Strategic Plan

See the MassHire Hampden County Workforce Board (MHHCWB) Strategic Plan for July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2026 posted here as well as our new Scoreboard-Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) here!   (Note: Documents are formatted for double-sided printing so have some blank pages.)  

The FY 2023-2026 Strategic Plan builds off our first Strategic Plan of 2001, and subsequent updates. This update process included the following:

• Research methods to create structured career pathways along the workforce development continuum of life-long learning and sector strategies aligned with those pathways.
• Update current demographic and industry and occupational labor market data, trends and projections.
• Align the Strategic Plan to the Massachusetts WIOA State Plan, the Pioneer Valley Labor Market Blueprint, and other new areas of focus as directed by the Governor’s Workforce Skills Cabinet.
• Continue our commitment to improving the following components of our workforce development system:
  • Convening key stakeholders for presentations/briefings on workforce issues and best practices.
  • Enhancing communication with external partners to facilitate alignment of workforce development initiatives.
  • Increasing involvement in policy development at the State level.
  • Accelerating business involvement and co-investment.
  • Expanding approaches to cluster deployment strategies in new and emerging sectors.
  • Enhancing our engagement in municipal economic development.
  • Focusing on collaborative leadership as an essential strategy for successful community engagement and organizational capacity building.

A particular focus of the Strategic Plan is to ensure that our workforce delivery system   supports success at vulnerable transition points, and that the FY 2024-2026 Strategic Plan continues MHHCWB’s commitment to developing a continuum of strategies that address the following segments of the workforce:

 The Emerging Workforce- In-school and out-of-school youth, particularly at-risk youth and young adults, aged 14-25, who are or will be the newest entrants into the workplace, and are in most need of education, career guidance, job readiness skills, and support services.

The Transitional Workforce-Unemployed/underemployed workers, including ex-offenders, disconnected older youth, new immigrants, and under-represented populations who need retraining and job search assistance to access new career opportunities.

The Incumbent Workforce- Employed workers who need additional education and targeted technical training to retain their jobs and advance along a career pathway.

We welcome your comments on the MHHCWB’s Strategic Plan! Please call Peter Farkas, the President & CEO at 413-755-1362.