2025–2026 Impact Report

Program year 2025-2026

Reporting periodJuly 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026

A year of momentum.
A region moving forward.

Connecting people to opportunity, employers to talent, and communities to a stronger future.

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The big picture

Success you can see.
Impact you can measure.

Across workforce centers, classrooms, job fairs, and employer partnerships, The Bay Consortium helped people take the next step toward meaningful work.

9,574visits across workforce centers
1,004job placements
97%rated service good or exceptional
651businesses served

Where people found support

Our American Job Centers were doors to possibility.

Every visit represents a conversation, a resource, or a practical next step.

Fredericksburg7,151
Eastern Shore1,652
Northern Neck/Middle Peninsula771

Universal center traffic includes visitors for all onsite partners, events, and activities.

During the reporting period, BCWDB operated three American Job Centers — Fredericksburg, Northern Neck/Middle Peninsula, and Eastern Shore — serving 16 localities.

Opportunity in action

Training that creates pathways.

WIOA programs pair individualized guidance with training and support for adults, youth, and workers navigating a career transition.

WIOA participation187

participants across three core programs

  • Adult 120
  • Youth 53
  • Dislocated worker 14
Credentials by planning district
84credentialed participants living in the four reporting districts
PD1648
PD1718
PD187
PD2211

Two additional credentialed participants lived outside these districts.

Reporting-period outcomes

Adult & Dislocated Worker

86new enrollments
53active caseload
107training vouchers
29job placements
Reporting-period outcomes

Youth

33new enrollments
28active caseload
34training vouchers
6job placements

Built with business

Talent met opportunity.

The Bay Consortium’s Business Solutions team brought job seekers and employers together through hiring events, collaboration, and hands-on workforce support.

1,484job seekers connected
130local businesses
38events across the region
295businesses served by the Business Services Representative45% of all businesses served
4incumbent worker training projects
18employees upskilledthrough incumbent worker training
56business services and collaborative meetings

Priority sectors

HealthcareEducationProfessional & technical services

Top earning industries that hired

Healthcare & healthcare support servicesInformation technology & digital servicesManufacturing & skilled tradesAquaculture & agriculture

CARE Project spotlight

Employer-led.
Results-driven.

The Career Advancement and Resource Education Project strengthens talent pipelines in three industries central to the region’s future.

ManufacturingInformation technologyAquaculture
109% of goal38

businesses served

333% of goal200

job placements

240% of goal12

interns placed

Regional healthcare collaboration

One year in, a regional network built for action.

During its first full year, the Rappahannock Region Healthcare Collaborative grew into a connected network of healthcare employers, educators, workforce and economic development organizations, and community partners across GO Virginia Region 6.

The need this network organized around3,083healthcare professionals needed across Region 6
50partners actively engaged
3active committeesAcademic Planning · Talent Pathways · Communication & Engagement
Quarterlycollaborative meetings
Collaborative officially launched
Education panels convened
Healthcare employer panels convened
Resource and collaboration presentations

Year-one work also included summer health science camps, career exploration events, and healthcare career pathway development.

Total federal, state, and grant funding$2.4M

invested across WIOA programs, community initiatives, career exploration, and talent development.

Source: BCWDB Annual Report PY25-26. Funding total rounded from the report.

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