Title: Connect Long Island Partnership
1Connect Long Island Partnership Long Island
Regional Innovation Grant Project
- Regional Strategic Implementation Plan Summary
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3The Six Critical Phases of Economic Transformation
4Table of Contents (This table refers to the full
Plan. Some of the items listed are not included
in this presentation.)
- Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Organization Chart
- Achievements and Promising Practices
- II. Regional Identity and Vision
- III. Goals and Strategies
- IV. Governance
- V. Operations
- VI. Leveraged Resources
- VII. Sustainability
- Attachment A Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities
Threats Analysis Report Focus - Rapid Response and Business Retention Prepared
by the Long Island Forum for Technology - (LIFT)
- Attachment B Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities
Threats Analysis Report Focus - Entrepreneurship Prepared by Center for
Governmental Research (CGR) in association with
the
5Executive Summary
6Background
- Funded by a grant awarded by the U.S. Department
of Labor to the Town of Hempstead Department of
Occupational Resources (DOOR), on behalf of the
Connect Long Island Partnership - Connect Long Island is coordinated by the Long
Island Forum for Technology (LIFT) and includes
the regions three Local Workforce Investment
Boards (LWIBs), the New York State Department of
Labor (NYSDOL), the Long Island Regional Adult
Education Network (LI-RAEN), New York State
Empire State Development Corporation and other
partners
7Project Purpose
- To enhance our regional economic transformation
strategy by creating a Regional Strategic
Implementation Plan to convert dislocated workers
into skilled workers in our talent pipeline - Strategies contained in the Plan will also
benefit economically disadvantaged adults, youth,
veterans, individuals with disabilities, older
workers and other underutilized workers
8SWOT Analysis
- Conducted a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities
and Threats or SWOT Analysis in two categories - Category One, prepared by the Long Island Forum
for Technology (LIFT), focuses on Rapid Response
and Business Retention - Category Two, prepared by the Center for
Governmental Research (CGR), in association with
the Scott Skodek Business Development Center of
Hofstra University, focuses on Entrepreneurship
9Category One prepared by the Long Island Forum
for Technology (LIFT), focuses on Rapid Response
and Business Retention (Summary)
- Strengths
- Regional workforce team (i.e. Connect Long Island
Partnership) - Regional high tech workforce, industry and small
businesses - Weaknesses
- Regional stovepipes
- Lack of early warning network and
response/mitigation trigger points - Opportunities
- Develop early warning process and leverage
partnerships - Develop technology to implement above
- Threats
- Failure to develop an early warning process
- Continue to regionally operate in a stove pipe
manner
10Category Two, prepared by the Center for
Governmental Research (CGR), in association with
the Scott Skodnek Business Development Center of
Hofstra University, focuses on Entrepreneurship
(Summary)
- Strengths
- Ample supply of training and financial resources
- Existing and established programs provide
foundation to build upon - Proximity to Greater New York provides deep well
of potential - Target group possesses education, experience and
skills - Weaknesses
- Low-to-moderate understanding of resources and
their availability - Limited use of publically-funded supports for
small business development - Current resource programs exhibit only moderate
levels of coordination - Many rate as low the effectiveness of the
regions entrepreneurial network - Limited use of detailed data to identify specific
occupational dislocations - Process not in place for evaluating potential
entrepreneurs and ventures
11Category Two, prepared by the Center for
Governmental Research (CGR), in association with
the Scott Skodnek Business Development Center of
Hofstra University, focuses on Entrepreneurship
(Summary) (continued)
- Opportunities
- Education to inform about available resources and
how to access detailed Warn Notice data on
specific occupational dislocations - Entrepreneurs express interest in accessing
additional resources - Utilization of ONet to guide resource
development in targeted ways - Inform/train One-Stop counselors on
entrepreneurial resources - Develop and fund a program to allocate seed money
to entrepreneurs meeting specific criteria - Threats
- Duplication/overlap may spread resource network
too thinly - Uncertainty of funding for new programs and/or
process improvements
12Purpose of Implementation Plan
- Describe a regional strategic planning process to
equip dislocated workers with the information and
skills needed to navigate emerging career
pathways in transformative industry sectors - To accomplish this, we must
- Establish and maintain partnerships
- Leverage resources
- Implement innovative methods
13Articulation with Connect Long Island Partnership
- The LIRIG Implementation Plan is closely aligned
