BETTER TOGETHERAligning Resources and Partners in CA Regions

Objectives Your ETA Team

Understand the Breadth of ETA Workforce Funding in CA

Think Through Opportunities for the Board to Look Broader

Connect the Job-Driven Work of CA’s Boards to National Vision

Carol Padovan – Federal Project Officer, CA’s Workforce System

Jeffrey Chism – Federal Project Officer, Discretionary Grants

Bryan Rogers – Regional Director, State Systems

National Vision

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Organize Community ResourcesSIX GUIDING PRINCIPL

ES

Deepen, Sustain

Employer Partnerships

Make Easier to Acquire In-

Demand Skills

Transform Registered

Apprenticeships

Spur Innovation @

All Levels

Promote What Works

Optimize Alignment of

Systems, Funding

Job-Driven Workforce Solutions

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Re-Employment/Long-Term Unemployed Innovation in Services, Maximized Flexibility Veterans, Disconnected Youth, Vulnerable

Populations Credentials & Career Pathways Industry-Sector Alignment Federal and other Partners

Focal Areas

Region 6 Priorities

Strategic Investment & Alignment

Aligned Performance Management Measurements

Customer-Centric Service (Re)Design

Building of the Field

ETA Resources in California

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Formula and Discretionary Resources

CA FORMULA • Workforce Investment Act Youth $119,122,833• Workforce Investment Act Adult $114,152,207• Workforce Investment Act DW

$157,376,202• Wagner-Peyser $ 79,586,271• Labor Market Information $ 2,512,037

$472,749,550 Formula PY14

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Formula and Discretionary Resources

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Discretionary Investment Areas

Re-Employment/Long-Term Unemployed At-Risk Youth Ex-Offenders Innovation in Service Design Community College Curriculum/High-

Growth Credent. Apprenticeship

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TAACCCT – Round 4Grant Purpose• Build community college capacity to provide accessible training

programs• Increase attainment of industry recognized credentials in high

growth industries• Innovate design/delivery of instruction that leads to improved

outcomes

Details• $450M;  All States; Single Institutions up to $2.5M; Consortia up to

$15M• Closes July 7; Issued April 16• Eligible Applicants: Community Colleges• Required Program Collaboration with System: Engage and

collaborate with LWIBs, AJC’s, State agencies that administer TAA, other WIA required AJC partners”

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Face Forward 2 Grant Purpose• Improve workforce outcomes of court-involved youth 14-24yo• Attainment of education and industry-recognized credentials• Use of career pathways• Juvenile justice strategies for diversion and record expungement

Details• $44M;  4 grants of $5M; approx. 16 grants up to $1.5M; up to 39-

month projects• Closes May 2; Issued March 13• Eligible Applicants: CBO or FBO with 501(c)3 status• Required Program Collaboration with AJCs or Local WIBs

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H-1B Ready-to-WorkGrant Purpose / Focal Points• Support high-performing job-driven partnerships• Re-employ long-term unemployed workers• Work-Based Training That Enables Earning While Learning• Specialized services leading to rapid employment in

occupations/industries for which employers use H-1B visas to hire foreign workers.

Details• $150M;  20-30 Awards from $3M - $10M; up to 48-month projects• Closes June 19; Issued February 19• Eligible Applicants: Public and Private Partnerships• Required Program Collaboration with: Workforce System,

Training Providers, Businesses and Non-Profit Business Intermediaries

Resource Alignment

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System BackboneSystem Builder Grant Steward

• Effective structure• Grant management• Outcomes

• Strategic partnerships • Collaborative

funding/design• Greater systems

approach

• Positioned work that leverages the system towards solutions and community advancement

Connecting Investments: System Roles

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Connecting Investments: Leveraged $

Aloha: 6/40 SF Healthcare Lean State Functional Alignment Co-Enrollment

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Connecting Investments: CA Waivers

Customized Training and OJT sliding scale Up to 90% covered by WIA funds; private or public employers Could be used for layoff aversion activities

Rapid Response and Local Funds for Incumbent Worker Training as Layoff Aversion

Summer Youth Program waivers Allows co-enrollment with TANF funds Work Readiness as only credential; design framework flexibility

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Connecting Investments: CA Waivers

Other waivers may be applied for Only a handful of requirements may not be waived.

Review the Database http://waivers.doleta.gov

TEGL 2609, Change 1

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Connecting Investments: Policy Flexibility

Appropriations Act Permits contracting for cohort training with eligible

providers In place since 2010

Check Your Policies “Accidental Inflexibility” leading to less opportunity EDD Regional Advisors and ETA’s Carol Padovan as

resources

 

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Region 6 Targeted Technical Assistance

Three Series of Webinars Strengthening Customer Service Design State and Local/Regional Alignment Strengthening Workforce Systems Capacity