Connecticut’s Workforce Boards Funded this Year by the: State of Connecticut With Leveraged Funds from Select Municipalities and Foundations, the Department of Children and Families and the Bureau of Rehabilitative Services

OVERSIGHT Executive Committee of Consortium of Chief Elected Officials meets to approve budget and priorities for the year in June Executive Committee of Board meets monthly to conduct ongoing business of NRWIB- act on sub-committees recommendations, empowered by Annual Grant of Authority. Full Board of Directors meet quarterly to set policy, receive programmatic and fiscal updates Sub-Committees meet on ‘as-needed’ basis Youth Council meets quarterly- Program Committee of Youth Council meets as needed to review RFP’s for IN and Out of school vendors. Recommendations then forwarded to Executive Committee / Full Board for action

Align workforce and education with economic development by: *Convening strategic planning sessions *Engaging industries to determine their needs as they relate to skill sets required for their workforce *Assessing current skill sets and basic adult education level to provide ongoing training necessary to remain competitive

Major Industry Sectors Manufacturing Healthcare Construction/Brownfield Remediation

Workforce Demographics September 2014 Unemployment: Waterbury Labor Market 7.9% Torrington Labor Market 5.2% Danbury Labor Market 4.6% Waterbury 9.8% Torrington 6.4% Danbury 4.6%

Employer Strategies Incumbent Worker training On the Job Training grants STEP-UP Small Business Express (DECD) Youth pipeline in dominate industry sectors Recruitment, Screening and Placement Services Employer Surveys Transportation Programs

Step-Up Numbers

CT Department of Social Services Transportation Program 938 unduplicated riders for 12,524 > trips throughout the region (Waterbury, Danbury and Torrington). Van pools, bus routes, customized second shift pick-up, evening reservations Child-care pick-up/drop-off Bus passes Car-based Solutions project

Individual Training AccountsPY NUMBERAMOUNT ADULT102$313,392 DISLOCATED WORKER264$877,748 TOTAL366$1,191,140

Manufacturing Played an integral role in creating partnerships between industry and education to promote the ongoing development and growth of a manufacturing workforce USDOL : Advanced Manufacturing: Sector Strategy Planning CAMI Grant: NVCC & NWCC Advanced Manufacturing Technology Program W.F. Kaynor Voc-Tech High School Manufacturing Program Waterbury Career Academy- Manufacturing College Connections- NVCC, Waterbury Board of Education and NRWIB Working with CT DOL Office of Apprenticeship Training

Contractual Employers Incumbent Employees To Be Trained Incumbent Employees Trained To Date Training Total By Company Funding Allocation Accrued Expenditures Match Amount Cigna $880,000 $461,104.74$417, IBM $940,000 $607,713.23$597, Barden Corporation $498,150 $147,282.41$143, Ward-Leonard $268,800 $126,867.64$192, Waterbury Hospital $41,144 $33,639.00$28, Industry Small Businesses * $371,906 $38,543.66$59, Sub-Total Employer Incumbent Worker Training Costs $3,000,000 $1,415,150.68$1,438, H-1B Technical Skills Grant Business Partners

Contractual Employers* Incumbent Employees To Be Trained Incumbent Employees Trained To Date Training Total By Company Funding Allocation Accrued Expenditures Match Amount Acme Monaco 9 99 $25, $20,067.36$31, Parker 6 66 $12, $4,944.30$8, Seitz 8 88 $13, $20, Ensign – Bickford Aerospace Defense 175 $150, Sub-Total Employer Incumbent Worker Training Costs $201, $38,543.66$59, H-1B Technical Skills Grant Business Partners

H1-B College Partners Contractual Colleges Long Term Unemployed To Be Trained LTU Trained/ In Training To Date Funding Allocation Accrued Expenditures Leveraged Funds Naugatuck Valley Community College $298, $39,603.90$51, Northwestern Connecticut Community College $204, $25,214.45$18, University of Connecticut $996, $102,848.20$82, Sub-Total Long-Term Unemployed Training Costs $1,500, $167,666.55$152,187.70

Started as Waterbury project and has grown to be region-wide Board of Alderman in Waterbury has designated the Board as “First Source Referral Agency”. All city-funded construction projects must make “good faith” effort to employ 30% local residents on project. The Board hosts job fairs in conjunction with Project contractors and sub-contractors. Unions participate in job fairs to promote Apprenticeship programs and union-based training opportunities Current guidelines suggest 30% local hire, 25% apprenticeship hire and 10% minority hire. Northwest Construction Career Initiative

Monitor Waterbury’s “Good Jobs” ordinance for covered projects. Compliance monitoring affords placement opportunities for NCCI. City contracts with NRWIB on multiple projects. Good Jobs Administrator

Other Programs and Grants Green Jobs Initiative – Construction EPA Brownfield Job Training- Environmental Remediation TAA Community Colleges- Health & Life Science Cluster CAMI

Performance Achievement ADULT % of Goal YOUTH % of Goal Entered Employment111.9% Employment/Education105.0% Employment Retention103.7 % Degree/Certificate100.0% Average Earnings92.8 % Literacy/ Numeracy158.0% DISLOCATED WORKERS Entered Employment100.7 % Employment Retention98.9 % Average Earnings86.8 %

Continue to build a strong education pipeline capable of producing skilled workers with competencies required to meet the needs of business. “more than 80% of jobs today’s kindergarteners will occupy sometime in the future, don’t exist yet!”