SETA SPRING CONFERENCE Myrtle Beach, SC

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SETA SPRING CONFERENCEMyrtle Beach, SC

• Employment and Training Administration Update
• March 15, 2005

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Formula Grant Programs

• Update on Reauthorization
• Presidents FY 2006 Budget
• WIA 2 Year Planning Guidance
• Selected Performance Levels
• Regional Office Emphasis for FY 2005

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Update on Reauthorization

• HR 27 has passed the House
• Consolidates adult programs
• Strengthens accountability for results
• Enhances one-stop delivery system
• More effective Boards
• Limiting administrative costs
• Authorizes Community based Job Training Grants
  and PRAs
• A different version is being considered in the
  Senate.
• The Administration is proposing amendments.

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Administrations Policy

• Consolidate all 4 major DOL State grants
• WIA Adult, DW, Youth
• Wagner-Peyser
• Optional WIA Plus
• Trade
• VETS
• Food Stamp ET
• Vocational Rehabilitation
• Adult Education
• Single funding, reporting, accountability
• More rigorous performance standards

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Presidents Budget for FY 2006

• Provides for Consolidation and WIA Plus
• Creates Innovation Training Accounts
• 250 for Community-Based Job Training Grants
• Transfer YouthBuild from HUD to ETA (58.9
  million)
• Prisoner Reentry Initiative (35 million in
  second year)
• Identity theft prevention in UI (30 million)
• In-person eligibility interviews in One stops
  (10 million)
• UI FUA loans for IT infrastructure

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WIA 2 Year Planning Guidance

• Guidance Issued in Federal Register in February
• Plans due May 31, 2005
• Plans must be approved by June 30, 2005
• Federal review restricted to 30 days
• Performance levels negotiated
• Guidance includes information on governance,
  workforce information, integration and service
  delivery, youth, and performance
• Guidance emphasizes importance of developing a
  strategic plan that is demand driven through an
  integrated one-stop delivery system

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Selected Performance Levelsas of December 31,
2005

• Total Registrants 871,510 (National)
  219,115 (Regional)
• Equaled or Exceeded National Performance in 11 of
  17 WIA measures
• Only failed 4 measures (all related to customer
  satisfaction)
• Met of Exceeded 75 of Wagner-Peyser measures
• Met 46 of GPRA goals for Trade program
• Spending Ranged from 27.6 to 42.7 of
  availability

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Regional Office Emphases

• WIA 2-year Planning
• System Integration
• Broad Use of Workforce Information
• PRA Demonstrations (Florida and Mississippi)
• Coordination of Economic Development, Workforce
  Development and Education
• Economic Development Summit
• Continued UI Automation
• UI Integrity

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ETA Performance Management Accountability Update

• SETA Spring 2005 ConferenceMarch 13-16,
  2005Myrtle Beach, SC 

Steve Dean, Chief
Performance Management Systems
Support Div., OSS USDOL ETA Region
3Atlanta Dean.Stephen_at_dol.gov
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Whats Changing?

• TEGL 18-04 announced on February 28, 2005, the
  upcoming revisions to the existing common
  measures policy
• Three new TEGLs to be published in March 2005
• A revised common measures policy
• Revised reporting instructions
• Instructions for negotiating WIA performance
  levels

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Revised Common Measures Policy

• Clarification of participation and exit
• Revised adult earnings common measure
• Changes to youth measures
• Changes to allowable data sources

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Revised Reporting Requirements

• Reporting guidance for ES, TAA and WIA will be
  adjusted to collect outcome information on the
  common measures
• ES ETA 406 Handbook
• TAA TAPR (individual record) instructions
• WIA WIASRD, quarterly and annual report
  guidance
• WIA quarterly report will be changed to capture
  more detailed information on participants
• Participants in training
• In-school youth vs. out-of-school youth
• NEG recipients

