIZED AND ACCESSIBLE

LOCATIONS.

WHEREAS, the New Mexico legislature appropriates funds

to state agencies for services to residents and such services

are provided through stand-alone sites, including child care,

human services, economic development, workforce employment and

training, transportation and public and higher education; and

WHEREAS, New Mexico residents must travel from one

location to another to obtain various services offered by

state agencies, and the service providers create physical and

financial hardships for job seekers, employers and the

business sector in obtaining such workforce-related services

in a timely and efficient manner; and

WHEREAS, locating agencies and services in one-stop

centers will enable the system to more effectively coordinate

and provide services to targeted populations in need of such

services with minimal interruption and confusion; and

WHEREAS, the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998

requires state and local governments to achieve established

performance measures in order to qualify for federal incentive

funds; and

WHEREAS, the Workforce Development Act and state

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workforce partner agencies are working toward meeting

federally mandated performance requirements to qualify for

federal incentive funds; and

WHEREAS, the failure of state workforce partner agencies

to contribute to the fiscal operation and maintenance of one-

stop centers affects the full array of services to employers,

job seekers and others;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the

coordination oversight committee, the office of workforce

training and development, the state workforce development

board and other partner agencies be requested to facilitate

the coordination of one-stop centers for state agencies in

order to integrate activities and streamline the

accessibility, availability and universal access to workforce

services; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all state and partner

agencies co-locate in at least two comprehensive one-stop

centers in each of the designated workforce development areas

prior to June 30, 2008; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that state agencies contribute

financially to a cost allocation plan or resource-sharing

agreement for the operation, administration and maintenance of

the one-stop centers in accordance with the federal Workforce

Investment Act of 1998 to ensure that quality services and

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support can be provided and maintained; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the coordination oversight

committee and the office of workforce training and development

report achievements of such co-locations with established

performance measures and recommendations for workforce program

improvements to the legislature no later than September 1 of

each year; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the coordination oversight

committee, the state workforce development board and the

office of workforce training and development establish a

common data intake and reporting system for local workforce

boards for the purposes of standardizing common goals and

performance accountability; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the secretary of labor, the secretary of human

services, the secretary of public education, the secretary of

higher education, the secretary of economic development, the

secretary of children, youth and families, the state workforce

development board, the director of the office of workforce

training and development, the local workforce development

boards and other partner agencies.