with NYSDOLs Regional Economic Transformation
Strategies through a Sector or Cluster-Based
Approach (Request for Proposals Number 13N) - Both the LIRIG and the 13N Projects operate under
the umbrella of our overarching transformation
strategy, the Connect Long Island Partnership - The Connect Long Island Partnership is
coordinated by LIFT, under the auspices of the
Executive Committee
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15Section I Achievements and Promising Practices
16Achievements and Promising Practices
- Established a Regional Strategic Implementation
Plan to help satisfy industry skill demands with
dislocated and underutilized workers - Implemented the LIRIG Worker Skills Supply Survey
at regional rapid response events - Cross-referenced worker skills supply survey data
with industry demand data generated under the 13N
Regional Transformation Grant Project - Applied mapping technology to identify industry
locations and worker skill clusters (For a
demonstration visit www.connectli.com) - Applied of emergency management principles and
techniques to evaluate and improve our rapid
response process - Posted of the Dislocation Event Log for strategic
planning - Conducted analysis and planning to develop a
significant portion of our talent pipeline
through entrepreneurial training
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- Enhanced our regional leadership and
collaboration through the Connect Long Island
Partnership, evidenced by our success in forming
grant project consortia and in accessing grant
funds for the benefit of the region - Positioned Long Island to react quickly and
effectively to opportunities for innovation
created by the Recovery Act - Identified technology options that will support
transformation activities - Developed the Green and Lean and YouthLink
Projects (Funded under New York State Department
of Labor Grants described in Section II below) - Implemented new curricula for Summer Youth
Employment and Training Programs, developed by
Paxen Learning Corporation, including From STEM
to Stern Long Islands Future and Green Jobs in
the Economy
18Section II
- Regional Identity and Vision
19Definition of Region
- Region defined as Nassau and Suffolk Counties
- Possesses a separate economic identity, distinct
industry characteristics, and a workforce that
constitutes more than 1.4 million workers (New
York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) Division
of Research and Statistics)
20Regional Strategic Vision
- We envision a regional economic transformation on
Long Island that - will be achieved through the efficient leveraging
of the Connect Long - Island Partnership to create and maintain
- A sturdy foundation for innovation,
entrepreneurship and investment - Business and industry growth and prosperity
- A highly talented workforce that engages all
workers to their fullest potential - Education and training curricula and courses of
study that meet the demands of evolving career
pathways - Wages that are commensurate with the local
standard of living and that support a high
quality of life - A cost effective, attractive, environmentally
friendly healthy place for workers to advance in
their careers, raise families and contribute to
our future
21Actions Required by Connect LI to Achieve
Regional Vision
- Secure adequate funding
- Foster a business growth environment with
training, support and incentives for
entrepreneurs - Establish a strong working relationship between
the planning and operational functions of partner
organizations - Maintain solid partnerships with business
- Ensure total quality management supported by a
robust data collection, management information
and analysis system
22What Long Island Will be Best at if our Vision is
Realized
- Developing, retaining and attracting a highly
talented workforce
23Regional Opportunities that Connect LI is
Currently Pursuing
- Expanded and targeted education and workforce
development services to dislocated workers,
unemployed adults, youth and underutilized
workers - A transparent system for growth that can identify
a multiplicity of opportunities, facilitating a
flow of human capital to the most viable options - Closer working partnerships with business and
industry to contextualize curriculum development,
education and training - Creation of career pathways for our workforce
- Application of new technology to increase access
to and efficiency in the delivery of reemployment
and lifelong learning services
24Transformation of Connect LI
- To benefit from regional Opportunities,
- Connect LI must function as a transparent
- working partnership, beyond simple
- coordination, that engages industry,
- education, economic development,
- workforce development, organized labor,
- faith-based and community-based organizations
25Connect Long Islands Major Regional Assets
- 24 degree-granting colleges
- 37 economic development agencies
- Several incubator projects and Centers of
Excellence - Regional Economy Transformation Strategies
through a Sector or Cluster Based Approach
(NYSDOL RFP 13-N) - NYSDOL RFP for Emerging and Transitional Worker
