Transcript Building Community Networks Supporting Employment

Building Community Networks
Supporting Employment
Sponsored by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs/Veteran’s
Employment and Training Institute and Virginia Commonwealth
Institute HVRP National Technical Assistance Center
Gary Shaheen, MPA
Syracuse University Burton Blatt Institute
[email protected]/ 315-443-9819/315-443-9725 FAX
Topics for today
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Cooperation/Coordination/Collaboration-Essential
Differences
Primer on WIA and One Stops
One Stops Work for All, or - Can homeless vets get
there from here?
Overview of key VA and DOL/Vets employment
initiatives
Examples and common themes for designing
effective services
Key steps in improving access to mainstream
employment services in One Stops
Understanding the Differences:
Cooperation/Coordination/Collaboration
Winer and Ray 2000
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Cooperation: Short-term, informal information
exchange, each retains individual autonomy,
authority
Coordination: Increasing risk, more formal
relationship, focus long-term efforts around a
specific goal, shared resources, rewards
Collaboration: Separate organizations as a
new operating structure, comprehensive joint
planning and shared risk
Key Steps in Developing Collaborations
Winer and Ray 2000
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Identify and Convene
stakeholders (who else ‘owns
the problem’?)
Envision the final result
(increase employment by 50%
in 2 years)
Confirm roles/align resources
(organize and formalize the
effort)
Manage the work (action plans,
evaluation, growth)
Sustain the effort (promote the
results, change the system)
Who Can Provide Employment Help to Vets who
are Transitioning from Homelessness?
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HVRPs
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VA Voc Rehab and
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Employment
State Voc Rehab
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Community homeless
housing providers
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Faith based groups
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Shelters
SBA/SBDCs
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‘Stand Downs’ and Job
Fairs
Vets peer advocacy groups 
DOL/VETS ‘REALifelines’
DOL ‘One Stops’ Core, intensive,
training services
Disabled Veterans Outreach
Program (DVOP)
Local Veterans Employment
Representatives (LVER)
Disability Program Navigators
(DPNs)
National Disabled Veterans
Business Center
Others????
One Stop Career Center Services
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Core services:
- Available to any job seeker
- Self-service job search, resume development
Use of One Stop facilities, job fairs, employer presentations,
etc
Referral to SBDC for self-employment
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Intensive services:
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For those who need more assistance than just Core services
Vocational counseling, remedial education and skills and
support development, guided job search, enrollment into WIA
funded training programs, etc
Training services:
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Enrollment in classes, specialized trades training, etc
Highlights: Who Does What?
USDOL
Governor
State WIB
LOCAL WIBs
ONE-STOPS/SATELLITES
Legislative, regulatory
framework for WIA
Appoint, convene SWIB,
discretionary $$, priority pops
5Yr plan, policies, LWIB
jurisdictions, responsible
for state performance
Local plans, priority pops,
administer 1 Stops,
contracts for priority pops
Core, intensive, training
services, house VR
services, DPNs,
Benefits to links with One Stops
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Access to a wide range of employment
and training resources.
Extends services that you cannot provide,
even beyond the term of your grant.
It has a network of partners providing
supportive services.
It has strong linkages with business and
industry
It has access to assistive technology
One-Stop Partners www.doleta.gov
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Title I of WIA (Adult, Youth,
Dislocated Worker)
Native American Programs
Migrant/Seasonal Farm
Worker
Veterans Workforce
Programs DVOPs/LVERs
Employment Service
Title V, Older Americans
Unemployment Insurance
Vocational Rehabilitation
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Welfare-To-Work
HUD Employment &
Training
Community Service Block
Grant
Adult Education and
Literacy
Post Secondary Vocational
Education
VETS Title 38
NAFTA Adjustment
Assistance
“Follow the $$-What is Available?
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Adult Employment and Training
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-through One Stops for Core, Intensive, Training-15%
set-aside for special initiatives
Dislocated Worker
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skills training for those laid off
Wagner-Peyser
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labor exchange programs for employers/workers as part
of One Stop. 10% set-aside can be for people with
special needs
Food Stamps Employment and Training (FSET)
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states can operate employment services for people
receiving food stamps
VR
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mandated One Stop partner serving people with
disabilities
State Supported Employment
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supplementary grants to VR for public/private
collaborations
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
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HUD program decided locally that could include
employment
Accessing Mainstream Resources for
Employment
 SSA (www.ssa.gov)
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Medicaid
(www.cms.hhs.gov)
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HUD (www.hud.gov)
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1619(b)
Buy-In
Rehab Option
Section 8
CDBG
ESG
ROSS/Hope VI
Tenant-Based Rental Assistance
USDOL (www.dol.gov)
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WIA
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Ticket to Work
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SSA Work Incentives
Dept. of Agriculture
(www.usda.gov)
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RSA/VR
(http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSE
RS)
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FSET
State VR
Programs
HHS
(http://www.acf.hhs.gov/progra
ms/ocs/dcdp/joli/welcome.htm)
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JOLI
Challenges………………..
