Region 8 Comprehensive Center Presents Webinar: How One Rural Indiana County Tackled Education and Workforce Gaps

Join the Region 8 Comprehensive Center on January 23, 2024 from 2:00-3:00pm for a virtual Webinar to learn from Joe Timbrook, who has worked in Economic Development (ED) for the past eleven years and is currently the Director of Career Development for the Lawrence County Economic Growth Council/Workforce Coalition.

Register by visiting https://region8cc.org/events and selecting the January 23rd event. Pre-registration is required.

In his current role, Joe leads the education and workforce efforts for Lawrence County while working closely with community leaders, secondary and post-secondary institutions, elected officials, and local employers. The Lawrence County Economic Growth Council/Workforce Coalition has been successful in the community, achieving state records of high school equivalency completion for the past three years and designing workforce and education programs (including those serving justice-involved residents/incarcerated residents). The group continues to develop an adult education system for the county that spans PreK to post-secondary.

Joe is accredited by OUEDI and is chair of the Lawrence County Community Corrections Advisory Board, volunteer for the Lawrence County Museum, and treasurer for his local church. Joe was awarded the Indiana Association of Community Corrections ACT Counties achievement award for Advisory Board Member of the Year for 2023.