WIB grants bring job programs to new counties
Sunday, July 13, 2008
SIKESTON -- Recent funding decisions in Workforce Investment Boards in southeast Missouri and southern Illinois awarded MERS/Goodwill eight new counties for youth services. Workforce Investment Boards are made up of local community leaders who are responsible for guiding state funding in order to help create a skilled, diverse, motivated and adaptable workforce. MERS/Goodwill is the largest social service provider in bi-state Missouri and southwestern Illinois.