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EASTCONN ADULT SERVICES. Working With Y our Workforce Board Richard Tariff, Director, Adult Programs Suzanne Cimochowski, Assistant Director, Adult Programs. Agenda. History of EASTCONN’s workforce board partnerships The Key Funding - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
EASTCONN ADULT SERVICES
Working With Your Workforce Board
Richard Tariff, Director, Adult ProgramsSuzanne Cimochowski, Assistant Director, Adult
Programs
Agenda
History of EASTCONN’s workforce board partnerships
The Key Funding Program Comparison Example Our Programs What Can You Do? Questions
History 1998Welfare to Work program contract 1999TANF case management contract 1999WIA Out of School Youth contract 2006Collaborative WIA Out of School
Youth contract 2006Collaborative JFES Intensive contract 2006Subcontractor for TANF case
management contract 2009Collaborative Education Refresher
contract at CTWorks East
History cont’d 2009 cont’d 21st Century Customer Service
workshopARRA Summer Youth Program
2010Collaborative Basic Skills Math workshops at CTWorks East
2011Collaborative workshops at CTWorks East:
Surviving Tough TimesFoundations of AlgebraAdult Learners Guide to College SuccessFoundations of Reading and Writing
History cont’d 2012CT Conservation Corp
2013JFES I-BEST Pilot with EWIB and Workforce Alliance
2013Storm Sandy National Emergency Grant Subsidized Employment
The Key
The key to successfully working with the WIB is to realize that their needs are very different from our traditional adult education funders – local towns and the SDE.
The Key From EWIB RFP:
SELECTION OF SERVICE PROVIDERS The primary consideration in selecting entities to
deliver services shall be the demonstrated effectiveness of that entity in delivering COMPARABLE services based on past performance. Performance factors shall include attainment of performance goals, costs, quality of training, and participant target groups. No bidder shall receive funds that duplicate services already available in the Eastern CT Workforce Investment Area.
What Does This Mean
This means we need to look at how we can meet their needs, not how we can fit what we are already doing into what they want.
And it means they are not going to give us additional money for programs that we already offer.
Funding Their funding often comes from the
Department of Labor and not the Department of Education.
DOL focus is employment SDE focus is education
Not mutually exclusive, but different goals and outcomes
What is the Difference?
ComparisonProgram Mandated GED WIA Out of School
YouthStaff Teacher Teacher
Full time case manager
Schedule School Year Year roundEligibility 17 and older
residents17 – 21 with income and additional qualifying barrier requirements
Outcomes GED GED and Employment portfolioEmployment, training or military by 1st quarter after exitCredential by 3rd quarter after exit
Follow up after exit None Quarterly for three quarters after exit
Database CARS CARS and CTWBS
What is different? Workforce Board funding can serve both those with
and without a high school diploma Stipends Workforce Board funding often is for a very specific
population (i.e. JFES, WIA, age sepcific) Minimum hours/week for some programs It is possible to combine Workforce Board funding
with other funding (i.e. SDE) to serve more adults (i.e. those with a diploma)
They often get new funds during the year (i.e. JFES I-BEST). Once you are their contractor, they can award you new programming without an RFQ process
More Differences Contracts, not grants Often have reduction in funding midyear Some programs’ classes can’t be
cancelled Workshops can be cancelled if minimum
enrollment isn’t met. If workshop is cancelled, we don’t get paid!
Recruitment Some have annual monitoring
What Can You Do?
Attend your workforce board’s board meetings
Visit their website regularly
Get on their distribution email list
Meet with your CTWorks Business Services team member
Find out who else is already collaborating with them
OUR PROGRAMSWIA OSY
OUR PROGRAMSJFESIntensive
OUR PROGRAMSNationalEmergencyGrant(Storm Sandy)
OUR PROGRAMSAirline Trail
CT WORKS WORKSHOPS21ST CenturyCustomerService
CT WORKS WORKSHOPSEducationRefresher
CT WORKS WORKSHOPSBasic SkillsMath
CT WORKS WORKSHOPSSurvivingToughTimes
JFES I-BESTEWIB
JFES I-BESTWorkforceAlliance
Working with Your Workforce Board
Questions?
Contact information:
Rich TariffDirector of Adult [email protected]
Suzanne CimochowskiAssistant Director of Adult [email protected]