LONG ISLAND REGIONAL INNOVATION GRANT (LIRIG) PROJECT PROGRESS OVERVIEW FUNDED THROUGH A GRANT AWARDED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TO THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD ON BEHALF OF THE LONG ISLAND BUSINESS SERVICES TEAM

Long Island Regional Innovation Grant Project 2 People in a WIRED Region Proposal Developers Management Team Core Leadership Group Partner Organizations Regional Stakeholders General Public 2 Social Networking: The Key to Regional Sustainability

Long Island Regional Innovation Grant Project 3 Proposal Developers Town of Hempstead Local Workforce Investment Board (LWIB) on behalf of the Long Island Business Services Team (LIBST) Executive Committee Town of Hempstead Local Workforce Investment Board (LWIB) on behalf of the Long Island Business Services Team (LIBST) Executive Committee LIBST includes: LIBST includes: Town of Hempstead/City of Long Beach LWIBTown of Hempstead/City of Long Beach LWIB Town of Oyster Bay Consortium LWIBTown of Oyster Bay Consortium LWIB Suffolk County LWIBSuffolk County LWIB New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) Division of Employment and Workforce Solutions (DEWS)New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) Division of Employment and Workforce Solutions (DEWS) NYSDOL Division of Workforce Innovations (DOWI)NYSDOL Division of Workforce Innovations (DOWI) Long Island – Regional Adult Education NetworkLong Island – Regional Adult Education Network New York State Empire State DevelopmentNew York State Empire State Development OthersOthers

Management Team Town of Hempstead Department of Occupational Resources (Grant Recipient/Fiscal Agent) Contractors: The Long Island Forum for Technology, Inc. The Center for Governmental Research in partnership with Hofstra University The Center for Essential Management Services

Long Island Regional Innovation Grant Project 5 Core Leadership Group Long Island Business Services Team Executive Committee Long Island Business Services Team Executive Committee Oversees Innovation Work Group Oversees Innovation Work Group Also oversees the 13N Project and the Connect Long Island Partnership Also oversees the 13N Project and the Connect Long Island Partnership

Partners/Stakeholders/ General Public Partners are represented on the Innovation Work Group Stakeholders are involved through the Connect Long Island Partnership 13N and LIRIG are the two main pillars that support the Connect Long Island Initiative according to the Workforce Innovation through Regional Economic Development (WIRED) Model General public receives the benefits of regional economic transformation and innovation

Long Island Regional Innovation Grant Project 7 Tasks/Status 1. Create skills data base program/Completed 2. Conduct SWOT Analysis/In Process 3. Map downsizings, plant closings, WARN and TAA events/On-Going 4. Meet with Executive Committee to evaluate progress/In Process 5. Innovation Workgroup Meetings/In Process 6. Prepare Innovation Plan/To Be Completed 7. Crosswalk skills inventory data base with 13N skills demand data and identify skill gaps/To Be Completed

Long Island Regional Innovation Grant Project 8 Tasks/Status (Continued) 8. Meet with Connect Long Island Full Partnership (including K through 12) to share project findings and receive comments and feedback/To Be Completed 9. Revise Innovation Plan based on feedback/To Be Completed 10. Post data on web site/In Process 11. Alignment of the service process for affected employees, where feasible, across the Long Island Region and in coordination with the New York City Region/To Be Completed 12. Transformation of our reemployment system into a regional innovation system that aligns economic development, education and workforce initiatives/To Be Completed 13. Prepare final report/To Be Completed

Long Island Regional Innovation Grant Project 9 LIRIG Worker Skills Supply Survey

Long Island Regional Innovation Grant Project 10 LIRIG Worker Education Level Survey

Long Island Regional Innovation Grant Project 11 LIRIG Event Log

Competency Model to organize skills requirements and create skills portfolios Social Networking Model to measure progress in aligning service process

Automation Competency Model Introduction and Review Building Blocks Competency Model

Stage 1: Isolated Clusters 14

Stage 2: Hub and Spoke 15

Stage 3: Multi-Hub Network 16

Stage 4: Core/Periphery 17

SMART NETWORKS (Stage 4) - The ideal pattern for networks that need to be innovative and collaborative have both a strong core of overlapping counties and a vast periphery of weak ties that are bringing new ideas and resources into the network. 18

Current Collaboration Central Iowa: Current Collaboration Tama Other Marion Marshall Story Polk Jasper Poweshiek Mahaska 19

Long Island Regional Innovation Grant Project 20 Next Steps!