The ECWDB's role is to ensure that the local workforce development system is market-driven and responsive to meeting the employment and training needs of both job seekers and employers. Specifically, the ECWDB:

• Coordinates rapid response meetings with employers who are downsizing or facing a plant closure.
• Serves as a point of contact for business, industry and the public sector to identify solutions that address their workforce needs;
• Promotes strategies to encourage life-long learning and improve workplace skills;
• Assists in the development of new training programs to benefit the region's workforce;
• Conducts planning, oversight and evaluation of loca workforce development programs to include the JobLink Career Center system;
• Offers advice regarding workforce policy and programs to local elected officials, employers, education and employment agencies, and citizens;
• Coordinates with economic development efforts to promote the region's availability of qualified workers.
• Reviews local agency plans and grant applications for workforce development to ensure coordination of services.