Transcript Vocational Education & Training in the United States

Preparing Youth for the 21st
Century Economy
Gregg Weltz
Director of Youth Services
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Department of Labor Youth
Vision
Created in response to the 2003 White House Task Force
on Disadvantaged Youth Final Report:
Focus on Disconnected Youth prioritizes investments to
serve youth in and aging out of foster care, youth offenders,
children of incarcerated parents, migrant youth, Indian and
Native American youth, youth with disabilities and out-ofschool and dropout youth.
Focus on Alternative Education is to provide
leadership to ensure that youth served in alternative
education programs will receive a high quality education
that adheres to expected standards and provides
accountability within schools for the curriculum taught and
student outcomes achieved.
U.S. Department of Labor Youth
Vision
Focus on Business Demands is to
ensure that youth obtain the skills needed
by businesses so that they can succeed in
the 21st century economy.
Focus on Performance is to implement
key initiatives to assure that funding for
youth programs is performance based and
that systems and programs are focused on
outcomes.
Creating a Collaborative Approach
to Prepare Youth for Labor Market
Success
In response to the 2003 White House Task
Force Report for Disadvantaged Youth, a
Federal Interagency Work Group was
created to:
enhance communication, coordination, and
collaboration among Federal agencies; and
ensure that well-designed and coordinated
programs provide the neediest youth opportunities
to successfully transition to adult roles and
responsibilities.
The Federal Shared Youth
Vision Partnership
http://www.doleta.gov/ryf/
A Federal Partnership between the United States Departments
of Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban
Development, Justice, Labor, Transportation, the United States
Social Security Administration, and the Corporation for National
& Community Service.-Drive Economy
Youth Vision Partners
US Department of Education
US Department of Health & Human Services
US Department of Housing & Urban
Development
US Department of Justice
US Department of Labor
US Department of Transportation
Social Security Administration
Corporation for National & Community Service
State Vision Youth Forums
2004 Forums - - All states and territories
attended the forums and began work on
their “Shared Youth Vision”
2006 Forums - - 16 states competitively
selected to attend
Receive process management/facilitation
support around developing a state vision,
resource alignment and peer-to-peer
learning
In response to requests for
additional resources:
A “Solutions Desk” was created to provide a
technical assistance (TA) resource that will:
Provide a gateway to each of the federal
partners’ resource centers, clearinghouses, and
training and technical assistance providers, and
Assist State Teams with their Shared Youth
Vision activities.
Moving Forward in 2007…
State Pilots projects - - move to the next level
of collaboration in serving its neediest youth and
serve as models
The Federal Partnership will also work with teams
to develop strategies that assist them in attracting
new partners and leveraging resources by
expanding their collaboration through the
engagement of business and industry as well as
foundations.
Resources:
White House Task Force for Disadvantaged Youth Final
Report, October 2003
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/content/docs/white_house_ta
skfforce.pdf
“New Strategic Vision for the Delivery of Youth Services
Under the Workforce Investment Act.” (Training & Guidance
Letter No 3-04,
http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL3-04.pdf
“TEGL 28-05: Expanding ETA’s Vision for the Delivery of
Youth Services Under WIA to Include Indian and Native
American Youth and Youth with Disabilities.”
http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=2224