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Performance Negotiations

• Performance levels to be negotiated for WIA for
  PYs 2005 and 2006
• For ES and TAA, PY 2005 will be a baseline year
• Negotiations guided by current WIA law
• Proposed performance levels must be included in
  the state strategic plans that are submitted by
  May 31, 2005
• Starting the negotiation process early is a good
  idea.
• Final performance levels must be negotiated and
  approved no later than June 30, 2005

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The Intersection of WIA Negotiations and Common
Measures
Negotiating for WIA Performance Levels for PYs
2005-2006 Follow Existing WIA Statute

• Adults/Dislocated Workers
• Entered employment
• Employment retention
• Earnings change
• Employment and Credential rate
• Customer Satisfaction
• Employers
• Job Seekers

• Older Youth
• Entered employment
• Employment retention
• Earnings change
• Employment and Credential rate
• Younger Youth
• Skill attainment rate
• Diploma attainment rate
• Retention rate

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Timeline for Negotiations
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Negotiations Contact Information

• Please provide the name(s), telephone number(s)
  and e-mail address(es) of those persons to be
  involved in the negotiations of WIA performance
  levels
• Forward this information by May 31 to
• Steve Dean at dean.stephen_at_dol.gov, and
• Brad Sickles at sickles.brad_at_dol.gov

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Questions
Are there any questions?
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SETA Spring Conference 2005

• March 15, 2005
• Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

NANCY W. HAWKINS
Director, Office of Discretionary Programs
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HIGHLIGHTS

• High Growth Job Training Initiative
• Prisoner Reentry Initiative
• Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC)

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The Discretionary World!
163 Grants - 413 Million
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High Growth Job Training Initiative (HGJTI)
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High Growth Job Training Initiative

• ETA Model for a Demand-Driven System
• New and increasing job opportunities
• Respond to 21st Century Economy
• Promotes Partnerships

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Partnership Foundations

• Public Workforce System
• Business and Industry
• Education and Training
• Economic Development

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Industry Representatives

• Define Workforce Challenges
• Supply Career and Skill Information
• Define Core Competencies
• Train Workers
• Build Capacity of Education System

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Community Colleges and Other Education Training
Providers

• Develop Competency Models
• Design Curricula
• Train Workers

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Public Workforce System

• Provides Access to Human Capital
• Places Trained Workers

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High Growth Job Training Initiative

• Since July 2002 - 145 Million invested
• Partnerships in 40 States and District of Columbia

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High Growth Job Training Initiative

• Brings Partnership Resources Together
• Builds a Skilled Workforce
• Supports Global Competitiveness
• Provides Good Jobs at Good Wages

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Defined Industry Criteria

• Add substantial numbers of new jobs to economy
• Have significant impact on overall economy
• Impact growth of other industries
• Undergoing changes in technology and innovation
• New and emerging businesses projected to grow

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12 Identified Industry Sectors

• Health Care
• Information Technology
• Biotechnology
• Geospatial Technology
• Automotive
• Retail

• Advanced Manufacturing
• Construction
• Transportation
• Hospitality
• Financial Services
• Energy

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High Growth Job Training Initiative

• Research began in July 2002
• Since October 2002 33 Executive Forums
• 14 Industry-Specific Workforce Solutions Forums

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High Growth Job Training InitiativeOver-Arching
Goal

• Help publicly-funded workforce
• system incorporate successful Demand
• Driven Strategies through broad,
• national dissemination of results from
• these investments.

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High Growth Job Training Initiative -
Workforce3One

• Lessons learned, and replicable
• and sustainable models will be
• shared and implemented

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Workforce3One

• www.workforce3one.org designed to promote the
  High Growth Job Training Initiative
• Take advantage of live-learning web-based
  seminars, updated research discussion forums, and
  virtual tools.

