strategies to transition older youth into workforce activities after summer 2009 (recovery act)

Strategies to Transition Older Strategies to Transition Older Youth into Workforce Activities Youth into Workforce Activities

After Summer 2009 After Summer 2009 (Recovery Act)(Recovery Act)

August 26, 2009 3:00 pm ETAugust 26, 2009 3:00 pm ET

2Strategies to Transition Older Youth into Workforce Activities After Summer 2009 (Recovery Act)

PresentersPresenters

Presenters:Presenters: Michael Qualter,Michael Qualter, Adult Services,

Employment and Training Administration

Anne Adams,Anne Adams, TATC Consulting Miguel McQueen,Miguel McQueen, San Bernardino

Workforce Investment Board (WIB) Mark Nanzer,Mark Nanzer, San Diego Workforce

Investment Board (WIB) Gailmarie Harris,Gailmarie Harris, Director, Youth

Services, Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation

Moderator:Moderator: Evan Rosenberg,Evan Rosenberg, Youth Services, Youth Services,

Employment and Training Employment and Training AdministrationAdministration


This Webinar will focus on program designs that will transition older out-of-school youth ages 18-24 covered under ARRA into year-round workforce development activities.

We will explore transitional jobs models, co-enrollment with Adult WIA services, new useful additions to the WOTC, new policies around needs based payments, the use of statewide activities funds and other innovative transitional strategies.

Best practices in transitioning older out-of-school youth ages 22-24 will be presented by three local areas.

Agenda/ObjectiveAgenda/Objective


The Recovery Act increases the youth age eligibility to a maximum of 24 years old. These changes only apply to youth funded with Recovery Act funds.

The major theme arising from our Technical Assistance (TA) request is the need to provide assistance around transitioning older out-of-school youth after the end of the Summer 2009 Work Experience Program.

ARRA Major ChangeARRA Major Change


Technical Assistance (TA) RequestTechnical Assistance (TA) Request

Recruiting

Program Design/Development

Co-enrollment and alignment of resources

Cross-Agency collaboration to provide additional needed services for this population

Needs-based payments


PresenterPresenter

Michael Qualter,Adult Services, Employment Employment and Training Administrationand Training Administration


Recovery Act Funding Overview and Recovery Act Funding Overview and Timing ProvisionsTiming Provisions

Program AmountDeadline for

Federal ObligationPeriod of

Expenditure

Adult 500,000,000 March 19, 2009 6/30/2011

Youth 1,200,000,000 March 19, 2009 6/30/2011

DW 1,250,000,000 March 19, 2009 6/30/2011

National Reserve

200,000,000 6/30/2010generally three

years in practice

YouthBuild 50,000,000 6/30/2010generally three

years in practice

High Growth/

Green Jobs750,000,000 6/30/2010

generally two years, plus a wrap up year,

in practice

SCSEP 120,000,000 March 19, 2009 6/30/2010

ES 400,000,000 March 19, 2009 9/30/2010

Total 4,470,000,000


Recovery Act ThemesRecovery Act Themes

Spend money quickly, but with accountability

Spend Recovery Act and formula dollars concurrently

Serve more disadvantaged, low income people

More training, longer training

Leveraging Recovery Act Funds for workforce development with other investments

Program statutes and rules apply to Recovery Act funds (with a few exceptions)


Greater Opportunities for YouthGreater Opportunities for Youth

Summer Youth

More training funds available – opportunity to gain new credentials and raise educational attainment

Support Services/Needs Related Payments

Intensive Employment Services

Work Opportunity Tax Credit as Hiring Incentive for Employers


WIA Services for AdultsWIA Services for Adults

Types of services– Core services

– Intensive services

– Training services

– Follow-up services

Adult services must be provided through the One Stop system

Recovery Act Focus: Low-income individuals; public assistance recipients; eligible UI claimants

– Training services

– Needs-related payments


WIA and Wagner Peyser ServicesWIA and Wagner Peyser Services

WIA Adult program– In-depth assessments

– Continued case management

– Individual employment plans

– Needs related payments

– Individual Training Accounts

– Customized training

Wagner-Peyser (Employment Services)– Labor Market Information

– Job Search Assistance

– Job Referrals

– Career guidance


Benefits of Co-enrollmentBenefits of Co-enrollment

Benefits to the Workforce System– Creates continuity of services

– Focuses on the customer, not the program or funding stream

– Leverages all available resources to help produce successful work/life outcomes

Benefits to the 22-24 Year Old Youth customers– Adult programs emphasize finding employment in a

career pathway, not just a job

– Provides additional tools to overcome multiple barriers to employment

– Reinforces the step to adult work and responsibility


Work Opportunity Tax Credits for Work Opportunity Tax Credits for Young PeopleYoung People

Disconnected Youth – individual certified by the State Workforce Agencies as:– Having attained age 16 but not 25 on the

hiring date;

– Not regularly attending any secondary, technical or post secondary school;

– Not regularly employed during such 6-month period, and

– Not readily employable by reason of lacking a sufficient number of basic skills.


