Deval L. Patrick, Governor

Timothy P. Murray, Lieutenant Governor

Joanne F. Goldstein, Secretary EOLWD

Alice Sweeney, Acting Director DCS

THE MASSACHUSETTSWORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEM

MA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEM LANDSCAPE

- 16 Local Workforce Investment Areas

- 34 One-Stop Career Centers

–32 Full Service Centers

– 2 Limited Service Centers

MA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT AREAS AND CAREER CENTERS LOCATIONS

MA CAREER CENTERS

• The Career Centers are the cornerstone of the MA Workforce Investment System

• Chartered by employer-driven Workforce Investment Boards

• The goals of a Career Center is to integrate systems to:

– Better leverage resources and manage labor market cycles

– Better meet the needs of diverse populations

– Better prepare workers to meet the needs of local businesses

Funded by U.S. Department of Labor Veterans Employment and Training Services (DOL/VETS)

• Enables the Commonwealth to fund the positions of Local Veterans’ Employment Representative (LVER) or (LV) and Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program (DVOP) or (DV)

• DVs and LVs are on-site at most Career Centers.

JOBS FOR VETERANS STATE GRANT(JVSG)

PRIORITY OF SERVICES

The MA Workforce Development System honors veterans and eligible spouses as our “Heroes at Home” by implementing “Priority of Services” to our Veteran customers.

Fiscal Year 2012 July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012

– 196,600 Job Seekers Served– 12,844 Employers Served– 11,683 Veterans Served

Fiscal Year 2013 July 1, 2012 – November 30, 2012– 142,802 Job Seekers Served– 6,204 Employers Served– 8,649 Veterans Served

RESULTS

PORTRAIT OF VETERANS SERVED AT MASSACHUSTTS CAREER CENTERS

SINCE JULY 2011

GENDER OF VETERANS SERVED AT MASSACHUSETTS CAREER CENTERS SINCE JULY 1, 2011

MALE90%

FEMALE 10%

TOTAL SERVED SINCE JULY 2011

18,156

AGE DISTRIBUTION OF VETERANS SERVED AT MASSACHUSETTS CAREER CENTERS SINCE JULY 1, 2011

AGE 55+ 39%

95% MALE

AGE 18 - 44 35%

86% MALE

AGE 45 - 54 27%

88% MALE

EDUCATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF VETERANS SERVED AT MASSACHUSETTS CAREER CENTERS SINCE JULY 1, 2011

2%6%

51%

41%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

IN SCHOOL

LESS THAN HS GRAD

HS GRAD OR GED

POST SECONDARY OR CERTIFICATE

RACE/ETHNIC DISTRIBUITION OF VETERANS SERVED AT MASSACHUSETTS CAREER CENTERS SINCE JULY 2011

1% 1%10%

82%

5%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

AMER/ALASKAN NATIVE

ASIAN

AFRICAN AMERICAN

WHITE

HISPANIC

SERVICES PROVIDED TO VETERANS AT MASSACHUSETTS CAREER CENTERS SINCE JULY 2011

53%

79%

16%

56%

1%0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

CAREER GUIDANCE

JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE

JOB REFERRALS

INTENSIVE ASSESSMENT

FED TRAINING PROGRAM

EMPLOYMENT PERFORMANCE OF VETERANS SERVED AT MASSACHUSETTS CAREER CENTERS

78% 80%76%

53% 54%41%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

140%

160%

18-44 45-54 55+

AGE GROUPRETENTION RATE AT 6 MONTHS

ENTERED EMPLOYMENT RATE

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

WORKFORCE INVESTMENT SYSTEM

“PROUDLY SERVES THOSE WHO PROUDLY SERVED”