1. Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships that Work
Creating Access Points:
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships that Work
May 22, :00 to 3:30 p.m

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7. Moderators Rita Elkins Kim Tucker
Access Points consultant for Performance Excellence Partners Inc.
Managed the 2002 Access Points pilot
Consulting for DOL since 2004
Kim Tucker
Access Points trainer since 2006
Nonprofit Development director at 3Fold Communications

8. Speakers Featured Access Point Project Managers
Jolene Gruber, One Stop System Director, South Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, Madison
5 urban/suburban Access Points, 7 in queue
Bill Potter, Deputy Director, Delaware Workforce Investment Board
5 Access Points urban/suburban
and rural

9. Speakers Featured Access Point Project Managers, cont’d.
Cynthia M. Spell, LMSW Deputy Community and Economic Development Director City of Phoenix, Workforce Connection Division
12 Access Points created to date

10. Objective
Participants will gain knowledge, skills and tools to create one or more SHARE Network Access Points

11. Development of Access Point Model

12. 2005-2008 Access Point Initiative
150-plus new Access Points
50 local areas within 13 States:
Arkansas
Delaware
Kansas
Missouri
North Carolina
Tennessee
New York
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Mississippi
New Mexico
Ohio
Virginia

13. 2009 Access Point Projects
400-plus learning via webinars
New local areas trained or in training:
Madison, WI
South Florida
Seattle, WA
Phoenix, AZ
West Piedmont, VA
Grand Rapids, MI
South Carolina
Muskogee, OK
Los Angeles County
Snohomish County
Indianapolis, IN
City of Los Angeles
Long Beach, CA
Orange County, CA
North Dakota
Illinois
Milwaukee, WI
Portland, OR
Charlotte, NC
And more!

14. Expansion of Access Point Model
The Access Point Toolkit: Sharing How Access to Resources Empowers
From now until June , you may receive free coaching from DOL through Performance Excellence Partners, Inc. to implement Access Points:
More resources at end of webinar

15. What is a SHARE Network Access Point?
A faith-based or community organization where people can go in their own neighborhoods or communities to look for jobs, assisted by trained individuals who connect them to the One Stop system via computer and direct referrals.

16. What Does It Do?
Core services (self-directed job search)
Referrals to One Stop, others
Publicizes itself/ One Stop
Reports
Assures non-religious use, equal treatment, and religious liberty

17. What Does it Look Like?

18. What Does it Look Like?

19. What Does it Need?
Computer workstation
Internet access (preferably high-speed)
Point of Contact person trained
Relationship with One Stop staff
Regular communications

20. Key Partners and Roles
WIB: Set goals, donate surplus, track progress, network and leverage
One Stop: Train FBCOs in core services; ensure contact/relationships
FBCOs: Provide core jobseeker services, local publicity, reports.

21. Action Plan
Train-the-Trainer:
Toolkit + TA
Recruiting, relationship building
Logistics, ensuring legalities
Training your Access Points
More customers served!

22. Return on Investment Local Area Investment:
17 to 40 hours staff time, start-up phase
3 to 6 hours staff time per quarter, thereafter
Your Return:
Serve more people more hours with fewer resources
Increase reach of your services
Flexibility to meet local priorities
Raise awareness of, increase access to One Stop

23. WIIFM
What’s In It For Me?

24. Peninsula Workforce
Development Center
Butler Farm Rd.,
Hampton
Virginia Workforce Center,
John Tyler Hwy., Williamsburg

25. Peninsula Worklink Service Locations Expanded with SNAPs17 16 13 15 1 14 12 11 2 3 10 4 9 5 8 6 7

26. Avenues of Outreach
How do you find grassroots FBCOs that might be Access Point candidates?
Check with current partners
Community Action Agencies
Community Development Coalitions
Neighborhood Network Centers
TANF providers
Intermediaries e.g. United Way, ministerial/clergy groups, interfaith
alliances, entities serving ethnic minorities