Training Bid Q-37 - NYSDOL RFP for Disconnected Youth Training Bid
46-Q - New York Makes Work Pay Project, funded by a U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services/New York
State Office of Mental Health Medicaid
Infrastructure Grant, which is jointly operated
by the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse
University and the Employment and Disability
Institute at Cornell University
26Existing Regional Assessment and Asset Mapping
Tools
- Dislocation Event Log, posted to the web, under a
password protected section (The log can be
accessed by local workforce investment board
directors and other key stakeholders. The
purpose of the password protection is to ensure
discretion in cases where layoffs are not yet
confirmed.) - A soon to be implemented Layoff Aversion model
that uses the term Dashboard to describe a
range of information indicators, including Dunn
Bradstreet financials, to serve as early alert
indicators - 13N Industry Survey
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- LIRIG Worker Skills/Education Survey
27Regional Assets that Can be Leveraged within an
Achievable Timeframe
- 13-N survey data and training funds
- Local One-Stop systems, including American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds - HempsteadWorks Green and Lean Grant (Q-37)
- HempsteadWorks YouthLink Grant (46-Q)
- National Emergency Grant (NEG) Funds
- K through 12 and postsecondary college and
university systems - Economic development programs and funding
28Section III
29Goal 1 - Creation of a web-based inventory of the
skills of dislocated workers and other
underutilizedworkers
- Outcomes
- Existing skills of workers in our talent pipeline
can be evaluated - Gaps between skills supply and industry demand
can be easily assessed
- Strategies and Activities
- Require uniform entries into the New York State
One-Stop Operating System (OSOS), throughout the
Long Island Region and New York State if
possible, to record worker skills - Administer surveys to gather skills data from
workers and record in a standardized reporting
format - Post skills data on a regional web site, and/or
on a link to local web sites accessed by the
Connect Long Island Partnership
30Goal 2 Alignment of the service process for
affected employees across the Region
- Outcome
- Customers experience uniform rapid response
services and referral to One-Stop Systems
- Strategies and Activities
- Convene a Rapid Response Operations Work Group to
increase uniformity of services - Require the Rapid response Work Group to report
to the Connect Long Island Executive Committee on
a regular basis - Use employee dislocation data more strategically
to target prospective entrepreneurs - Aggressively inform and educate existing and
budding entrepreneurs programs available to them
31Goal 2 Alignment of the service process for
affected employees across the Region (continued)
- Outcome
- Customers experience uniform rapid response
services and referral to One-Stop Systems
- Strategies and Activities
- Ensure One-Stop counselors have adequate training
in available programs, services and funding
opportunities regarding entrepreneurial
activities - Establish a more effective up-front evaluation
mechanism for potential entrepreneurs - Leverage new technology to improve access to
services and increase efficiency in service
deliver, including Skills Matching and Referral
Technology (SMART 2010) PBS Literacy Link
LinkedIn etc. - Implement of virtual and in-person Discovery and
Social Networking Workshops for workers to
discover their skills and utilize new
technologies
32Goal 3 - Development of a computer program to
cross-reference the skills inventory with
industry occupational demands identified by the
Connect Long Island Partnership
- Outcome
- Transparency of the talent supply and industry
demand
- Strategies and Activities
- Write a new computer program to be utilized by
the Long Island Region, or purchase software to
perform this function - Utilize automated tools for research, including
Burning Glass Technologies ONet Skills
Profiler, etc. (See Attachment E Technology
Options)
33Goal 4 - Publication of a web-based, updatable
skills gap report
- Outcomes
- Closer, more productive relationship among
industry, the workforce, education and economic
development - Quicker and more efficient job matching
- Quicker and more efficient diagnosis of skills
gaps - Better articulation between worker supply and
industry demand
- Strategies and Activities
- Mobilize partners to plan services in response to
data findings - Establish a process for on-going cycle of data
collection, reporting, analysis, action and
evaluation - Utilize the USDOL Competency-Based Model to
identify the skills required for specific
industries, to create an inventory of the skills
that workers possess and then to overlay the two
to identify gaps and design training to fill
those gaps
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35Goal 5 - Transformation of our reemployment
system into a regional innovation system that
aligns economic development, education and
workforce initiatives
- Combination of the Specific Outcomes described
Goals I through IV above.
