Brief SBETC History - Career Solutions



Brief Career Solutions History

• Prior to 1986, Stearns County was part of a 13-County Consortium called “PIC 5”. Benton joined Stearns in 1988 and the remaining 11 County area is now known as Central Minnesota Jobs & Training Services with administrative offices in Monticello.

• Stearns County pulled out of the larger consortium in 1986 with program administration from Stearns County Social Services and the program was called the Stearns County Jobs Program. The programs were housed in downtown St. Cloud.

• When Benton County joined Stearns in 1988, the Stearns County Board of Commissioners delegated administrative, fiscal as well as service responsibilities to a newly created agency called Job Opportunities in Benton and Stearns (J.O.B.S.). The agency remained a department of Stearns County. The organization moved to Midtown Square Mall.

• On 1 February 1991 the “Private Industry Council” and the Job Training Board changed the Service Delivery Area name to Stearns-Benton Employment & Training Council (SBETC) (dba Career Solutions) to alleviate any confusion regarding the mission of the organization.

• On 1 July 1991, SBETC was established as an independent local government agency administered under a Joint Powers Agreement by a Board of five County Commissioners.

• In 1995 the Elected Official Board (Joint Powers Board) changed to two County Commissioners from each County (Stearns and Benton) and one appointee from the Private Industry Council (now Local Workforce Development Board).

• While the federal JTPA was the driver behind the existing Joint Powers Agreement, the document (and now WIOA) authorized SBETC to administer contracted employment and training programs under local authority.

• Other Workforce Center Partners (Job Service, Rehabilitation Services, Services for the Blind, and a division of Stearns County Human Services) joined SBETC at Midtown in 1997 and integrated into shared space in 2002. SBETC is known as the “local” partner in the WorkForce Center because of the local accountability to the Joint Powers Board and the Career Solutions Workforce Development Board.

• March 2007, the WorkForce Center partners moved to the St. Cloud Technical College.

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