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Targeted Hiring ProgramsTargeted Hiring ProgramsAn Economic Development ToolAn Economic Development Tool
Blake Konczal, Executive DirectorFresno Regional Workforce Investment Board
Patricia Padilla, PresidentPadilla & Associates, Inc.
CALED Conference 22 April 2015
What is Targeted Hiring?
Targeted hire initiatives create systems to increase the participation of socially and
economically disadvantaged workers in public construction projects.
History of Targeted Hiring
TheodoreRoosevelt
HerbertHoover
FrancesPerkins
Lyndon B.Johnson
Government Amnesia?
What has gotten people back to work in the past?
Exploring Targeted Hiring
Pathways to Targeted Hiring:•Contractual Tools
• Community Benefits Agreement• Project Labor Agreement• Contract Provisions
•Institutional Structures• Executive Orders• Resolutions• Ordinance
•Responsible Contractor Standards•Law of Supply & Demand
Targeted Hire vs. Local Hire
Targeted Hire
•Hiring requirements for TARGET groups.•Broader, encompassing different segments of the population across geographic regions.•Disadvantaged zip codes. •Encourages new participants to enter the workforce.
Local Hire
•Tied solely to a specific geographic region, e.g. workers who live within five miles of a project.•Usually consists of workers already in the industry.
Case Study
Riverside Community College District Project Labor Agreement
Local Hire Attainment
Local Business Commitment Summary
Lessons Learned
Common components found in multiple jurisdictions:Source of funding can drive what targeted hiring initiatives are permissible.
Federal State County Municipal
Local & Long Term Economic Stimulus Benefits
Direct Benefits• Workers Hired• Actual Wages Paid• Local Contractors Hired• Local purchasing
Indirect Benefits• New spenders• Auxiliary job creation
Prolonged Benefits• Development of Skilled Workforce• Growth of Middle Class• Greater Spending
Best Practices
Willing partners and staff
Third party agreements
Union partnerships
Realistic & measurable goals Adoption of sound and effective
policies and initiatives to contractually bind all parties.
Looking Ahead
Targeted Hiring within U.S. Department of Transportation Administrations
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Transit Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
x Federal Highway Administration
Allowable Funding of Training
U.S. Department of Transportation Departments allowing funding of training:
Federal Highway Administration
xFederal Railroad Administration
xFederal Transit Administration
xFederal Aviation Administration
Training Our Workers
FRWIB + other Regional WIBs + Building Trades
Multi-Craft Pre-Apprenticeships
JOBS + CAREERS•High Speed Rail National Target Hiring Initiative
•$30 Billion in public infrastructure between Stockton and Bakersfield
Funding Pre-Apprenticeships
• Regular WIA Funds
• Governor’s Discretionary Grant to Serve
Veterans (VEAP)
• CWIB Proposition 39 Grant
• WIA Discretionary Grant (CVIEP)
• U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Case Study
California High Speed Rail National Targeted Hiring Initiative
•Developed & championed by FRWIB
•Approved by CA HSR Authority in December 2013
•Minimum 30% Project Work Hours shall be performed by National Targeted Workers
•Minimum 10% project work hours shall be performed by Disadvantaged Workers
Multi-Craft Pre-Apprenticeships
Using multi-craft pre-apprentice training to turn policy into action
•Curriculum – 6 weeks• MC3 (“Common Core” among trades), soft skills,
physical training•Transition unemployed clients into jobs with High Speed Rail & other public infrastructure projects•Pathway out of poverty & into the middle class
Questions?
Resources
Padilla & Associates, Inc.http://www.padillainc.com/
Fresno Regional Workforce Investment Boardwww.workforce-connection.com
United States Department of Transportationwww.dot.gov
California High Speed Railwww.hsr.ca.gov
Contact Information
Blake Konczal, Executive DirectorFresno Regional Workforce Investment Board(559) [email protected]
Patricia Padilla, PresidentPadilla & Associates, Inc.(714) [email protected]