FloridaMississippi Workforce Associates

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THE WORKFORCE SYSTEM- Weathering the Storm

• Florida/Mississippi Workforce Associates

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Workforce PrimaryBusiness Lines
Employment
Training
Unemployment Insurance

• Goals
• Help job seekers acquire new skills to enter the
  workforce or to advance their careers
• Provide employers with a skilled workforce to
  provide the goods and/ or services produced by
  their business.

• Goals
• Help employers
• find the right
• workers at the right
• time
• Help job seekers
• find employment
• that aligns with
• their skills.

• Goals
• Help unemployed workers return to the workforce
  quickly
• Provide unemployment benefits promptly and
  accurately.

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Floridas Workforce System Organizational
Relationships
WFI
AWI
Contract

• Performance Contracts
• Memorandums of Understanding
• Notice of Financial Award
• Program/Financial Monitoring

• Chartering
• Plan Approval
• Budget Approval
• Performance Oversight

Unemployment Compensation 1.8 State TF
Balance 72M Federal Revenue
Workforce Services 3.8M General Revenue 7.6M
State Revenue 409M Federal Revenue
Department of Revenue/Comptroller
Regional Workforce Boards
Funding Amounts as of February 28, 2006
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Programs Funding, Services, and Outcomes
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Floridas Workforce Training and Employment
Services Outcomes
Trained Employed WIA Adults
9,864                     11,163 WIA Youth
9,577                       4,941 WIA
Dislocated Worker 3,782                
       4,461 WIA Total (unduplicated)
22,306                     19,656 Welfare
Transition 7,705 31,807 FSET
236 8,350 (Food Stamp Employment
Training) Wagner-Peyser (Job Seekers)
n/a 488,485 Count of Training and
entered employment for Jul 1, 2004 to June 30,
2005.
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State Unemployment Insurance Benefits

• Purpose
• The Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program
  provides
• unemployment benefits to eligible workers who are
  unemployed
• through no fault of their own and meet other
  state eligibility
• requirements
• Intended to provide temporary financial
  assistance to unemployed workers
• Each State administers a separate UI program
  within federal rules
• Eligibility criteria, benefits amounts and length
  of time benefits are provided are determined by
  state law
• In most States benefits funding is based solely
  on employer taxes

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State Unemployment Insurance Benefits (continued)

• Eligibility
• Individuals must meet the State requirements for
  wages earned or time worked during a one year
  base period
• Individuals must be determined to be unemployed
  through no fault of their own
• Filing a Claim
• Individuals should contact their State UI Agency
  as soon as possible after becoming unemployed
• In most States, UI claims may be filed via
  internet, telephone, mail, and in-person
• It generally takes two to three weeks after
  filing a claim to receive the first benefit check
  (Fl and other states require a waiting week)
• Applicants must initially provide personal and
  employment related information when filing a
  claim

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State Unemployment Insurance Benefits (continued)

• Benefits
• Generally the benefit amount is based on a
  percentage of an individual s earnings over a
  recent 52-week period up to state maximum amount
• 2. Benefits can be paid for a maximum 26 weeks in
  most states
• Additional weeks of benefits may be available
  during times of high unemployment (Extended
  Benefits)
• Benefits are subject to Federal Income taxes
• UI Claimant information is considered to be
  confidential

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State Unemployment Insurance Benefits (continued)

• Certifying Continued Eligibility
• Claimants must file weekly or biweekly claims for
  benefits
• -respond to questions regarding continued
  eligibility
• -report any earnings from work activities
• -report any job refusal
• Claimant may be required to physically report to
  a one-stop career center for reemployment
  services
• Claimant must continue to meet the unemployment
  and income wage limits to receive benefits

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State Unemployment Insurance Benefits (continued)

• Registering for Work
• Claimants who file for unemployment benefits may
  be directed to register for work at a one-stop
  center for job placement assistance
• One stop centers will be able to provide
  claimants with labor market information, referral
  to job openings training programs, and special
  need assistance, and counseling and testing
  services
• Disqualification from Eligibility
• If the claimant unemployment is caused by some
  reason other than the lack of work
• Claimants may file an appeal within an establish
  time frame if he/she disagrees with the States
  determination regarding eligibility

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Employment /One-Stop Center Services

• Job Seekers
• -Job listings
• -Hiring requirements
• -Testing and assessments
• -Employment search
• -Screening for training programs
• -Focused job search-Industry sector, salary
  range, etc
• -Resume Builder, labor market information
• Employers
• -Job postings
• -Local and national recruiting
• -Candidate assessments
• -On-Site Interviews
• -Business seminar
• -Specialized recruitment
• -Job Fairs
• -Business economic demographics

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National Emergency Grant (NEG) Temporary
Employment

• Purpose
• The Secretary of Labor is authorized to award
  National Emergency
• Grants for providing disaster relief employment
  to the governor of a
• State that has suffered a federally declared
  emergency or disaster.
• NEG funds can be used for disaster employment to
• Provide disaster relief employment on projects
  that provide food, clothing, shelter, and other
  humanitarian assistance for disaster victims
• Assist in public assistance projects regarding
  demolition, cleaning, repair, renovation, and
  construction of damage and destroyed structures,
  facilities, and land located with the disaster
  area