27. Selecting for Success
How do we define a good Access Point candidate?
Communities served
Traffic counts
Services already provided
Technological capacities
Organizational development

28. FBCO In-Kind Services Hot meals Literacy help Resume preparation
Cover letters
Scholarships
Transportation
Business plans
Bicycles
Postage/mail
Immigration help
Gas vouchers
Translations
Housing
Counseling
Food
Community service hours
Child care
Case management
Tutoring
Mentoring

29. The 3 most important things…
…to remember when buying real estate?

30. The 3 most important things…
in FBCO outreach:
Relationships…

31. Planning your First Approach

32. Logistics Computers donated MOU
Contact info
POCs (“Ambassadors”)
Signage
Press releases
Deploy/deliver items
SHARE NETWORK
ACCESS POINT
>>>>>>

33. MOU between you and Access Points
Legalities
MOU between you and Access Points
Get local Legal review
Customize
Note assurances
Partnering with Integrity

34. Partnering with Integrity

35. Equal Opportunity

36. Protecting Religious Liberty
A faith-based organization that houses a SHARE Network Access Point may:
Continue to carry out its religious activities;
Keep religious signs or symbols in its facility;
Select its own board members, including clergy, and otherwise govern itself on a religious basis; and
Offer voluntary religious activities to Access Point customers.

37. Religion-Related Rules Access Points in FBCOs
No inherently religious activities (e.g. religious worship, instruction, or proselytizing) may be paid for or supported with USDOL financial assistance.
Inherently religious activities must be held at a separate time or in a separate space from SHARE Network Access Point hours of operation.
Inherently religious activities must be purely voluntary for SHARE Network Access Point customers.

38. Protecting Religious Liberty
Prospective or active SHARE Network Access Point customers:
must not be excluded or treated differently because of their religion or religious beliefs (or lack thereof);
must be permitted to freely express their views and exercise their right to religious freedom;
must be provided reasonable accommodation for their religious beliefs; and
must be informed that participation in inherently religious activities is voluntary and will not affect the quality of the services they receive.

39. Access Point Training Resources
“Transforming Partnerships” PowerPoint presentation in your Appendix
USDOL Equal Treatment regulations and resources:
Call the USDOL Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives at

40. Review Equality/Liberty Rules
Q: What are the simplest “separation” criteria for protecting customers’ religious liberty?
A: Inherently religious activities must be conducted in separate time or space from Access Point services, and must be purely optional (cannot be required or coerced).

41. Training Access Points
Communications
Setting standards
Sample training plans

42. Grand Opening
Establish when and where
Invite VIPs to speak
Feature success stories
Press releases before and after
Certificates for POCs
Agendas/talking points
Refreshments

43. Access Point Outcomes
Must track # of customers:
Served (cumulative)
First visit (unduplicated)
First visit, never been to One Stop

44. Access Point Outcomes Two options Paper: Customer Sign-In Sheets
Software: site-resident

45. Getting the Word Out Outreach tools on CD-ROM
Tips for CBO SHARE Network Access Points
Tips for FBO SNAPs
Poster
Bookmarks
Press release templates

46. Leverage/Sustainability
3 most important things to remember for sustaining Access Points?
Success stories!

47. Next Level: Building a Network
Example: Washtenaw MichiganWorks! has created close to 30 Access Points and brings their MichiganWorks! Ambassadors from their Access Points together monthly to provide training and collaborate to meet community needs

48. Resources
Download:
The Access Point Toolkit: Sharing How Access to Resources Empowers
…or request a hard copy:
(Pacific)
(Eastern)

49. Contact us Rita Elkins Kim Tucker relkins@performance-excellence.us
Kim Tucker

50. Contact us Jolene Gruber Bill Potter Cynthia Spell jgruber@wdbscw.org
ext 233
Bill Potter
Cynthia Spell
(602)

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