TO: Executive Director, ________________ Workforce Investment Board

FROM: _______________________, WIB Labor Representative

DATE: __________________

RE: Support for Attendance at Training Conference

The AFL-CIO Working for America Institute, under a grant with the U.S. Department of Labor, has been providing training and technical assistance to labor representatives who serve on State and local Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs). This program includes a series of training conferences that have been designed to help labor representatives become more effective members of their workforce boards.

Optional - for those who attended the 2002 regional sessions or the 2003 national conference:
I have participated in the Institute's training in the past and have found it to be very helpful in performing my role as a labor representative on the WIB.

In November the Institute is holding a national conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A special conference track is being planned for WIB labor representatives, allowing us to participate both in the specially-designed WIB training and the broader conference on a range of issues related to the nation's workforce challenges. The conference will also include information for unions on the implementation of changes in the Workforce Investment Act resulting from the reauthorization now before the Congress. I believe that I can benefit from participating in this conference and would like to request support for my attendance.

As I understand it, travel, hotel, registration and per diem costs are all allowable expenses under the Workforce Investment Act. A copy of the preliminary agenda and my registration form for the conference are enclosed and I would appreciate your prompt approval of my request that the Board support my attendance at this conference.

I am requesting Board support for the following items:

Attachments:

Preliminary Agenda for WIB Labor Rep Track at Conference
Registration Form
Documentation of Travel Costs

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