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National Emergency Grant (NEG) Temporary
Employment (continued)

• Workers Eligibility
• Individuals who are temporary or permanently laid
  off as a result of the disaster
• Individuals who are recently dislocated from
  employment (Dislocated Worker)
• Individuals who are long-term unemployed (as
  defined by the Governor)
• Individuals must reside or were working in the
  disaster area
• Individuals duration of employment for any one
  disaster event is usually limited to no more than
  six months or 1,040 hours (can be waived)
• An individuals wages can not exceed 12,000 (can
  be waived)

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National Emergency Grant (NEG) Temporary
Employment (continued)

• Worksite Requirements
• 1. Disaster relief workers work activities must
  be with a public or non-profit organization
• The worksite assignment must be in an area
  approved for assistance in the Presidents public
  assistance declaration
• Disaster relief workers must receive at least a
  minimum wage that is comparable to the wage paid
  a non-disaster relief worker who is doing a
  similar job
• Disaster relief workers must receive comparable
  benefits of non-disaster relief workers who are
  doing similar jobs. This includes Workers
  Compensation Benefits
• The initial award will restrict clean-up to 6
  months from the date the grant is award (can be
  waived)
• A worksite agreement with the local administering
  agency and the worksite sponsor must be in place

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Workforce Training

• Purpose
• Help job seekers acquire new skills to enter the
  workforce or to
• advance their careers and provide employers with
  a skilled
• workforce to provide the goods and/ or services
  produced by their
• businesses
• Eligibility
• -Adults
• -Dislocated Workers
• -Youth
• -Welfare Recipeints

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Workforce Training (Continued)

• Individual Training Accounts
• Demand Occupations
• Targeted Occupation List
• Eligible Training Provider List
• High Skills High Wages

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Specialized Training Florida reBuilds

• Basic Provisions of Florida reBuilds
• Provide 10,000 individuals statewide with
  short-term entry-level training in construction
  related trades
• Provide 1,000 individuals statewide with
  advance-level training in construction related
  trades
• Provide training in construction related
  occupations including Air Conditioning,
  Refrigeration, and Heating Carpentry Drywall
  Electrical Masonry Plumbing Roofing,etc
• Provide One-Stop Career Center Providers approved
  by Regional Workforce Boards with reimbursements
  for eligibility determination and placement
  services
• Establish a funding system to allocate and
  realign program funds based on local needs

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Floridas One-Stop System

• Over 80 Full Service One-Stop Career Centers.
• http//www.floridajobs.org/onestop/onestopdir/inde
  x.htm
• 17 Required partners/programs.
• Structured referrals not just brick and mortar.
• Employment and training services.

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Mobile One-Stop Centers

• Allow computer access in remote locations or when
  regular computer access is not available
• Provide telephone and fax communication
• Serve as temporary office facility
• Symbol of hope to remote and stressed communities

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WORKFORCE LINKAGES TO/FOR FBOs/CBOs?

• Current administrations policies encourage
  inclusion and sometimes specific opportunities
  for FBOs/CBOs. 
• Federal and state workforce laws encourage
  state-level and local partnerships with CBOs/FBOs
  to deliver workforce-related services and share
  funds/resources.
• WFI, AWI, and other state agencies have devised
  model Partnership Agreements to leverage
  resources with CBOs/FBOs.

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CURRENT LINKAGES FOR FBOs/CBOs

• WFI established and maintains the CBO/FBO
  Gateway website.
• The workforce system has aggressively partnered
  with CBOs/FBOS to jointly pursue grant funds.
• WFI and AWI have staff who work to identify and
  post grant opportunities, disseminate information
  assist partners.
• Florida has been successful in securing USDOL
  grass-roots and intermediary grants.

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Opportunities

• Share workforce program information to clients
  who have lost their job
• Establish cross-referral arrangements with
  one-stop center staff
• Acquire temporary workers to assist in
  humanitarian and clean activities after a
  disaster event
• Provide supportive services to Individuals
  participating in job search and training programs

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WHAT RELEVANT INFORMATION SOURCES/CONTACTS ARE
AVAILABLE?

• WFI, Workforce Florida, Inc. at
  http//www.workforceflorida.com    
• AWI, Agency for Workforce Innovation at
  http//www.floridajobs.org/  
• CBO/FBO Gateway at http//www.workforceflorida.co
  m/wages/wfi/gateway/index.html  
• EMPLOY FLORIDA at  http//www.employflorida.net
   ---our new linking-brand for all workforce
  services at all levels.

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WHAT RELEVANT INFORMATION SOURCES/CONTACTS ARE
AVAILABLE?

• MyFlorida.com, at http//www.myflorida.com   
• The White House Office of Faith-Based and
  Community Initiatives at http//www.whitehouse.go
  v/government/fbci/
• The US Department of Labors Center for
  Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at
   http//www.dol.gov/cfbci/  
• AWI staff contact
• Judy.meyer_at_awi.state.fl.us
• Phone [phone]  Fax [phone]