CENTRALINA WDB PRESS RELEASE

The COVID-19 virus has significantly impacted everyone in the Centralina Workforce Development Board (WDB) region. Our lives are now virtually on hold. We are well aware of the disruptions that COVID-19 is causing with schools and businesses closed and the impact that this is having on our hard-working citizens and our local employers.

 

The Centralina Workforce Development Board and our local NCWorks Career Centers having been working directly with people in our communities especially those who have limited resources, options and access. We are committed, as always, to be the resource for people in their time of need.

In order to balance that commitment to service with the need to promote health, we will close the NCWorks Career Centers in the Centralina WDB region to the general public beginning at 12:00 Noon on Thursday March 19, 2020. During this time, the NCWorks Career Centers will still operate, but we will take exclusively virtual appointments. Customers may also call the centers directly to seek assistance. We do not have an estimated date yet as to when the centers will reopen to the public.

 

We encourage everyone in our community to follow health/safety guidelines to minimize the risk of spreading the virus:

The Centralina Workforce Development Board region is strong and resilient. As the first multi- county regional workforce board in North Carolina, we have faced many difficult situations, both natural and manmade, over the years. We have a strong work ethic, great partnerships, and the will to do good. We firmly believe that we will overcome this virus and be a better region. The Centralina WDB and our local NCWorks Career Centers are ready to help in any way that we can. Together, we will conquer this!

Please visit the NC DHHS website at www.ncdhhs.gov/coronavirus for official information and updates on COVID-19.

 

To file for unemployment benefits, please remember that it is not necessary to visit or call an NCWorks Career Center. Instead, please visit www.des.nc.gov or call 888-737-0259.

Visit www.centralinaworkforce.com for additional information and resources and for the contact information for the eight NCWorks Career Centers in the Centralina WDB region. And, keep up to date on all the latest information via our social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram).

Take care of yourself and others. 

Sincerely, 

David L. Hollars, Executive Director

Centralina Workforce Development Board

9815 David Taylor Drive, Suite 100

Charlotte, North Carolina 28262

(704) 348-2717  Fax: (704) 899-5624

 dhollars@centralina.org 

                                              Media Contact:

                                                     Tyana Johnson, Communications Coordinator

                                                   704-348-2732 (direct)

                                                  tjohnson@centralina.org