1. Ending Youth Homelessness in the Heartland
September 12th, 2017

2. VitalSigns.org CHELincoln.org/placematters.org Community Agenda
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Early childhood
Employment skills
Nurture every child on the path to success.
Ensure access to training and support for skilled in-demand jobs.
Community
Agenda
VitalSigns.org
CHELincoln.org/placematters.org
innovation
Create a world class ecosystem for innovation where Lincoln is the epicenter 5

3. In our community, the average person in poverty is a single, white mom, with at least one job and with two school-aged children.
- Vital Signs, 2015
62% hard to find workers
31% of people with less than high school in poverty. 11% with HSD
Fewer than half of Lincoln adults have at least an associate’s degree
Poverty increased 58% between
500 homeless students; 90% not homeless before
High mobility in rental unit and employment
No professional certification
Nebraska 3rd highest state of people working more than 1 job
Everybody works  Underemployment
Who are we helping? We are helping people move from part-time jobs to sustainable, stable employment.
This is who we are helping. If mom can connect to services and get skills- she will never need benefits again. End poverty one family at a time by moving from part-time jobs to full-time careers.
Talk about paycards? Dynamic scheduling? Losing hours to go get your kid? Kawasaki and tunnel of death?

4. Why Employment Skills Matters
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Why Employment Skills Matters
In Lincoln, we have people struggling to make ends meet and employers cannot find the people they need. For good jobs.
The end of poverty is professional certification and a career pathway position.
Advances in technology and changes in workplace organizations have hit low skilled and less educated persons.
Those who enter adulthood without a job or degree are much less likely to attain sustainable, full-time employment when they are older.
Persons who have spent time in prison have a harder time finding work that will support them. 5

5. Talk to the people doing the work
Employers
Health, Manufacturing, Education, Services
Human Service Agencies
Domestic violence, refugees, disability, income- based benefits
Government
City, county, state
Career Pathways:
Health Care
Manufacturing
Construction/Skilled Trades
Early Childhood Education
Entrepreneurship
Step 2: Talk to the people doing the work.
Shout out to Chamber for HR Directors meeting

6. Lincoln Business Task Force
Organizations and agencies have Business Service Representatives
Unite their shared purpose: Connecting clients to careers
Veterans Affairs
Department of Labor
American Job Center
Vocational Rehabilitation
Commission for the Blind and Deaf
Community Action
ResCare
Employers
+ Faith Community + Libraries
Have a contract with American Jobs Center- build awareness of their services for people to learn about good jobs, get help from a trained professional, and get connected.
Could talk about benefits cliff here too. Fixing child care, let’s fix ADC.

7. Homeless Coalition = Coordinated Entry for Jobs
Case Manager Listserv
High School Counselor/McKinney Vento Connection & Career Fairs
Human Service Federation
Lincoln Business Task Force
Project Homeless Connect
Working with employers to understand context (no address, background, Vital Signs/Place Matters)
Family poverty connection to services & employers

8. Retention Strategies Lincoln Pathway
Part-time culture vs. your culture
Explain benefits in dollar terms
Tuition reimbursement
30 day review/check in
Case Manager communication
Clear salary & position pathway
Who is HR
Awareness
Soft Skills
Training
Retention

9. Thank you!
Bryan Seck Developer, Prosper Lincoln