Our Mission
Engaging employers, educators, and job seekers with resources to build a stronger community through the dignity of work that satisfies needs, creates value, and inspires hope.
Our Vision
A fully prepared and engaged workforce that is aligned with the needs of employers.
Our Values
Inclusion on purpose
Our work can only be enriched by understanding past and current-day injustices faced by workers and taking steps to counteract the impact of racism and other forms of unjust discrimination.
Past is not prologue
What is not working can be changed. We welcome fresh ideas and perspectives and are willing to put them to the test in order to achieve our goals.
Human(e) connection is golden
We meet our customers, colleagues, and partners bravely and vulnerably, working together toward a shared vision for our region that is responsive to everyone’s needs.
Good faith transparency
We regularly and clearly communicate our opportunities, successes, failures, and concerns.
More about us
KentuckianaWorks is the workforce development board for the Louisville region, which includes Bullitt, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, and Trimble counties. We are funded primarily by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (through the Kentucky Education Workforce Development Cabinet) and Louisville Metro Government.
We operate a regional network of Kentucky Career Center services that includes job and career counseling, training, resume-building and direct referral to employers.
Our 2021 Strategic Plan lays out our priorities as an organization. We have also developed a Regional Plan for the Central Kentucky region's workforce as well as a Local Plan, both of which are required by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).
In January (Indiana) and May 2021 (Kentucky), we submitted a draft Bi-State Regional Plan for review. This plan, among the first of its kind in the nation, lays out a framework for KentuckianaWorks and Southern Indiana Works to share data and collaborate across the 13 counties that comprise the Louisville region. It is designed to improve the responsiveness to the needs of the region's employers, job seekers, and students.