- Combination of the Strategies and Activities
described Goals I through IV above.
36Alignment of Education, Workforce and Business
- In addition to the goals described above,
alignment of the - three systems of education, workforce, and
business can - be achieved through a commitment by all three
that the - Connect Long Island transformation initiative
will be - integrated with their individual planning and
operations - activities
- These three systems can work together to create
contextualized curricula for education and
training, facilitate navigation of workers to
education and training, share information and to
provide opportunities for workers to gain skills
and to apply those skills in the workplace, while
earning livable wages
37Evaluation of Regional Strategic Implementation
Plan
- Evaluated by the Center for Essential Management
Services (CEMS), a contractor retained to provide
a professional evaluation (See Attachment G) - In addition to the performance metrics that will
be used to assess the extent to which we are
successful in implementing our Plan will include
feedback from the Connect Long Island Partnership
and the analysis of economic indicators
38Section IV
39Leadership
- The leadership team for the LIRIG Project is the
Connect Long Island Executive Committee - The Executive Committee will evaluate the
progress made toward achieving each of its goals
on an annual basis - All key stakeholders will be engaged in the
decision-making process through clear lines of
communication, including in-person meetings,
e-mail, surveys, etc. - Decisions in key areas will be made by the
Executive Committee in consultation with the full
partnership
40Leadership Objectives
- Clearly defined roles for the leadership and
operations of the Connect Long Island Partnership - Increased access to information regarding
industry skill demands, worker skills, skill
gaps, available education and training - Increased skills among the underutilized segments
of the workforce, including mature workers,
disconnected youth, individuals with
disabilities, limited English proficient (LEP)
individuals, etc. - Greater transparency of data and information
- A closer connection between Rapid Response, labor
exchange, and retraining - Improved layoff aversion capability
- Operational services within One-Stop Centers that
are responsive to strategic planning activities
41Strategies to Achieve Leadership Objectives
- Focused planning meetings of the Connect Long
Island Partnership and Executive Committee - Programming or purchase of a skills data base
system - Establishment of a transformation web site or web
links - Development of venues for key stakeholders to
meet and achieve alignment - Leveraging of new and additional resources
- Partnerships with supporting initiatives, such as
the Strategic Early Warning Network - Proactive strategic planning to prepare our
region to benefit from emerging industry sector,
such as the green sector - Strengthening and alignment of our regional
entrepreneurial programs - Elimination service barriers created by separate
smokestacks or silos
42Governance Agreement
- Interventions/course corrections will made
through the consensus of the Connect Long Island
Executive Committee - Our governance will be documented by an agreement
among the parties of the Executive Committee and
our partner organizations - Provisions will be in place for appealing
decisions or dispute resolution through the
process described in our agreement
43Section V
44Internal Communication
- Meetings of the Executive Committee
- E-mail, web site postings, teleconferences, etc.
