Atlanta BeltLine PartnershipSocial Impact Program –

1/4/2014 Confidential // Atlanta BeltLine // © 2012 Page 1

Social Impact Program –

Employment Initiative

December 2013

Strategic Objective: Catalyze the affordable housing, job

creation, healthier living, and other social objectives that

comprise the Atlanta BeltLine vision.

Affordable

Housing

// Social Impact Programs

Page 2

Health

Equitable

Development

Employment

// Triple Bottom Line Benefits

The Atlanta BeltLine Partnership’s Employment Initiative is

designed to create triple bottom line benefits in Atlanta

BeltLine communities:

• Economic benefit of attracting businesses and

accelerating economic development by preparing a well-

trained workforce

Page 3

trained workforce

• Social benefit of connecting disadvantaged populations

around the Atlanta BeltLine with the jobs and economic

opportunities created by it

• Environmental benefit of reducing auto dependence by

increasing the number of people who live and work along

the Atlanta BeltLine and the regional transportation

systems connected to it

// Employment Framework

Align workforce development organizations with the private

sector and with each other to provide businesses with qualified,

well-trained employees.

Public

Workforce

Development

Technical

Colleges and

Private Sector

Page 4

Development

Agencies

Non-Profit

Workforce

Development

Organizations

Colleges and

Universities

Public

Schools

Needs

Employees

// Employment Framework

Connect residents along the Atlanta BeltLine in need of job skills

training with the workforce development network.

Page 5

// Employment Framework

Educate businesses about available financial incentives and

other economic benefits of hiring locally and from

disadvantaged populations.

Page 6

// Employment Framework

Provide a way for people who want to work along the Atlanta

BeltLine to find job opportunities and assist Atlanta BeltLine

businesses with finding and hiring qualified employees.

Page 7

Jobs.BeltLine.org?

Screening and Interviewing?

// Employment Framework

Help employees along the Atlanta BeltLine find housing in

Atlanta BeltLine neighborhoods.

Page 8

// Employment Framework

Measure impacto Are people living and working along the Atlanta BeltLine?

o Does this attract new businesses and strengthen existing businesses?

o Are residents in lower income neighborhoods sharing in the economic

prosperity?

o More questions TBD.

Page 9

// Employment Framework

Market this system locally and nationally to attract new

employers as well as philanthropic and federal investment

around the Atlanta BeltLine.

Page 10

// Workforce Partnerships

Workforce partnerships create long-term relationships

between employers and service providers to offer job training

and career supports that meet the needs of dual customers –

employers and employees – in industry sectors that are critical

to local economies. Source: Atlanta CareerRise

EmployersEmployees

1/4/2014 Confidential // Atlanta BeltLine // © 2012 Page 11

Public

Workforce

Development

Agencies

Non-Profit

Workforce

Development

Organizations

Technical

Colleges and

Universities

Public

Schools

Needs

Employees

EmployersEmployees

// Our Partners

• Local funders collaborative affiliated with the

National Fund for Workforce Solutions

• Local champion for workforce partnerships

• Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, based

in Chicago, is providing technical assistance

1/4/2014 Confidential // Atlanta BeltLine // © 2012 Page 12

• Premier level 1 trauma center with ~5,500

employees

• Located proximate to many Atlanta BeltLine

neighborhoods and accessible via public transit

• Education partner with state-of-the-art Allied

Health instructional facility

• Located along southwestern part of the Atlanta

BeltLine

// Our Partners

• Nonprofit offering residents comprehensive help

to become job-ready and competitive in today’s

workforce

• Located along southern arc of the Atlanta BeltLine

• Non-profit provider of education, job training, job

placement, and ongoing support services located

on western side of the Atlanta BeltLine

1/4/2014 Confidential // Atlanta BeltLine // © 2012 Page 13

on western side of the Atlanta BeltLine

• Local affiliate of STRIVE International (Support &

Training Result in Valuable Employees)

• State agency offering employee recruitment and

selection services, workforce information,

program funding, and technical support

• City of Atlanta Workforce Investment Board

offering alignment of public funding, referral and

screening services, and technical support

• Strategic planning lead with Atlanta

CareerRise and Grady

• Lead convener/coordinator of workforce

partners

// Our Role

1/4/2014 Confidential // Atlanta BeltLine // © 2012 Page 14

partners

• Facilitator of the process to develop an

implementation plan for the pilot program

• Communications lead for Atlanta BeltLine

audiences

// Recent Progress

2012 Highlights

• Received planning scholarship from Atlanta CareerRise

• Partner cultivation

2013 Highlights

• Created implementation plan for workforce partnership in

Page 15

• Created implementation plan for workforce partnership in

healthcare

2014

• Implement workforce partnership in healthcare – first

cohort begins January 21st; second cohort anticipated to

begin in July