About Local Area Boards
Iowa has six Local Workforce Development Areas, each of which holds a Local Workforce Development Board (LWDB). LWDB's were established under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Each Local Area Board oversees the implementation of America's public workforce system in local Iowa communities. Local Workforce Boards also work closely with Iowa Workforce Development and the Iowa State Workforce Development Board as part of a system that strengthens and improves Iowa's workforce. Local Workforce Boards help Iowans find and maintain high-quality jobs and develop careers. Each Local Workforce Board also helps Iowa employers hire and retain skilled workers.
Visit the State and Local Workforce Development Boards website, or the following:
LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARDS BY AREA:
CENTRAL IOWA
Counties include: Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Polk, Story, and Warren
EAST CENTRAL IOWA
Counties include: Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn, and Washington
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
Counties include: Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, and Scott
NORTHEAST
Counties include: Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Grundy, Hancock, Howard, Mitchell, Winnebago, Winneshiek, and Worth
SOUTH CENTRAL
Counties include: Appanoose, Davis, Hardin, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lucas, Mahaska, Marshall, Monroe, Poweshiek, Tama, Van Buren, Wapello, and Wayne
IOWA PLAINS
Counties include: Adair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson, Emmet, Fremont, Greene, Guthrie, Hamilton, Harrison, Humboldt, Ida, Kossuth, Mills, Lyon, Monona, Montgomery, O’Brien, Osceola, Page, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Sac, Shelby, Sioux, Taylor, Union, Webster, Woodbury, and Wright.
Historical Information
Archived: Regional Board Map and archived content