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Employers tell us…  Lower-income workers do not have the prerequisite basic skills to meaningfully participate in or benefit from training opportunities for current job openings. 2

Our response  Provide stackable education and training for in-demand jobs and career pathways with a focus on contextualized basic skills and workplace readiness, connections to technical training, and hands-on experience. 3

Stackable Education and Training 4 Personal Effectiveness Skills Academic Skills Workplace Readiness Skills Industry Technical Skills Occupational Skills

How does WSCMH help Job Seekers? Skill Level ENERGY/UTILITIESHEALTH CAREMANUFACTURING OCCUPATIONAL Gas/Utility Training In-patient Medical Coding Pilot INDUSTRY TECHNICAL WORKPLACE READINESS Academic Skills Enhancement for Energy-Related Careers ACADEMIC PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS 5

How does WSCMH help Job Seekers? Skill Level ENERGY/UTILITIESHEALTH CAREMANUFACTURING OCCUPATIONALPaid Internship Subsidized Employment INDUSTRY TECHNICAL Technical Training Fund Enhanced Entry- level Initiative Technical Education and Career Advancement Program WORKPLACE READINESS Academic Skills Enhancement for Energy-Related Careers ACADEMIC PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS 6

How does WSCMH help Incumbent Workers? Skill Level ENERGY/UTILITIESHEALTH CAREMANUFACTURING OCCUPATIONAL Prof. Development Workshop ADVANCE Training Grant Program INDUSTRY TECHNICAL ACADEMIC 7

How does WSCMH help Incumbent Workers? Skill Level ENERGY/UTILITIESHEALTH CAREMANUFACTURING OCCUPATIONAL Technical Training Fund Career Advancement Initiative INDUSTRY TECHNICAL ACADEMICAcademic Skills Refresher 8

Adapting an effective practice  10 out of 20 job seekers that participated in contextualized basic skill training in energy/utilities secured employment  4 out of 10 incumbent workers that received manufacturing training increased their wages an average of 4.1%  9 job seekers that participated in the new manufacturing program secured employment 9

Adapting an effective practice  PeeDee Workforce Investment Board (SC): Recognized by US DOL and local employers for its innovative ways in getting potential employees work-ready  Peninsula Workforce Development Center (VA): Created a pipeline program to effectively screen potential candidates and assess the skills relative to jobs with local companies  Southeast Development Group (TN): Implemented a cross-industry, cross-occupational portable skills model which expanded to assist with tri-state economic development 10

Interactive, online system – Targeted, self-paced instruction – Pre- and post-assessments – Occupational job profiles database Occupational job profiles database Basic skills curriculum – Applied mathematics skills – Reading for information – Locating information 11 KeyTrain

Getting people READi for work  Integrated online learning – Facilitated group – Monitored individual  Integration into CTWorks – Support services – Technical training and employment 12 Readiness Education and Academic Development Initiative

READi Goals  Expand upon the demonstrated effectiveness of stackable education and training  Identify new career navigation methods that correlate to the likelihood of attaining job-needed skills, credentials, or degrees  Serve lower-income/unemployed adults – Serve 100 individuals in a facilitated group 75% of all completers will increase their scores by at least one level in each of the following: applied mathematics, reading for information, and locating information – Serve 100 individuals with independent learning 75% of all completers will increase their scores by at least one level in each of the following: applied mathematics, reading for information, and locating information 13

READi Sustainability  Enhance the public workforce system  Increase employer value  Reallocate WSCMH resources – Core competencies beyond basic skills – Barriers to career advancement such as transportation, child care 14