- The Executive Committee will disseminate
information to the partners
45External Communication
- External communication with the broader region,
the average citizen, and the media will be
accomplished the reports, web postings, etc. - Web-based surveys will be utilized for obtaining
feedback/input from the broader region
46Section VI
47Programs/Funding to be Leveraged
- Workforce Investment Act WIA Title I-B Adults,
Dislocated Workers and Youth) - Job Corps
- Wagner-Peyser Act
- Trade Adjustment Assistance and North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Transitional
Adjustment Assistance - Activities Authorized under Chapter 41 of Title
38 Local Veterans Employment Representatives and
Disabled Veterans Outreach Programs - Programs Authorized under State Unemployment
Compensation Laws - WIA Title II Adult Education and Literacy Act
- Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
- Title V of the Older Americans Act
- Post Secondary Vocational Education Activities
Authorized under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational
and Applied Technology Education Act - Employment and Training Activities under the
Community Services Block Grant - TANF Programs Authorized under Part A of Title IV
of the Social Security Act - Programs authorized under the National and
Community Service Act - YouthBuild
- Other Appropriate Programs, including Programs
relating to Transportation and Housing, etc. - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
48Grant Development
- Additional grant funding and leveraged resources
will be developed in accordance with the Connect
Long Island transformation strategy
49Examples of Grants Pursued to Date
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/New
York State Office of Mental Health Medicaid
Infrastructure Grant - NYSDOL RFP for Emerging and Transitional Worker
Training Bid Q-37) - NYSDOL RFP for Disconnected Youth Training Bid
46-Q - USDOL American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 Solicitation for Energy Partnership Grants,
Funding - SGA/DFA PY 08-18 - USDOL ARRA of 2009 Solicitation for State Energy
Partnership and Training Grants PY-08-20 - USDOL ARRA of 2009 Solicitation for Health Care
Sector Grants, Funding SGA/DFA PY 08-18
50Section VII
51Sustainability
- The Connect LI Executive Committee and
Partnership is approaching all projects involving
the stakeholders as part of the transformation
effort - Connect LI is committed to adhering to a
consistent process that will be sustained after
the RIG funding period ends - Social networking efforts will be undertaken on
an on-going basis by the Executive Committee to
ensure all regional stakeholders are engaged - Through this social networking, we will ensure
that all stakeholder groups are present at the
discussion table and that new stakeholder groups
are continually added based on regional data
analysis
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54Regional Economic Transformation Strategies 13N
Grant Industry Demand Skills Researched by
LIFT
55LIRIG Event Log
56Technology Options Researched by LIFT
- http//www.onetsocautocoder.com/plus/onetmatch
- http//www.missourieconomy.org/
- http//burning-glass.com/
- http//www.employon.com/
- http//workforceassociates.com/torq.html
- http//connectli.org
57Technology Options Researched by LIFT
(continued)
- To provide a listing in preferential order may
not be justified here, as these websites combined
bring an array of assistance. The ideal site
would be to combine selected attributes below to
those found in the (Missouri Economic Research
and Information Center ) MERIC website.
Attributes such as these will make the Long
Island Region more efficient tool in assisting
incumbent and displaced workers - Customizable job search tools and create-manage
ones own user accounts and run searches for job
placements resume design, found in EmployOn - Visual displays similar to TORG
- Lens Software System from Burning Glass
- Applicant Tracking System from Burning Glass
- Job Boards from Burning Glass
58LIFT/fourDscape - Visualization Techniques for
Workforce Resources - Demand and Supply
59Developing a Robust Platform for Real-Time Labor
Market Analysis, Written By EmployOn
Technologies, Inc. and Burning Glass
International, Inc.
- This abstract is presented as an example of a
commercially available skills matching technology
study that could be conducted for the Long Island
Region.
60Independent Evaluation
- An independent evaluation of the LIRIG was
- completed by the Center for Essential
- Management Services is included.
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62Acknowledgements
- The Connect Long Island Executive Committee would
like - to thank the United States Department of Labor
for funding - this project and providing technical assistance.
The - Committee would also like to thank the New York
State - Department of Labor for providing guidance and
- coordination. In addition, the Committee greatly
- appreciates the work of the members of the
Innovation - Workgroup in developing this Implementation Plan.
The - Committee would also like to thank the vendors
who - conducted the SWOT analysis and submitted final
reports - that were utilized in the creation of this
document.
63Editors Notes
- In October of 2009, the New York State Department
of Labor launched the Burning Glass SMART 2010
Skills Matching and Referral Technology system
pilot - This pilot is being implemented in the Long
Island Region
64For More Information Contact
- Ana-Maria Hurtado
- Commissioner/WIB Director
- Town of Hempstead
- Department of Occupational Resources
- 50 Clinton Street, Suite 400
- Hempstead, New York 11550
- (516) 485-5000, ext. 1105
- (516) 485-5009 (Fax)
- amh_at_hempsteadworks.com
- www.hempsteadworks.com