Twin Cities RISE

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Twin Cities RISE! 800 Washington Avenue North
Suite 203 Minneapolis, MN 55401 (612)
338-0295 www.twincitiesrise.org Steve
Rothschild Chair and Founder srtcr_at_aol.com (612)27
9-5813
Twin Cities RISE!
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ALTERNATIVE FUNDING STRATEGIES FOR SERVING THE
HARDEST TO EMPLOY
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Agenda

• Who We Are
• Our Programming Approach
• Our Alternative Financing Approach
• Our Results
• Whats Next

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Our Mission

• To provide employers with skilled
  workersprimarily men from communities of color
  in the Twin Cities areaby training under- and
  unemployed adults for skilled jobs that pay a
  living wage of at least 20,000 annually.

WHO WE ARE
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Our Principles

• Market-Driven
• Reciprocal Accountability
• Empowerment

WHO WE ARE
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EMPOWERMENT

• Purpose
• - Generational poverty
• Program
• - Personal accountability for ones future
• - Cognitive restructuring
• - Transforming beliefs, then behaviors
• Approach
• - Classes , coaching, TCR! culture
• Outcome
• - Internal power and peak performance

WHO WE ARE
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Our Programs

• Core Program
• Awali InsideOut
• Awali Place
• Advancement Institute

OUR APPROACH
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Core Program

• Purpose
• Job above 20,000 with health benefits
• Long term retention
• Career growth potential

OUR APPROACH
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Core Program

• Purpose
• Population
• 34 years old
• 60 African American, 22 Caucasian, 18 Other
• 51 Male, 49 Female
• 66 Unemployed
• Basic skill level at entry 8th Grade
• 49 Chemical dependency treatment
• 45 Criminal background

OUR APPROACH
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Core Program

• Purpose
• Population
• Programming
• 25 Classes
• Academic Skills
• Occupational Skills
• Empowerment
• One-on-One Professional Coaching
• Limited Support Payments
• Job Laddering/Internships
• Rigorous Market Standards
• Final Placement in jobs over 20,000 plus health
  benefits
• Final Placement Time in Program 14 months
• One Year Post Placement Coaching

OUR APPROACH
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Customer Companies
OUR APPROACH
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Awali InsideOut

• Purpose
• Prepare ex-offenders for release, job or more
  education/ training
• Improve incarcerated behavior

OUR APPROACH
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Awali InsideOut

• Purpose
• Population
• Pre release Male Offenders
• Felons and Misdemeanants
• County workhouses and state prisons

OUR APPROACH
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Awali InsideOut

• Purpose
• Population
• Programming
• Pre-release Empowerment Training
• Alumni Group Empowerment
• Connection to Awali Place/Core Program

OUR APPROACH
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Awali Place

• Purpose
• Reach younger men
• Develop trusting relationships for more advanced
  training

OUR APPROACH
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Awali Place

• Purpose
• Population
• 20-35 year old African American men
• 95 newly released ex-offenders
• 93 unemployed

OUR APPROACH
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Awali Place

• Purpose
• Population
• Programming
• Empowerment
• GED preparation
• Job search
• One-on-one coaching

OUR APPROACH
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U.S. DOL/ETA and MN DEED Performance-Based Job
Training and Education Demonstration Project

• What
• 24 hours empowerment training for 250 offenders
  and ex-offenders
• Where
• Awali InsideOut in 3 state prisons, 2 community
  corrections
• Awali Place
• Outcomes
• Job, TCR! core, post secondary or vocational
  school

OUR APPROACH
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Advancement Institute

• Purpose
• Empower others
• Earn income

OUR APPROACH
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Advancement Institute

• Purpose
• Population
• Nonprofit clients staff
• Business employees
• School teachers, administrators students

OUR APPROACH
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Advancement Institute

• Purpose
• Population
• Programming
• Train the trainer
• Train the client
• Targeted curriculum
• Follow-up support

OUR APPROACH
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Program Outcomes
Awali InsideOut
20,000 Job with Health Benefits
Core Program
Job
Other Education/ Training
Advanced Education/ Training
Awali Place
Better Student, Employer Client Outcomes
Job
Other Education/ Training
Advancement Institute
Earned Income
OUR APPROACH
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Financing Strategies

• Fee Income
• Philanthropy
• Pay for Performance

OUR APPROACH
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State of Minnesota Pay for Performance Contract

• 1997 Minnesota Statute
• Bi-partisan support
• Focus on hardest to employ

OUR APPROACH
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State of Minnesota Pay for Performance Contract

• State Benefit for 10,000 increase in income
  (10-20K)
• Income and sales tax increase
• Public subsidy decrease
• 3800 per year
• Present value of state benefit
• 31,000

OUR APPROACH
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State of Minnesota Pay for Performance Contract

• Payment to TCR!
• 9,000 at placement
• 9,000 at 1 year retention
• Bi-Annual Report to Legislature

OUR APPROACH
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State of Minnesota Pay for Performance Contract

• 80 Return on Investment to State of Minnesota
• 1.80 in benefit to every 1 paid out over ten
  years

OUR APPROACH
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Number Served
1729
1373
1233
686
554
OUR RESULTS
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TCR! Employment Rates for Final Placements(Above
20K with Health Benefits)
OUR RESULTS
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TCR! Employment Rates for Active
Participants(Final Placements, Early Exits Un
Employed)
Employed 34
OUR RESULTS
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Average Income Increase
16,202 325 Increase
11,068 313 Increase
OUR RESULTS
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Average Retentionin Final Placement
1 Year
83
2 Years
71
OUR RESULTS
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Future Plans

• Expand Awali Core Programming in Minnesota
• Expand Empowerment training locally / nationally
• Develop Pay for Performance approach at
  national level

WHATS NEXT
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TCR! Services

• Transfer programmatic know-how and curriculum
• Client Empowerment training
• Certify Empowerment Instructors
• Aid in State/National Pay for Performance
  legislation

WHATS NEXT
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Steve Rothschild Chairman and Founder srtcr_at_aol.co
m [phone] Thank you.