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{{Organization
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|Organization name=Wayne County Common Good Linkage Team
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|Trading names=Wayne County Common Good
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Common Good
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|Industries={{Industry
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|Industry sector=Health and Social Care
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|Sub-Industry=Social Assistance
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}}
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|Services=Employment services
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|Year Start=1995
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|Founded in city=Wooster
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|Founders={{Founder
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|Name of person=Robert Smedley
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}}
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|Status=Defunct
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|Fate=Dissolved
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|Successors=OhioMeansJobs Partner
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|Key persons={{Staff
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|Full name=Richard Owens
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}}
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}}
 
{{Infobox organization
 
{{Infobox organization
 
| name          =  Wayne County Common Good Linkage Team
 
| name          =  Wayne County Common Good Linkage Team
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| merged        =  <!-- Any other organizations with which the organization was merged -->
 
| merged        =  <!-- Any other organizations with which the organization was merged -->
 
| successor    =  
 
| successor    =  
| formation    =  established {{start date and age|1995}}
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| formation    =  {{start date and age|1995}}
 
| founder      =  <!-- or: | founders = -->
 
| founder      =  <!-- or: | founders = -->
 
| extinction    =  <!-- or: | dissolved = -->  <!--e.g. use {{end date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}}-->
 
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| sec_gen      =  <!-- Name of the organization's Secretary General (if post exists) -->
 
| sec_gen      =  <!-- Name of the organization's Secretary General (if post exists) -->
 
| leader_title  =  <!-- defaults to "Leader" -->
 
| leader_title  =  <!-- defaults to "Leader" -->
| leader_name  = Robert [[Smedley (surname)|Smedley]]
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| leader_name  = [[Robert Smedley]]
 
| leader_title2 = Chairman
 
| leader_title2 = Chairman
 
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| leader_name2  =  
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| leader_title4 =  
 
| leader_name4  =  
 
| leader_name4  =  
| board_of_directors = Robert [[Smedley (surname)|Smedley]], Richard [[Owens (surname)|Owens]]
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| board_of_directors = [[Robert Smedley]], [[Richard Owens]]
 
| key_people    =  
 
| key_people    =  
 
| main_organ    =  <!-- or: | publication = --> <!--Organization's principal body (assembly, committee, board, …) or publication-->
 
| main_organ    =  <!-- or: | publication = --> <!--Organization's principal body (assembly, committee, board, …) or publication-->
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| staff        =  <!--Numbers and/or types of staff-->
 
| staff        =  <!--Numbers and/or types of staff-->
| volunteers    =  <!--Numbers and/or types of volunteers-->
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| volunteers    =  16 various community agencies
 
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The Wayne County Common Good Linkage Team is an informal network organization with 16 volunteer member community organizations. The Team established itself in 1995 to build a public employment services network with a mission to reduce the barriers to employment for their shared and chronically unemployed or underemployed clients by improving information sharing, providing access to an inter system network of needed employment assistance programs, and building working linkages with business-industry-and employers. The services provided by the members include: veterans services, disability services, mental health and addiction services, basic education and literacy, library based employment/employers information, community development, employment and training services, career development, technical skills training, and older worker services.  
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==Historical Overview==
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The Wayne County Common Good Linkage Team is an informal network organization with 16 volunteer member community organizations. The Team established itself in 1995 to build a public employment services network with a mission to reduce the barriers to employment for their shared and chronically unemployed or underemployed clients by improving information sharing, providing access to an inter system network of needed employment assistance programs, and building working linkages with business-industry-and employers. It developed a process for sharing files and co planning on employment related issues.  It is a collaborative planning and action mode, built on the following collaborative principles
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'''Inclusiveness''' Program Developments need to be shared within the business of the Common Good so those members can be advised and make all necessary responses, either publicly or privately prior to the onset of any contracting.
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'''Mutuality''' Initiatives that can be undertaken by the Common Good as an organization (with every member who would chose to participate, participating).
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In 2004, the county commissioners of Ashland, Wayne and Holmes Counties designated the Common Good of Ashland, Wayne and Holmes Counties designated the Common Good as the (RAC) Regional Advisory Committee to the Workforce Policy Board of the [http://www.everybodyworks.org/ Ashland, Holmes, Wayne Ohio Means Jobs] One Stop Delivery System.
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'''Well-Being''' Initiatives that are being undertaken by solely by one member, which may have effects on other members, should be done to protect the well-being of the other
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Since its inception, the Common Good has: developed motivational workshops and an employer, employee mentoring program; partnered with local investors in assisting with the [http://www.hopefundwayne.org/ Hope Fund]; held a Lean manufacturing demonstration with the [http://www.willburt.com/ Will Burt Company] in [[Orrville, Ohio]]; conducted ten community job fairs; and is currently working with the [http://www.waynecountyedc.com/ Wayne County Economic Development Council] on developing workforce pipelines for local industry.
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The mission statement of this model is: 
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1) Reduce the barriers to employment for their shared and chronically unemployed or underemployed clients by:
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* Improving information sharing,
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* Providing access to an inter system network of needed employment assistance programs,
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* Building working linkages with business-industry-and employers
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The services provided by the members include: veterans services, disability services, mental health and addiction services, basic education and literacy, referral for skill set evaluation and required training, community development, employment and training services, career development, technical skills training, employment supports and readiness training library based employment/employers information, and services for a wide variety of disabled and barriered workers.
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In 2004, the county commissioners of Ashland, Wayne and Holmes Counties designated the Common Good of Ashland, Wayne and Holmes Counties designated the Common Good as the (RAC) Regional Advisory Committee to the Workforce Policy Board of the Ashland, Holmes Wayne Ohio Means Jobs One Stop service delivery system.
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Since its inception, the Common Good has: developed motivational workshops and an employer, employee mentoring program; partnered with local investors in assisting with the Hope Fund held a Lean manufacturing demonstration with the Will Burt Company in Orrville, Ohio conducted eighteen community job fairs; a Women’s empowerment grant from the Wayne County Community Foundation and is currently working with the Wayne County Economic Development Council and the Workforce Innovation Network for the purpose of helping with the development of workforce pipelines for local industry. The Wayne County Commissioners resolved in October of 2015 that the Common Good take on the responsibilities of the Wayne County Ohio Buckeye Council.
 