Work Opportunity Tax Credits for Work Opportunity Tax Credits for Young People Young People con’tcon’t

Summer Youth – – 16 -17 year-old individual who works for an employer

between May 1 and September 15, and

– Lives in an Empowerment Zone (EZ) or Renewal Community (RC)

18-39 Year-old Food Stamp (FS) Recipient –– Member of family that received FS for either a 6-month

period ending on the hiring date; or

– for at least 3 of the 5 months ending on the hiring date in the case of a family member who ceased to be eligible for such assistance under Sec. 6(o) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977

18-39 Year-old Designated Community Resident – – Individual who lives within an EZ, RC, or Rural Renewal

County (RRC)


Anne Adams,Youth Subject Matter Expert,

TATC Consulting

A Strategic View A Strategic View


The Challenge:The Challenge:

“There is an immediate need for dramatically new and comprehensive public policies to

boost male teen employment and educational opportunities across the entire country. . .

The time for action is now.”

“The Collapse of the Male Teen Job Market”Andrew Sum, Joseph McLaughlin, with

Sheila PalmaJuly 2009


Adapting a Service Approach: Adapting a Service Approach: Managing Complex ChangeManaging Complex Change

Successfully transitioning older youth into the labor market is a complex change agenda at both the Macro (system and organizational) and Micro (front-line activity) levels.

Six Managing Change Elements to focus upon:– Vision– Skills– Resources– Incentives– Plans– On-going Evaluation


Managing Complex Change (cont.)Managing Complex Change (cont.)

VISIONVISION Integrate SYEP into the Shared Youth Vision Mission.

– Shared Youth Vision– a partnership between Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, Urban Development, Justice, Social Security, and the Corporation for National and Community Service.

– A Collaborative Approach to prepare youth for success in a Global Demand-Driven Economy: the nation’s neediest youth will acquire the talents, skills, and knowledge necessary to ensure their healthy transition to successful adult roles and responsibilities.


Managing Complex Change (cont.):Managing Complex Change (cont.):

RESOURCESRESOURCES MULTIPLE EDUCATION PATHWAYS

– Knowing and using the variety of models of alternative education: Early and Middle Colleges, gateway programs, career academies, Diploma Plus, experiential learning environments, Twilight Academies, etc.

– Maximizing the use of established systems: Job Corps, Youthbuild, Center for Employment and Training (CET), Youth Service and Conservation Corps.

– Maximum and creative use of ARRA/SYEP funding



SKILLS SKILLS Innovation and Creativity at the service level – services are

dynamic when they actualize youth conceptualizations such as “shared vision” for an individual young person

Flexibility – ex. work readiness – only performance measure during the summer

Connecting SYEP to existing WIA systems and all community efforts for older youth; i.e., transitioning

Establishing mechanisms for self-driven career exploration and obtaining credentials



PLANNINGPLANNING Develop a comprehensive SYEP plan that

incorporates collaboration, transitioning and focuses upon individual capacity building for self-directed career exploration.

Utilize the ISS process to instill personal responsibility and require self-directed activities from youth participants.



INCENTIVESINCENTIVES

ARRA/SYEP Funding

WOTC (Work Opportunity Tax Credit)

Expansion of youth eligibility to 24 years of age.

Co-enrollment in WIA Adult Programs


Managing Complex Change (cont.):Managing Complex Change (cont.):(Future Planning)(Future Planning)

EVALUATIONEVALUATION Build in a mid-program review of the

SYEP plan and adjust as possible.

Structure at least two reviews of the ISS during the summer program. These can be the focus of transitioning events.



Effectively managing and coordinating these six elements: Vision

Resources

Skills

Incentives

Planning

Evaluation

offers opportunities to maximize this funding bonus and turn the SYEP into a dynamic launch pad for older youth career exploration and development.


Front-line StrategiesFront-line Strategies

Once you have found them never let them go!

– The long-range goal, not the current program should guide planned activities with each participant (ISS as a living document!)

