As an operating partner and the Title 1 provider for the Westmoreland and Fayette CareerLinks, we would like to extend congratulations to the Westmoreland-Fayette Workforce Investment Area (WIA) and the CareerLink staff for being recognized for high performance. Recently the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry's Center for Workforce Information and Analysis distributed WIA Title I performance statistics for the 2003 program year. Of the 22 Local WIAs in the state, this report identified the top five in each of the 15 performance measures tracked.

     Westmoreland-Fayette WIA ranked third in the state in meeting or exceeding all performance standards and first in providing services to Dislocated Workers. Because of our high level of performance, specifically with Dislocated and Adult participants, we were targeted as a resource to other Local WIAs in the state of Pennsylvania looking for information and insight into meeting or exceeding negotiated performance levels.