The Common Good Linkage team meets monthly. Interested service providers and members of the public are always welcome.
 
The Common Good Linkage team meets monthly. Interested service providers and members of the public are always welcome.
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==Common Good Linkage Team==
 
==Common Good Linkage Team==
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*[https://www.wcpl.info/wiki/index.php/ABLE_-_Adult_Basic_and_Literacy_Education|ABLE- Adult Basic and Literacy Education]
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*[[ABLE - Adult Basic and Literacy Education|ABLE- Adult Basic and Literacy Education]]
 
*[[Anazao Community Partners|Anazao Community Partners]]
 
*[[Anazao Community Partners|Anazao Community Partners]]
*[[Career Clothing Center|Career Clothing Center]]
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*[[Community Action Wayne/Medina|Community Action Wayne/Medina]]
*[[College of Wooster|College of Wooster]]
   
*[[Counseling Center of Wayne and Holmes Counties|Counseling Center of Wayne and Holmes Counties]]
 
*[[Counseling Center of Wayne and Holmes Counties|Counseling Center of Wayne and Holmes Counties]]
 
*[[Goodwill Industries of Wayne & Holmes Counties, Inc.|Goodwill Industries of Wayne & Holmes Counties, Inc.]]
 
*[[Goodwill Industries of Wayne & Holmes Counties, Inc.|Goodwill Industries of Wayne & Holmes Counties, Inc.]]
 
*[[Hope Fund|Hope Fund]]
 
*[[Hope Fund|Hope Fund]]
*[[Nick Amster Sheltered Workshop|Nick Amster Sheltered Workshop]]
   
*[[Ohio Department of Job and Family Services|Ohio Department of Job and Family Services]]
 
*[[Ohio Department of Job and Family Services|Ohio Department of Job and Family Services]]
 
*[[Ohio State University ATI|Ohio State University ATI]]
 
*[[Ohio State University ATI|Ohio State University ATI]]
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*[[OhioMeansJobs Wayne County|OhioMeansJobs | Wayne County]]
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*[[OneEighty|OneEighty]]
 
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*[[OhioMeansJobs Wayne County|OhioMeansJobs | Wayne County]]
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*[[Opportunities for Ohioians with Disabilities|Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities]]
 
*[[Opportunities for Ohioians with Disabilities|Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities]]
*[[University of Akron Wayne College|University of Akron Wayne College]]
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*[[Orrville Area Chamber of Commerce|Orrville Area Chamber of Commerce]]
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*[[Orrville Area United Way|Orrville Area United Way]]
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*[[United Way of Wayne & Holmes Counties|United Way of Wayne & Holmes Counties]]
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*[[Viola Startzman Free Clinc|Viola Startzman Free Clinc]]
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*[[Wayne County Board of Developmental Disabilities|Wayne County Board of DD]]
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*[http://waynecountyedc.com/ Wayne County Economic Development Council]
 
*[[Wayne County Public Library|Wayne County Public Library]]
 
*[[Wayne County Public Library|Wayne County Public Library]]
 
*[[Wayne County Schools Career Center|Wayne County Schools Career Center]]
 
*[[Wayne County Schools Career Center|Wayne County Schools Career Center]]
 
*[[Wayne & Holmes Mental Health Recovery Board|Mental Health Recovery Board]]
 
*[[Wayne & Holmes Mental Health Recovery Board|Mental Health Recovery Board]]
 
*[[Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce|Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce]]
 
*[[Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce|Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce]]
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*[[Wayne Metropolitan Housing|Wayne Metropolitan Housing]]
 
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*  ACT COMPASS Placement Exam
 
*  ACT COMPASS Placement Exam
 
*  Adult and Continuing Education
 
*  Adult and Continuing Education
*  Clothing Center
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[[Career Clothing Center|Career Clothing Center]]
 
*  Computer Training
 
*  Computer Training
 
*  Distance Learning
 
*  Distance Learning
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*  Financial Aid for Career Training
 
*  Financial Aid for Career Training
 
*  GED Exam Preparation
 
*  GED Exam Preparation
Higher Education
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Colleges / Universities / and Professional Schools
 
*  Interview (Techniques)
 
*  Interview (Techniques)
 
*  Job Coaching Services
 
*  Job Coaching Services
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*  WorkKeys Exam Preparation
 
*  WorkKeys Exam Preparation
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[[Category:Wayne County Common Good Linkage Team]]
 
[[Category:Employment Resources in Wayne County]]
 
[[Category:Employment Resources in Wayne County]]
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[[Category:Common Good]]
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