KWIB makes sure the needs of employers and job seekers are met.
The Board has undertaken the challenge of developing a workforce system a "One-Stop" consortium, which cultivates needed individual and organizational investment through education and training opportunities.

• To create and maintain a comprehensive, coordinated, and continuously improving employment and training system that incorporates all of the principles of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. These include universal access to services, seamless service delivery through a One-Stop system, customer choice and satisfaction.
• To continuously involve local businesses and County economic initiatives in the development and provision of employment and training services.
• To continuously improve workplace skill levels and earnings for all Kauai's workforce, including the employed, the underemployed, the disabled, and the disadvantaged.
• To instill in the island's workforce the value of life-long learning.
• To instill in the youth of the County, workplace values and attitudes which are prerequisites for success in a globally competitive workforce.
• Bring together all segments of the community, including business, federal, state and county government, education and service providers to create and continuously improve the island’s workforce development system.
• Coordinate and complement workforce development activities with the County’s economic development initiatives.
• Emphasize, educate, and reinforce those workplace values and attitudes that will give the island’s workforce and businesses the ability to quickly respond to technological and/or global economic changes.

The Federal Register (§661.305) states:

1. Developing the five-year local workforce investment plan (Local Plan) and conducting oversight of the One-Stop system, youth activities and employment and training activities under title I of WIA, in partnership with the chief elected official (CEO-Mayor);
2. Selecting One-Stop operators with the agreement of the CEO;
3. Selecting eligible youth service providers based on the recommendations of the youth council, and identifying eligible providers of adult and dislocated worker intensive services and training services, and maintaining a list of eligible providers with performance and cost information.
4. Developing a budget for the purpose of carrying out the duties of the Local Board, subject to the approval of the CEO;
5. Negotiating and reaching agreement on local performance measures with the CEO and the Governor;
6. Assisting the Governor in developing the Statewide employment statistics system under the Wagner-Peyser Act;
7. Coordinating workforce investment activities with economic development strategies and developing employer linkages; and
8. Promoting private sector involvement in the Statewide workforce investment system through effective connecting, brokering, and coaching activities through intermediaries such as the One-Stop operator in the local area or through other organizations, to assist employers in meeting hiring needs.