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Aligning Programs and Aligning Programs and Resources to Improve Access to Resources to Improve Access to Economic Opportunities for AllEconomic Opportunities for All

Domenico “Mimmo” ParisiDomenico “Mimmo” Parisi

National Strategic Planning & Analysis Research CenterNational Strategic Planning & Analysis Research CenterMississippi State UniversityMississippi State University

May 2008May 2008

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Background People are poor because:People are poor because:– Cannot workCannot work– Unable to work or earn enoughUnable to work or earn enough– Decide not to workDecide not to work

Many are trapped in poverty because they Many are trapped in poverty because they are stuck in place:are stuck in place:– Geographical ExclusionGeographical Exclusion

High Concentration of PovertyHigh Concentration of Poverty Racial DivisionsRacial Divisions

– Residential SegregationResidential Segregation– AnnexationAnnexation

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New Strategies to Overcome New Strategies to Overcome the Geography of Exclusionthe Geography of Exclusion

Align Programs and ResourcesAlign Programs and Resources– TANF-WIATANF-WIA

Sector-Based Regional ApproachesSector-Based Regional Approaches– WIREDWIRED

Look for Best PracticesLook for Best Practices– Performance-Based ManagementPerformance-Based Management

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Mississippi Integrated Workforce Performance System:

A Tool for Building a More A Tool for Building a More Competitive Workforce for the Competitive Workforce for the

Jobs of the FutureJobs of the Future

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Mississippi Consolidated Workforce System

The system consists of three parts:The system consists of three parts: Governor’s OfficeGovernor’s Office State Workforce Investment BoardState Workforce Investment Board Workforce PartnersWorkforce Partners

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Mississippi Consolidated Workforce System Partners

Mississippi Department Mississippi Department of of

Employment SecurityEmployment Security

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Mississippi Consolidated Workforce System Partners

Mississippi Department Mississippi Department of of

CorrectionsCorrections

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Mississippi Consolidated Workforce System Partners

Mississippi Department Mississippi Department of of

Human ServicesHuman Services

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Mississippi Consolidated Workforce System Partners

Mississippi Department Mississippi Department of of

Rehabilitation ServicesRehabilitation Services

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Mississippi Consolidated Workforce System Partners

Mississippi Department Mississippi Department of of

EducationEducation

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Mississippi Consolidated Workforce System Partners

Mississippi Community Mississippi Community and Junior Collegesand Junior Colleges

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Mississippi Consolidated Mississippi Consolidated Workforce SystemWorkforce System

Governor’s Office

State Workforce Investment

Board (SWIB)

Mississippi Department of

Human Services(MDHS)

Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation

Services (MDRS)

Mississippi Department of

Corrections (MDOC)

Mississippi Department of

Education (MDE)

Mississippi Department of Employment

Security (MDES)

Community & Junior Colleges

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Regional ApproachRegional Approach Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development

Initiatives Initiatives

WIRED initiatives help develop innovative approaches to WIRED initiatives help develop innovative approaches to economic and workforce transformation by:economic and workforce transformation by:

– Encouraging public-private partnerships to address the challenges Encouraging public-private partnerships to address the challenges associated with building a globally competitive and prepared associated with building a globally competitive and prepared workforceworkforce

– Identifying key regional assets and regional approaches to Identifying key regional assets and regional approaches to leveraging those assets in order to begin forming regional networks leveraging those assets in order to begin forming regional networks and unique regional identitiesand unique regional identities

– Establishing workforce systems at community colleges that arm Establishing workforce systems at community colleges that arm workers with the skills and credentials needed to keep and attract workers with the skills and credentials needed to keep and attract high-growth industries and high-paying jobshigh-growth industries and high-paying jobs

nSPARCIntegrated Performance Integrated Performance Management Workforce Management Workforce

SystemSystem Do people get jobs?Do people get jobs?– Percent who get a job after trainingPercent who get a job after training

Do people retain jobs?Do people retain jobs?– Percent who keep a job all year after trainingPercent who keep a job all year after training

Do people get better jobs and better pay?Do people get better jobs and better pay?– Average earnings after trainingAverage earnings after training

Are we meeting the demands of Are we meeting the demands of businesses?businesses?– Availability of workforce and training supplyAvailability of workforce and training supply

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SystemSystem

DataSources

DataCompilation

Do PeopleGet Jobs

Average Annual

Earnings

Do PeopleRetain Jobs

Training Supply

Return on Investment

WIN Job Center(WIA)

Welfare(TANF)

Community Colleges

Employment Services

Unemployment Insurance

Ex-Offenders

Rehabilitation Services

Adult Basic Education

(GED)

Data Processing

Data Management

Data Analysis

DataReporting

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Outcomes: Employment at Exit Outcomes: Employment at Exit (FY2006)(FY2006)

State: 61.6

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Outcomes: Employment Retention Outcomes: Employment Retention (FY2006)(FY2006)

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Outcomes: Total Earnings Outcomes: Total Earnings (FY2006)(FY2006)

State: $21,729

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Outcomes: Employment By Industry Outcomes: Employment By Industry (FY2006)(FY2006)

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ConclusionsConclusions

Aligning programs and resources, Aligning programs and resources, utilizing sector-based regional utilizing sector-based regional approaches, and identifying and approaches, and identifying and deploying best practices really helps to deploying best practices really helps to move low-income families onto a path move low-income families onto a path of self-sufficiencyof self-sufficiency

Poverty and the challenge of the Poverty and the challenge of the knowledge-based economyknowledge-based economy