Transcript The Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment Board

The Merrimack Valley
Workforce Investment Board
Annual Meeting
October 4th, 2007
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Achievements in Performance
ValleyWorks Career Center Served:
- 847 Veterans
- 275 WIA Title I Adults
(106% of Plan)
(84% of Plan)
- 1,392 Employers
(158% of Plan)
- 14,257 Job Seekers
(102% of Plan)
- 329 Dislocated Workers
(118% of Plan)
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Achievements in Performance
ValleyWorks Career Center Served:
- 316 Youth (95% of Plan)
- 74% Hispanic (State Average 33%)
- 76% Basic Skills Deficient (State Average 57%)
- 70% Entered Employment (State Average 88%)
- Average Wage $10.06 (State Average $9.54)
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National Emergency Grants
• 67 Lucent II NEG Workers Served
(53.6% of Plan)
• 123 Smith & Nephew NEG Workers Served
(103% of Plan)
• 108 Northeast Flood NEG participants enrolled
(100% of Plan)
• State NEG Average, 65%
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Business Services Unit
Over the past year, ValleyWorks Career Center’s Business Services Unit has
worked hard at developing and sustaining strong relationships with the
region’s employers.
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7 Job Fairs were held throughout the region, attracting an average of 17
employers.
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106 on-site job recruitments, providing an opportunity for “featured
employers” to conduct interviews and presentations. VWCC reviews job
openings and refers qualified job seekers for interviews.
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Last month, the BSU (in conjunction with the City of Newburyport and the
Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce & Industry) produced a very
successful Job Fair in Newburyport, attracting scores of new customers and
employers from the eastern end of our region.
All of this is accomplished by five highly dedicated and professional
Business Service Reps.
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Newburyport Job Fair
• 21 Employers
• 88 New customers
• 156 Members
• 244 Total Customers
• 85 Job Orders
Number
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Youth/Educator
Programming
• Summer Work
Programming
• P21
• Connecting
Activities
• Teacher
Externships
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Summer Work
Programs—Wages Earned
• YouthWorks: $175,395.58 (170 youth)
• Byrne: $17,672.90 (19 youth)
• MassHousing: $10,865.33 (12 youth)
• Total Wages Earned: $203,933.81
(201 youth)
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P21
(Pathways to Success by 21)
Initiative A: Youth Council is currently working to
increase capacity and build functionality to existing
Information and Referral website:
– Built reporting functions to inform Youth Council of
traffic and regional needs
– Anticipated marketing launch in the Spring
Initiative B: Received 2 sets of additional funding to
build capacity to ABE system
– Utilize open time slots in VWCC’s Self-Paced Learning
Labs
– Will better utilize existing resources
– Partner with DYS, DSS and DTA; tracking referrals to
VWCC
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Connecting Activities
Fiscal Year
Allocation
Schools Served
Youth Served
FY02
$70,000
n/a
n/a
FY03
$51,000
n/a
n/a
FY04
$46,359
2
298
FY05
$46,359
2
285
FY06
$75,000
4
579
FY07
$180,170
8
682
FY08
$76,521
4
450
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TD Banknorth Grant
 Grant challenges students to create
community service project that demonstrates
financial knowledge and leadership abilities
 Provided full set of classroom textbooks and
instructional supplies for Triton Regional High
School
 ValleyWorks Career Center will provide career
assessment and leadership development
workshops to program participants from 3
schools
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Teacher Externships
• Individual Externships: 12
• Group Externship
(Lean Manufacturing): 16
• Number of Participating
Schools: 6
• Number of Different Content
Areas Represented: 23
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FY07 Planned Activities
FY07 Goals
Updated Blueprint
On-Line Newsletter
Ed/Training Advisory
Council
Partner with Other
WIBS on Initiatives:
Improve MVWIB
Website
Status
Completed
Completed for Youth
Utilizing WCTF as launch pad for this
initiative
Youth Council/MVHUB
WCTF---Health Care
WCTF---Aerospace/Manufacturing
Added Resources (Annual Plan,
Blueprint Update, Externship
materials). More work to be done.
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High-Performing
Workforce Investment Boards
The Executive Office of Labor & Workforce Development
has initiated a plan to raise the overall effectiveness of
the Commonwealth’s workforce development system by
focusing on the performance of local Workforce
Investment Boards. WIBs that demonstrate high
performance will become eligible for increased funding.
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High-Performing
Workforce Investment Boards
A broad range of performance indicators is being developed with
input from all of the state’s 16 WIBs. Some examples include:
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Demonstrated success in organizing the resources of its region to
address priorities.
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Established process to evaluate performance of One-Stop delivery
system.
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Collaborations developed to maximize use of program funds.
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Resources focused on industry sectors that offer greatest
potential for individual advancement and wage growth.
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Established a requirement of Continuous Quality Improvement for
the One-Stop Career Center.
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Workforce Competitiveness
Trust Fund
Northeast Massachusetts Customized
Manufacturing Partnership
The MVWIB is the lead agency in a WCTF grant,
partnering with 10 private manufacturing companies, two
community colleges, area vocational training providers,
two One-Stop Career Centers operators, and with the
Northshore WIB. The grant seeks to assist area
manufacturers, especially those with precision machine
shops, in meeting their workforce hiring and training
needs and maintaining their competitive advantage in the
face of changing business conditions.
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Workforce Competitiveness
Trust Fund
Health Care Learning Network
The MVWIB is partnering with the lead agency,
Northshore WIB, and with the Metro-Southwest
Regional Employment Board, and the Greater Lowell
WIB on the Health Care Learning Network Grant. The
HCLN is a new education model designed to prepare
participants for post-secondary education programs in
the health care industry using the latest in instructional
and learning outcomes management technology.
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Workforce Competitiveness
Trust Fund
Tourism & Hospitality Planning Grant
The MVWIB is partnering with the Northshore
WIB and Northshore and Northern Essex
Community Colleges on a WCTF Planning Grant
targeting the Tourism and Hospitality Industry.
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Workforce Accountability
Task Force
We are honored to have our Chairman, Pedro Arce,
representing us on the state’s Workforce
Accountability Task Force. The task force was
established by the state legislature under last year’s
economic stimulus bill with a goal of maximizing skills
gained, number of people served, and quality of outcomes
achieved through the workforce development system. The
task force will make recommendations to the Governor.
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Massachusetts Workforce
Investment Board
The Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board (MWIB) advises the Governor on building a
strong workforce development system aligned with state education policies and economic
development goals.
ABE/ESOL Sub-committee
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Bring low-skilled adults into the workforce
Proper apportionment of resources
Capacity gaps
Links to Higher Education Sub-committee
• Alignment of educational system to needs of employers
Sector Initiatives Sub-committee
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Identify skills gap
Focus on Healthcare, Bio-tech, and Hospitality & Tourism sectors
MWIB Co-Chairs:
Executive Director:
MVWIB Representatives:
Governor Deval Patrick
MVCC President, Joe Bevilacqua
Tamika Correia
Michael Sullivan, Mayor of Lawrence
David Hartleb, President, NECC
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Looking Forward
• Office space committee: Develop recommendations
for Career Center and MVWIB locations
• Continued progress on WCTF Grants
• Strengthen private sector participation
• Increase collaboration with education providers
• Achieve High-performance WIB status
• Adding stronger Youth Voice and Private Sector
representation to Youth Council
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MVWIB Meeting
Schedule for FY08
• Thursday, October 4, 2007, 8:30AM
(Annual Meeting)
• Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 8:00AM
• Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 8:00AM
• Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 8:00AM
(Vote: FY09 Integrated Budget & Plan)
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