Career Center Committee Policy, Funding and Oversight Committee Susan Jepson, Chair Sue Walsh, Chair Madeline Hoffman Philip Bronder-Giroux Tricia Tyler Kambiz Maali Sue Walsh Lisa Amaya Price Staff: Kimberly Napier Cheryl Scott Meelynn Wong Staff:
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Transcript Career Center Committee Policy, Funding and Oversight Committee Susan Jepson, Chair Sue Walsh, Chair Madeline Hoffman Philip Bronder-Giroux Tricia Tyler Kambiz Maali Sue Walsh Lisa Amaya Price Staff: Kimberly Napier Cheryl Scott Meelynn Wong Staff:
Career Center
Committee
Policy, Funding and
Oversight Committee
Susan Jepson, Chair
Sue Walsh, Chair
Madeline Hoffman
Philip Bronder-Giroux
Tricia Tyler
Kambiz Maali
Sue Walsh
Lisa Amaya Price
Staff: Kimberly Napier
Cheryl Scott
Meelynn Wong
Staff: Peter Farkas
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In June, the Joint Committee approved (on a twoyear pilot basis) the elimination of the competitive
model
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Replaced with a collaborative model with
performance driven by goal achievement instead
of by a competitive funding formula
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Also shifted Youth services to The Career Place,
with corresponding increases to WIA Adult and
Dislocated Worker services at Career Source
• Met in September to review/amend current
performance criteria
• Met in November to review:
Site Visit Reports
Business Plans
Consumer Advisory Group Results
Comparative Performance Reports
Service to Target Groups Performance Report
Customer/Employer Satisfaction
• Met with each career center director
For Job Seekers:
Emphasis on ensuring customer engagement
through repeat services
Emphasis on quality job placements (permanent,
20+ hours) and job placement rate
Customer satisfaction
For Employers:
Emphasis on employer engagement through repeat
major services and job orders
Employer satisfaction
Target Groups:
Less than high school credential
Age 55+
Linguistic minorities
Persons with disabilities
Factors:
Repeat customers served
Job placement rate (placements that are 20+ hours,
permanent)
Technical Change:
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Include customers who get a job within 60 days
of one service (was 30 days)
Other Additions:
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New employers
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New customers in target groups
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Employers with one or more job orders
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New veterans
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New youth
FY 2014 Performance Highlights
Goals attained at 100% for WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker
Programs
Goal exceeded for EUC (Emergency Unemployment
Compensation) Program
Received the Jobs for Veterans State Grant “Silver Award”
for services to veterans
Largest amount of private revenue generated (fees) in past 6
years; $46,000 up from $30,000
IT has transitioned off the state network
Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chair, visit in Chelsea (more
excitement than achievement!)
Achievement of increased WIA Adult and Dislocated
Worker Program goals
Increasing skills development courses – with new
computers made possible by support from MCC
Implementing Career Ready 101 in Chelsea
Upgrading space
Becoming engaged as a partner in Wynn Everett casino
workforce training and hiring
Strengthening collaboration with The Career Place
Raising funds in anticipation of FY 2016 reduced
funding
• 3rd year of state line item reduction
• USDOL Workforce Innovation Fund grant ends
June 30, 2015 (need to replace $170,000)
Highest number of documentable placements ever: 3,424
Served 10,500 customers
Attained 100 % of enrollments and placement goals for WIA Adults
Attained 98 % of enrollment goal and 100 % of placement for WIA Dislocated
Workers
Youth programs implemented with high quality across the board – WIA
Frameworks ; WIA Transition Services ; and Connecting Activities
Two new projects in Somerville in partnership with Somerville Community
Corporation : (1) Workforce Development and Job Linkages project ; and (2)
Working Cities Challenge (Pocket Change)
Strong Career Center Seminar, Reemployment Eligibility Assessment, REA
Emergency Unemployment Compensation program performance
Continued high quality with Youth Programs as TCP assumes
responsibility for the management of all One Stop Career
Center youth programs for the Metro North region
Continued strong Employer Engagement through Business
Services, including job fairs, onsite recruitment, job postings,
and venturing into On-The-Job Training (OJT)
Development of grant proposals either as a lead entity or in
partnership with others, including the REB
Further cooperation with Career Source, building on a good
foundation, as we move into the Performance Driven by Goal
Attainment model and no longer using the “competitive”
model
Need for increased funding leading into FY’16
Serving an attainable number of customers and
helping them attain employment with reduced
staffing
Develop and offer some fee-based Career
Development workshops and begin to utilize Social
Media across the center
Begin to prepare for WIOA
Recharter The Career Place and Career
Source (operated by Middlesex Community
College)
For a period of three years, July 1, 2015 to
June 30, 2018, if allowable
Contingent upon consistency with Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
regulations