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Region 3 Assigned Grants

• Regional office responsibility for 11 grants
  totaling 16,707,222
• Others in Region 3 that are national office
  responsibility
• 17 total projects within Region 3

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High Growth Job Training Initiative Projects in
Region 3
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Industry Investments In Region 3

• 8,935,891 Health Care
• 453,628 Aerospace
• 2,325,303 Biotechnology
• 2,991,940 Advanced Manufacturing
• 1,000,000 Construction
• 1,000,000 - Geospatial

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High Growth Job Training Initiative Projects

• Many projects have significant investments of
  match from private employers

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High Growth Project Example

• Foreign Physicians to Registered Nurses Program
• Combines an employer match of 500,000 Applicant
  match of 60,000 and HGJTI funding
• Provides training to fill industry need and good
  wages to underemployed and unemployed foreign
  trained physicians

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Prisoner Reentry Initiative
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FY 2005 Budget Key Initiative

• The Prisoner Reentry Initiative
• Congress provided an appropriation of 70 million
  to the workforce investment system for the program

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Prisoner Reentry Initiative

• The Prisoner Reentry Initiative focuses on
  returning inmates to work.
• It provides 70 million for reintegrating
  youthful offenders
• Studies show that two-thirds of ex-offenders are
  re-arrested

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The Reentry Initiative

• The initiative embraces the strengths of FBCOs
  and partnerships.
• It is a federal interagency collaboration
  w/Department of Justice, HHS/HUD.

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Employment Centered Program

• The program includes housing, mentoring, job
  training, etc.
• The initiative is intended to reduce the
  recidivism rate.
• Skills/support are necessary for the
  reintegration of ex-offenders.

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Target Group

• The funds will be directed to non-violent
  offenders.
• They may also be expanded to violent offenders.
• The target group is adult offenders ages 18 and
  up.

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Solicitation for Grant Application (SGA)

• The Solicitation for Grant (SGA) Applications is
  expected to go out in the spring of 2005.
• The SGA will be designed by DOL and DOJ.
• Both DOL/DOJ will make up the panel for proposal
  reviews.

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SGA/Funding/Grant Awards

• Limited competition for FBCOs targeting
  communities will also be announced.
• The effective date for the funding is July 1,
  2005.
• The grants should be awarded in the fall of 2005.

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Base Realignment and Closure Commission BRAC
2005
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Milestones in Process

• Closures to be scheduled for 2006
• May 16, 2005 - Secretary of Defense will make
  public the list of sites proposed for closure
• September 2005 - BRAC will transmit its
  recommendations to Congress
• BRAC actions will become final between September
  and December 31, 2005

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1993 Base Closures Regional Impact

• ALABAMA(2) Fort McClellan (Fort McClellan)
• Naval Station (Mobile)
• FLORIDA(7) Cecil Field (Cecil Field)
• Naval Aviation Depot (Pensacola)
• Naval Supply Center (Pensacola)
• Defense Distribution Depot (Pensacola)
• Naval Hospital (Orlando)
• Homestead Air Force Base (Homestead)
• MacDill Air Force Base (MacDill Air Force
  Base)
• MISSISSIPPI(1) Naval Air Station (Meridian)

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1993 Base Closures Regional Impact
(Continued)

• S. CAROLINA(4) Charleston Naval Shipyards
  (Charleston) Naval Electronics Center
  (Charleston)
• Naval Hospital (Charleston)
• Defense Distribution Depot (Charleston)
• TENNESSEE Naval Air Station (Memphis)

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Potential Impact in the RegionNumber of Bases

• Alabama 4
• Mississippi 1
• Florida 11
• North Carolina 8
• Georgia 12
• South Carolina 6
• Kentucky 3
• Tennessee 1
• Total 46

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Top Four Selection Criteria

• The current and future mission capabilities
• The availability and condition of land,
  facilities, and associated airspace
• The ability to accommodate contingency and
  mobilization
• The cost of operations and manpower implications

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Other Considerations

• Potential costs and savings
• Economic impact on existing communities
• The ability of the infrastructure of communities
  to support forces, missions, and personnel
• The environmental impact

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FUTURE ACTIONS!

• Find out who the major players are in terms of
  funding and expectations for each
• Find out the KSAs of workers
• Establish on-site transition centers
• STAY TUNED!

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