Leveraging State Funds to Address Local Priorities Sallie Glickman, CEO Philadelphia WIB January 25, 2007
Multiple Approaches Traditional Workforce System Efforts New Work Incumbent Worker Projects Industry Partnerships Economic Development Projects Reports & Studies New Work Issues that transcend the public workforce system January 25, 2007
Making it Happen What’s Hot? Points of Influence Your Influence In the News, with the Gov, in the Legislature? Points of Influence State Budget (New Programs; State Line Items) Discretionary Dollars (WAM; Pet Projects) Your Influence Board, Mayor January 25, 2007
The Road to Funding Cultivate Relationships Develop a Vision $$ might not always need to come directly to your organization ~ what role do you want to have? Leverage Partnerships & Influence BE PATIENT & DON’T GIVE UP January 25, 2007
PA Statewide Innovation Job Ready Pennsylvania Industry Partnerships Training Grants Workforce Intermediary Project Prior Learning Assessment Disconnected Youth Job Ready Pennsylvania invests an additional $101 million in targeted training and education. These limited new resources leverage $2 billion in existing funds in our workforce development and preK-12 education systems by making fundamental changes in how these systems operate. During the first year of implementation over 3,000 employees from 221 companies were engaged in advanced training made possible through incumbent worker training grants. That same year, over 450 companies participated in 45 industry partnerships. In the most recent budget, funding was made available to serve 5,000 workers through incumbent worker training grants, and to launch 25 new industry partnerships bringing the total companies served through industry partnership grants to about 500 over a two year period. January 25, 2007
Local Innovations Describe each initiative – what, when, how, why, etc. How does this translate into funding? Drives the State to put out new RFP’s ~ Project U-Turn Encourages the State to find additional funds ~ Professional Development Training for Adult Literacy Providers interested in Workforce Literacy Assists the State in revising current funding approaches to better serve people ~ Financial Aid for ‘Comebackers’ January 25, 2007