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Addressing WIA performance measures incl.
entered employment rate, wage growth, job
retention
Leveraging resources for specialized training
Collaborative leadership and vision
Trust and access
“Paradigm paralysis” (“Vets who are
homeless are not work-ready”)
Who in your community now prioritizes the
employment needs of Vets who are homeless ?
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Continuums of Care?
Local and State DOL/WIA planners?
Regional and State VR planners?
10 Year Plan to End Homelessness Committee?
Local Economic Development Planners?
‘Wired’ and other DOL workforce strategies?
‘United We Ride’ and other transportation initiatives?
SSA Work Incentive Planning Assistants (WIPA?)
Business Councils, Chambers of Commerce,
Downtown Business Associations, Business
Leadership Networks?
Be at their table and help solve their problem!
How well are Vets who are homeless served?
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It’s not lack of
available services but
need to build
awareness, increase
capacity, develop
opportunity and
promote
collaboration that
often limits access
and use of these
services
The “Readiness to Work Challenge”-How can
we help Vets who are homeless get jobs?
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Redefine “job ready”
Provide flexible early opportunities to work
Recognize skills and strengths gained through
survival
Develop customized employment plans
View setbacks as learning opportunities
Build and use peer support systems
Use evidence based employment practices
Reduce employer fears and stigma through
awareness building efforts
Develop partnerships and collaborations
Example: CTWorks-Bridgeport, CT
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Operated by Career Resources, Inc.,
Partnerships with LWIB, Bridgeport Continuum of
Care, the CT Division of Rehabilitation Services, the
CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction
Services and the Veterans Employment Service.
50+ corporate donors, the United Way, US
Department of Education grant ,DOL Work Incentive
Grant and Disability Program Navigator funding
CT Works!- Why?
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Meets people who are
homeless with services
‘where they are at’
Developed a “Career Coach”
mobile One Stop with the
technology on board to
connect people who are
homeless to core services
Important partner is HVRP to
connect Vets to core,
intensive, training services
Visionary Leadership!
Public/private funding mix
Ending Chronic Homelessness
Partnerships
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HUD, ODEP, ETA,
VETS funded x 5 years
5 Cities: LA, Boston,
SF, Indianapolis,
Portland, OR
297 people housing +
jobs
Lead applicant is
workforce development
www.csh.org/Cheta
Principle #1: Workforce Investment System is
Localized in your community-you should be at
that table
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States and localities have broad discretion to design and
operate systems; establish priorities and performance
expectations
The Workforce Board and the Continuum of Care should
be linked if we are to address homelessness through jobs
All the mandated partners should be present in the OneStop as well as non-required partners serving those with
special needs
You should weigh-in on the workforce plan in your
community-ensure your customers are considered
Collaboration is the key
Principle #2: Services to prepare and
support people in employment
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Respond to people’s needs and desires about work
from the point of outreach
Understand the job market
Engage and utilize partners from the workforce
system, employers and private sources to build
collaborations, resources
Recognize that job and career growth, like recovery
is not always linear and that the One Stop may not
be the “first and only stop”
Questions for the future:
Providing Services
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What are your challenges in providing effective,
quality outcomes for Vets who are homeless?
What strategies are you using to achieve those
outcomes?
What resources do you have and use to achieve
those outcomes?
What resources do you need to achieve those
outcomes?
Questions for the future:
Building Systems
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Who are your local partners?
How will you add stakeholders to increase
employment of Vets who are homeless?
What does each stakeholder bring to the table that
helps meet those outcomes?
What challenges do you anticipate in developing
partnerships and collaborations?
What training, technical assistance and support do
you need to develop and sustain these
partnerships/collaborations?
More resources
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“Work as a Priority” Guidebook
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http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/publications/allpubs/SMA033834/default.asp
EarnWorks: a free service that connects employers looking for quality
employees with skilled job candidates
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Abilities Fund: resources for self-employment
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http://www.abilitiesfund.org/
Job Accommodation Network: assistance on ADA+ more
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http://www.earnworks.com/
http://www.jan.wvu.edu/
“Implementing Work as a Priority”
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http://www.springerlink.com/content/c60q43162l024844/?p=0f948
8b372964898ac5c855fb694f385&pi=0