Transcript JFVA Implementation Seminar - University of Colorado Denver

JFVA Implementation Seminar
NVTI
Denver, CO
July 15 - 25, 2003
ETA Implementation Plan
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ETA Veterans’ Priority
Implementation Advisory Group
Marilyn Shea is the lead for a
project with the Urban Institute.
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ETAs active participation in the
regulatory process.
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Technical Assistance in the form
of:
General Policy Guidance for
Veterans’ Priority under the Jobs
for Veterans Act of 2002
memorandum dated April 10,
2003;
VETS Jobs Clearinghouse Web
Portal - Dave Morman from the
Office of Workforce Investment
is the lead.
Training and Employment
Guidance Letter entitled
“Implementing the Veterans’
Priority Provisions of the “Jobs
for Veterans Act’ (PL 107-288)
DOL – DOD Memorandum
Returning Military Appreciation
Day a.k.a. Coming Home to
Work
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ETAs participation in JFVA
Implementation Seminars
ETA Veterans’ Priority Implementation
Advisory Group
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Participating agencies:
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Issues to address
Adults and Dislocated Workers
Current veterans’ priority strategies
Job Corps
Other strategies for providing priority of
service
National Programs
One-Stop
U.S. Employment Services
Veterans’ Employment & Training Service
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Administration and Management
Technical assistance needs
Jobs Clearinghouse Web Portal
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Participating agencies
Office of Federal Contract
Compliance Programs
One-Stop
U.S. Employment Services
Veterans’ Employment &
Training Service
Electronic Linkages
Challenges
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Over 3000 comprehensive and affiliate
career One Stop centers.
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Listing all jobs with each local One Stop
service delivery point poses a significant
administrative burden on federal
contractors and subcontractors.
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Identifying the appropriate contacts and
managing distribution of job listings
complicates the compliance requirement.
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Not having an appropriate centralized
distribution system for listing job orders
also encourages administrative loopholes
that do not fulfill the intended goals.
Proposed solution
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Design and develop a Web clearinghouse
to serve as a single point of contact for
posting job orders by the federal
contractors and subcontractors.
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Seamlessly post and distribute job orders
to DVOPs and LVERs at the appropriate
One Stop service delivery points.
DOL – DOD Memorandum
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Secretary of Labor, Elaine Chao and
Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld
signed a Memorandum of Understanding
on 7/11/03.
Approach
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Purpose
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Ensure that opportunities for training,
education and employment are available
to military spouses;
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Enhance recruitment and retention for
the military services; and
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Assist the transition and reentry of
military personnel into the 21st Century
workforce.
Establish a DOL – DOD Planning
Group. Tasked to:
Prepare an analysis of the military
spouse. Prepare a report regarding
current programs and future
collaborations. Develop a plan to
create Working Group
Establish a DOL – DOD Work Group
Workforce Information Strategy
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ALMIS resulted from the Secretary of Labor’s 1995 Report to Congress on the
state of the labor market information in the nation.
The Report summarized available labor market information, deficiencies in the
system, and proposed vision and policy direction for a system of labor market
information.
ETA’s resulting policy was to invest in the continuous evolution of a national LMI
infrastructure which would facilitate informed decision-making in labor market
transactions at all levels of workforce development.
ETA intended for system development to be dynamic and evolve in response to
customer-demand.
Over the past eight years, we have made tremendous advances in infrastructure
development through the funding of LMI Core Products grants to states, R & D
Consortia, and self-service E-Tools for public access to LMI.
Workforce Information Strategy
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To that end, we commissioned an environmental scan of current workforce information
available from public, private, and academic research organizations.
We are in the process of consulting with various customer groups to assess information
needs – to be completed in early August. The groups are:
State members of the WIC
NASWA LMI Committee
American School Counselors Association
ACCRA – Economic Developers Association
Attendees at Workforce Innovations Conference
RISE Business – Small Businesses Association
San Diego Workforce Partnership, Inc.
