The mission of WFD is to identify workforce needs in the region of the community college and provide a formal training or education to certify local residents for employment in a variety of business and industry related professions ranging from public safety to industrial education to the health care industry. Together, alignment of the overall community college mission and the workforce development mission should directly affect the community and the community college’s actions in the community. Academic literature points to WFD serving two significant labor purposes: (1) the preparation of individuals for high tech jobs in computer technologies and health care – labeled the new vocationalism; and (2) education and training of the chronically unemployed, immigrants, inner city residents, and displaced workers