– The activity immediately following the current program should be identified at the beginning of the program and emphasized throughout.


Front-line Strategies (cont.)Front-line Strategies (cont.)

Put the participant in the driver’s seat!

– Develop an ISS that includes activities beyond the SYEP.

– Set up a process that requires youth to actualize their ISS with the case manager as a resource

– Asset-based assessment requires that we see the participant as a resource, not a problem. Hold them accountable to their planning.

– Establish transitioning events within the life of the summer program that enable the participant to clearly define their next steps.


Front-line Strategies (cont.):Front-line Strategies (cont.):

Establish teams and/or small groups of older youth focused on transitioning.

– There are many advantages of the mutual aid process that have advantages for both the youth and the case manager in accomplishing their goals.

[see Appendices A and B of this PowerPoint presentation for more detail]


Appendix A: Potentials of Small Group Appendix A: Potentials of Small Group Processes for Participants Processes for Participants

Universalizes individual problems

Reduce isolation

Reduce stigma

Experience difficulties and problems as less unique and/or deviant

Provide for a multiplicity of helping relationships

Offer more opportunity for support and challenge; greater opportunity for personal examination

Develop greater receptivity to various interpretations and suggestions


Appendix B: Potential of Small Group Appendix B: Potential of Small Group Processes for Workers Processes for Workers

Group work and the mutual aid process offers more opportunities to observe a person’s interpersonal skills, perceptions, and behaviors. Hence, there are more opportunities for on-going assessment and plan modification.


Summer Youth Employment Program Y4Miguel McQueen,

Staff Analyst II,San Bernardino County

Workforce Investment Board

San Bernardino County Workforce San Bernardino County Workforce Investment BoardInvestment Board


Creation of a Youth Driven Creation of a Youth Driven and Designed Programand Designed Program

Youth Participants were integral team members with providers

Designed with Career pathways in mind

Targeted previous and current vocational training interests

Internship opportunities in Local Demand Occupations


Successful Outcomes!!!Successful Outcomes!!!Ontario Auto Center Mechanic InternshipsOntario Auto Center Mechanic Internships

Collaboration with local School District, Regional Occupation Program (ROP), Auto Dealerships and Automotive Professionals

Career Institute (local WIA Youth Provider) identified youth with Auto Mechanic interests & aptitudes and placed them into internships with possible career pathways

18 local youth enrolled and served 180 hour internships ~~~ 9 were hired as permanent employees


Collaboration with Regional Occupation programs, Collaboration with Regional Occupation programs, Adult Education & Community CollegesAdult Education & Community Colleges

Met with local Regional Occupations Programs (ROP), Adult Education, and Community Colleges

Targeted existing Vocational and Certificated courses/programs that had successful completion and high placement rates

Focused on local demand occupations in following areas:

– Aviation

– Advanced Manufacturing

– Healthcare Occupations

– Green Industry

– Transportation and Logistics

3.2 Million in ARRA funds allocated


ARRA Training OpportunitiesARRA Training Opportunities

Regional Occupational Programs

– Medical Assistant-Clinical– Childcare Occupations– Medical Insurance Billing– Customer Service – Shield Metal ARC Welding– Air Conditioning (HVAC)– Nurse Assistant– Medical Assistant– Medical Front Office

Substantial Community College Certificated Programs

– LVN/RN– Water Supply Technician– Aviation Mechanics– Welding Programs– Diesel Mechanic– Computer Numeric

Control (CNC)

Victor Valley Aviation Consortium

Irrigator Technical Training School…And the list goes

on


Transition Older Youth into Transition Older Youth into Workforce ActivitiesWorkforce Activities

Youth Providers Identify older Youth for Vocational training opportunities (demand occupations)

Youth referred to Employment Resource Center for co-enrollment into WIA Adult program

Assigned Employment Services Advisor

Youth enrolled into ARRA funded training course/program


Contact InformationContact Information

Miguel McQueen Address:

– 215 North D Street, Suite #301San Bernardino, CA 92415

Email:– [email protected]

Website:– www.sbcounty.gov/wib


Mark Nanzer,Manager of Youth Programs,

San Diego Workforce Partnership

Building a Bridge to SuccessBuilding a Bridge to Success

A Collaboration between the San Diego Workforce Partnership Youth Division

& One Stop Career Center Network


Of the over 3200 youth that participated in the San Diego Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), over 900 are older, out-of-school youth that can benefit from additional skill enhancement & workforce development opportunities