Montgomery County, MD WIB
Workforce Information Strategy
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We will evaluate the information and propose a strategy to the Assistant
Secretary which addresses:
The purpose of the ETA funded system,
Our process for development and delivery of workforce information,
ETA’s funding model for workforce information, and
Strategies for addressing gaps in the current system.
ETA Priority Investment Areas
for PY 03 Discretionary Spending
Building a Demand-Driven Workforce
Investment System
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Focusing on Key Segments of the Workforce
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Building Comprehensive Systems through New
Strategic Approaches
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Evaluating Program Effectiveness
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Building the Capacity of Workers to Obtain
Good Jobs with Good Wages
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Building a Demand-Driven System
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Innovative approaches to help business and
industry better access the services of the
workforce system
System capacity building
Developing solutions to the workforce
challenges faced by high growth, high change
and emerging industries
Focusing on Key Segments of the
Workforce
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Older Workers
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Hispanic Workers
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Individuals with Disabilities
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Out-of-School Youth: New focus under
reauthorization of Workforce Investment Act
Building Comprehensive Systems through
New Strategic Approaches
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Homeless Strategies: DOL member of
Interagency Council on the Homeless
Rural Strategies: MSFWs are component of
this larger strategy
Faith/Community-Based Organizations: Focus
on system-wide activities to build connections
Evaluating Program Effectiveness
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Program Evaluation: Evaluations need
to be conducted of all ETA programs,
consistent with OMB’s PART process.
Building the Capacity of Workers to
Obtain Good Jobs with Good Wages
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Literacy and Language Services:
DOL LEP guidance
Technical assistance and training to workforce
investment system
Building connections with language & literacy
services provided under Adult Education
Program
Services to immigrant populations in general
Common Measures Initiative
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OMB-Approved Common Measures Effective
FY 2004
ETA working with IGO Consortium and Labor
Exchange Performance Measurement
Workgroup
Training and Employment Notice No. 8-02
issued 3/27/2003 on Implementation of
Common Performance Measures for Job
Training and Employment Programs
Common Measures Initiative
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Advisories on common measures
methodology and data sets expected in
August 2003
Proposed September 2003 Federal Register to
contain reporting instructions for all ETA
programs implementing the common
measures
Federal Register process completed and OMB
approval of reporting
ETA QUARTELY REVIEW OF
PROGRAM RESULTS
AS OF MARCH 31, 2003
WAGNER-PEYSER (ES)
GOAL
RESULTS
Entered
Employment
Rate
55%
Employment
Retention
Rate
70%
First data
available
11/14/03
First data
available
5/15/04
7,842,678
Total Number Target is
of Job
11,799,769
Openings
listed with
SWAs and on
AJB
PROGRESS
TOWARD
GOAL
N/A
N/A
Within 80%
of Goal.
Labor Exchange and VETS Performance Results
As of March 31, 2003
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Total Veterans and Eligibles from 9002B 1,239,224
Total Veterans and Eligibles from VETS 200C 658,432
Total Applicants from VETS 200C 752,213
Discrepancies in ES Data Reported
for Job Seekers & Job Openings
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States reported 25%-79% drop in the
number of job seekers.
States reported 23%-86% drop in the
number of job openings received.
State registration policies and “zero carry-in”
policy contribute to underreporting.
States reported two different employer
customer satisfaction scores for WIA and ES.
Discrepancies in ES Data Reported for Job
Seekers & Job Openings (continued)
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ETA is considering amending the ET 406
Handbook to clarify definitions for registered
job seekers and job openings to:
Total Job Seekers: Job seekers who complete
registration or receive a service with the labor
exchange during a reporting period consisting of four
consecutive calendar quarters. (This means all
individuals that either registered with or received a
service from the public labor exchange during the
reporting period.)
Discrepancies in ES Data Reported for Job
Seekers & Job Openings (continued)
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Total Job Openings: Count of total job openings
received within the reporting period. This means all
job openings listed with the public labor exchange
during the reporting period. The job opening may
have been listed by the employer through self service
or it may have been listed with staff assistance.
Regardless of how the opening is obtained, it is to be
included in the total job openings count if the date
received falls within the reporting period.