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Deanna Jones (left), business relations representative for the Siler City office of the N.C. Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, and Karyn Engle, Section 3 coordinator of the Sanford Housing Authority, talk at the Feb. 24 Triangle South Workforce Development Board's Business Connections event at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. The TSWDB, located at Central Carolina Community College, works to prepare youth, adults, and dislocated workers in Chatham, Harnett, Lee and Sampson counties with workforce skills and to help them find employment. CCCC was the first community college in the state with a workforce development board office. For more information about the TSWDB visit its web site, www.trianglesouthworkforce.com, or call the TSWDB office at 919-775-7795.

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Rosalind Cross directs CCCC's Workforce Development Department, which is part of the college's Economic & Community Development Division. She is also director of the Triangle South Workforce Development Board. The TSWDB develops programs with community partners to assist youth, adults and dislocated workers in gaining workforce skills and finding employment. Cross is a former dislocated worker who was able to return to school with the help of a WIA program.

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Jean Fields (left), of Lee County Youth Services, talks to Cashon Hooker, of Harnett County, about her organization during the March 14 Central Carolina Community College Career Fair at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Youth Services is one of the organizations partnering with the Triangle South Workforce Development Board/WIA at the college to assist youth, adults and dislocated workers in Chatham, Harnett, Lee and Sampson counties with gaining workforce skills and finding employment. CCCC was the first community college in the state with a workforce development board office. For more information about the TSWDB visit its web site, www.trianglesouthworkforce.com, or call the TSWDB office at 919-775-7795.

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The Triangle South Workforce Development Board at Central Carolina Community College received the 2011 North Carolina Governor's Award for Excellence in Workforce Development-Innovative Partnership. The award was presented for partnering with Sampson Community College in an ammonia refrigeration workforce training program. The TSWDB works with community partners to assist youth, adults and dislocated workers in gaining workforce skills and finding employment. CCCC was the first community college in the state with a workforce development board office. For more information about the TSWDB visit its web site, www.trianglesouthworkforce.com, or call the TSWDB office at 919-775-7795.