The Alaska Human Resources Investment Council developed a blueprint to guide a system that is needs-driven, accessible, interconnected, accountable, sustainable, and has collaborative governance. Vocational Technical Education Providers (VTEP) representing secondary education, technical schools, proprietary institutions, the University of Alaska, business education consortia, union apprenticeship-training organizations, rural and urban representatives, and Alaska Workforce Investment Board members self organized to implement the blueprint. Representatives of more than 30 agencies and organizations (including many VTEP members--at their own expense), are developing a statewide tech prep consortium for mutual benefit. The two goals of achieving statewide alignment of secondary and post-secondary programs and improving the quality of existing tech prep opportunities will be reached by identifying existing models, disseminating information, and providing both professional development and training statewide using face-to-face, distance, and mobile methods. The statewide consortium builds on the successes of local consortia and the work of teachers and industry using nationally recognized standards for career and technical education.