Increasing Educational Opportunities for Working-Age Adults

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Increasing Educational Opportunities for
Working-Age Adultsin Greater Louisville
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Prominent Workforce Issues

• Finding qualified pools of workers.
• Increasing college going and completion rates.
• Addressing affordability and accessibility
  issues related to entering college and other
  forms of advanced training.
• Adjusting to an aging and retiring workforce.

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How is Greater Louisville working to address
these issues with public and private partners?
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Mayor Jerry E. Abramsons Challenge

• Adopting and supporting the Mayors
  Finish-College initiative.
• Working with employers to provide front-end
  tuition assistance and flexible schedules
  allowing workers to get to class.
• Increasing awareness that a college degree opens
  the door to multiple career opportunities.

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The Mayors Finish-College Initiative

• In 2006, the Louisville region awarded 2,458
  associates degrees, ranking us 9th amongst our
  peer cities.
• Ten more would have ranked us 8th 150 more would
  have moved us up to 6th and 300 would have
  moved us up to the Top 5.
• KentuckianaWorks Board is committed to moving
  Greater Louisville into the Top 5 cities by 2010
  in awarding associates degrees.

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What is KentuckianaWorks doing to provide on the
ground support for the Mayors Finish College
initiative?

• Enhancing capacity of the KentuckianaWorks
  College Access Center a One-Stop that is
  providing assistance to anyone interested in
  going back to college.
• Focusing nearly 2 million dollars in Workforce
  Investment Act funding on job training and
  associate degree strategies to increase
  post-secondary enrollment and completion rates.
• Implementing the Fair Share plan aimed at
  supporting Top Employers wanting to increase the
  skill levels of their workforce.

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Regional Strategies

• KentuckianaWorks College Access Center A
  One-Stop center that offers free counseling,
  assessment, and Financial Aid Form Assistance
  (FAFSA).
• Spring Fling An annual event involving twenty
  four educational institutions targeting those
  interested in returning to college and completing
  their degrees.
• HIRE (Higher Income Requires Education)
  Partnership between economic development,
  government, and over twenty colleges and
  universities aimed at getting more people to
  pursue education beyond a high school diploma.
• Graduate! Greater Louisville GED to PhD This is
  designed to connect resources for anyone
  interested in going back to college Call
  1-877-GO4-GRAD to get started.

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Jefferson Educational
200 West Broadway
Building

• KentuckianaWorks College Access Center
  CREW Center
• Jefferson Community Technical College
  Metropolitan College

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Successful and strategic public / private
workforce development partnerships

• Metropolitan College is a partnership between the
  University of Louisville, JCTC, United Parcel
  Service, Metro Louisville and State government.
• Eliminates affordability and accessibility
  issues by covering education costs.
• Offers comprehensive career development services
  for all J.C.T.C. and Metropolitan College
  students thru the KentuckianaWorks One-Stop
  Center known as CREW - Connecting Resources,
  Education and Workforce.

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Kimberly B. Maffet, ChairKentuckianaWorks Board
of DirectorsAssociate Vice President Workforce
DevelopmentNorton Healthcare, Inc.Phone
[phone]kim.maffet_at_nortonhealthcare.org
Eric Miller Assistant Director KentuckianaWorks P
hone [phone] eric.miller_at_kentuckianaworks.o
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