The NeedThe Need


The StrategiesThe Strategies

Youth Service Navigator

Youth & Adult Individual Training Accounts (ITA)

On-the-Job & Customized Training

Higher Education Initiative

Co-enrollment into Year-Long Youth & One-Stop Systems


Intermediary between SYEP, Year-Long Provider and One-Stop Career Center Networks

Facilitate communication and outreach campaign to Older, Out-of-School Youth

Assist with referral process and co-enrollment coordination

Youth Service NavigatorYouth Service Navigator


Youth & Adult ITA $$$Youth & Adult ITA $$$

The goal of modeling the Youth & Adult Systems to ensure Older, Out-of-School Youth have a variety of training & employment options

$250,000 dedicated to ITA’s for WIA eligible Older, Out-of-School Youth

WIA Adult/Dislocated Worker ITA funds allocated to One-Stops


On-The-Job-Training (OJT)On-The-Job-Training (OJT)& Customized Training& Customized Training

$2 million in funding for OJT and Customized Training opportunities

Contracted OJT & Customized Training Providers to designate 25% of available slots to Older, Out-of-School Youth


Higher Education InitiativeHigher Education Initiative

$5 Million in funding dedicated to WIA eligible youth and adults for training programs

Opportunity to access specialized training opportunities in the following industries:

– Healthcare

– Green Collar Careers

– Biotech


Co-enrollment into WIA Co-enrollment into WIA One-Stop System or Youth ProgramOne-Stop System or Youth Program

SYEP Provider documents Work Readiness Goal Attainment & all Summer Activities provided

Youth remains active under the SYEP enrollment

SYEP collaborates with nearest One-Stop Career Center for Youth Provider fro co-enrollment coordination

One-Stop/Youth Provider co-enrolls participant


The FlowThe Flow

Youth/Adult ITA’s

OJT’s / Customized Training

Higher EdInitiative

SYEP Participantsco-enrolled


Gailmarie Harris,Director,

Youth Services, Central OhioWorkforce Investment Corporation

Central Ohio WIC/ JOBLeaders Central Ohio WIC/ JOBLeaders Summer YouthWorksSummer YouthWorks


Summer OverviewSummer Overview

In collaboration with City of Columbus & Franklin County

Two groups with age-appropriate designed programs (14 – 18 & 18 – 24 years old)

The goal is to prepare young adults for the workforce, while stimulating the economy

Emphasis on Self Discovery/ Arts, Labor Market Orientation & Career Exploration to prepare young adults for year-round opportunities


Transitional SnapshotsTransitional Snapshots

Web-based Eligibility Portal/ Payroll System for remote access developed by PROTEAM Staffing– Transition: PROTEAM Staffing will be recruiting personnel

from Portal

Acloché LLC is a staffing company recruiting & placing interns

Assessment using the arts, conducted by ArtSafe & Columbus State Community College, addressed generational, cultural, & communication barriers with diverse populations– Transition: This information will be used in the in-depth

assessment process for continuation of WIA services



Automatic Deposits with Chase Bank providing Financial Literacy Training to interns– Transition: In 2008, 2/3 of the summer participants continued

their bank accounts

Work-Readiness Training with web-based portfolio designed by Visionary Leaders Institute– Transition: Web-based portfolio provides access for continuous

contextual learning at the worksite

Entrepreneurship Training with Columbus City Schools & Young University developing business plans & websites– Transition: COWIC/ JOBLeaders is developing business start-up

services for our restored citizens (re-entry) group



Recruiting “Males in the Classroom” with Columbus City Schools for Elementary Teacher-Assistants– Transition: Interns will transition into WIA Individual Training

Accounts to pursue education goals

City-wide facilities assessments using interns with Columbus City Schools to transform school buildings to “Green” – Transition: Interns will transition into WIA for Construction Trades and

Engineering via WIA Individual Training Accounts, Apprenticeship Programs

Mt. Carmel College of Nursing, Columbus Public Health Department & Home Health Aide internships– Transition: Interns will transition into WIA Healthcare training &

education


Year-Round WIA TransitionYear-Round WIA Transition

Plan summer with the year-round programs (Adult & Youth)

Market year-round programs throughout the summer program (OJT, Customized Training, etc.)

Provide transitional services before summer ends

Coordinate transitional services with Adult & Dislocated Worker program

Use summer evaluations for year-round individual service strategies

Use co-enrollment with performance in mind

strategies to transition older youth into workforce activities after summer 2009 (recovery act)

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