1. Strategies to Transition Older Youth into Workforce Activities After Summer 2009 (Recovery Act)
August 26, :00 pm ET

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6. Presenters Presenters: Michael Qualter, Adult Services,
Employment and Training Administration
Anne Adams, TATC Consulting
Miguel McQueen, San Bernardino Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
Mark Nanzer, San Diego Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
Gailmarie Harris, Director, Youth Services, Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation
Moderator:
Evan Rosenberg, Youth Services, Employment and Training Administration

7. Youth Services, Employment and Training Administration
Moderator
Evan Rosenberg
Youth Services, Employment and Training Administration

8. Agenda/Objective
This Webinar will focus on program designs that will transition older out-of-school youth ages covered under ARRA into year-round workforce development activities.
We will explore transitional jobs models, co-enrollment with Adult WIA services, new useful additions to the WOTC, new policies around needs based payments, the use of statewide activities funds and other innovative transitional strategies.
Best practices in transitioning older out-of-school youth ages will be presented by three local areas.

9. ARRA Major Change
The Recovery Act increases the youth age eligibility to a maximum of 24 years old. These changes only apply to youth funded with Recovery Act funds.
The major theme arising from our Technical Assistance (TA) request is the need to provide assistance around transitioning older out-of-school youth after the end of the Summer 2009 Work Experience Program.

10. Technical Assistance (TA) Request
Recruiting
Program Design/Development
Co-enrollment and alignment of resources
Cross-Agency collaboration to provide additional needed services for this population
Needs-based payments

12. Adult Services, Employment and Training Administration
Presenter
Michael Qualter,
Adult Services, Employment and Training Administration

13. Recovery Act Funding Overview and Timing Provisions
Program
Amount
Deadline for
Federal Obligation
Period of Expenditure
Adult
500,000,000
March 19, 2009
6/30/2011
Youth
1,200,000,000 DW
1,250,000,000
National Reserve
200,000,000
6/30/2010
generally three years in practice
YouthBuild
50,000,000
High Growth/
Green Jobs
750,000,000
generally two years, plus a wrap up year, in practice
SCSEP
120,000,000 ES
400,000,000
9/30/2010
Total
4,470,000,000

14. Recovery Act Themes
Spend money quickly, but with accountability
Spend Recovery Act and formula dollars concurrently
Serve more disadvantaged, low income people
More training, longer training
Leveraging Recovery Act Funds for workforce development with other investments
Program statutes and rules apply to Recovery Act funds (with a few exceptions)

15. Greater Opportunities for Youth
Summer Youth
More training funds available – opportunity to gain new credentials and raise educational attainment
Support Services/Needs Related Payments
Intensive Employment Services
Work Opportunity Tax Credit as Hiring Incentive for Employers

16. WIA Services for Adults
Types of services
Core services
Intensive services
Training services
Follow-up services
Adult services must be provided through the One Stop system
Recovery Act Focus: Low-income individuals; public assistance recipients; eligible UI claimants
Needs-related payments

17. WIA and Wagner Peyser Services
WIA Adult program
In-depth assessments
Continued case management
Individual employment plans
Needs related payments
Individual Training Accounts
Customized training
Wagner-Peyser (Employment Services)
Labor Market Information
Job Search Assistance
Job Referrals
Career guidance

18. Benefits of Co-enrollment
Benefits to the Workforce System
Creates continuity of services
Focuses on the customer, not the program or funding stream
Leverages all available resources to help produce successful work/life outcomes
Benefits to the Year Old Youth customers
Adult programs emphasize finding employment in a career pathway, not just a job
Provides additional tools to overcome multiple barriers to employment
Reinforces the step to adult work and responsibility

19. Work Opportunity Tax Credits for Young People
Disconnected Youth – individual certified by the State Workforce Agencies as:
Having attained age 16 but not 25 on the hiring date;
Not regularly attending any secondary, technical or post secondary school;
Not regularly employed during such 6-month period, and
Not readily employable by reason of lacking a sufficient number of basic skills.

20. Work Opportunity Tax Credits for Young People con’t
Summer Youth –
year-old individual who works for an employer between May 1 and September 15, and
Lives in an Empowerment Zone (EZ) or Renewal Community (RC)
18-39 Year-old Food Stamp (FS) Recipient –
Member of family that received FS for either a 6-month period ending on the hiring date; or
for at least 3 of the 5 months ending on the hiring date in the case of a family member who ceased to be eligible for such assistance under Sec. 6(o) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977
18-39 Year-old Designated Community Resident –
Individual who lives within an EZ, RC, or Rural Renewal County (RRC)

21. Youth Subject Matter Expert,
A Strategic View
Anne Adams,
Youth Subject Matter Expert,
TATC Consulting

22. The Challenge:
“There is an immediate need for dramatically new and comprehensive public policies to boost male teen employment and educational opportunities across the entire country. . . The time for action is now.”
“The Collapse of the Male Teen Job Market” Andrew Sum, Joseph McLaughlin, with
Sheila Palma
July 2009

23. Adapting a Service Approach: Managing Complex Change
Successfully transitioning older youth into the labor market is a complex change agenda at both the Macro (system and organizational) and Micro (front- line activity) levels.
Six Managing Change Elements to focus upon:
Vision
Skills
Resources
Incentives
Plans
On-going Evaluation

24. Managing Complex Change (cont.)
VISION
Integrate SYEP into the Shared Youth Vision Mission.
Shared Youth Vision– a partnership between Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, Urban Development, Justice, Social Security, and the Corporation for National and Community Service.
A Collaborative Approach to prepare youth for success in a Global Demand-Driven Economy: the nation’s neediest youth will acquire the talents, skills, and knowledge necessary to ensure their healthy transition to successful adult roles and responsibilities.

25. Managing Complex Change (cont.):
RESOURCES
MULTIPLE EDUCATION PATHWAYS
Knowing and using the variety of models of alternative education: Early and Middle Colleges, gateway programs, career academies, Diploma Plus, experiential learning environments, Twilight Academies, etc.
Maximizing the use of established systems: Job Corps, Youthbuild, Center for Employment and Training (CET), Youth Service and Conservation Corps.
Maximum and creative use of ARRA/SYEP funding

26. Managing Complex Change (cont.):
SKILLS
Innovation and Creativity at the service level – services are dynamic when they actualize youth conceptualizations such as “shared vision” for an individual young person
Flexibility – ex. work readiness – only performance measure during the summer
Connecting SYEP to existing WIA systems and all community efforts for older youth; i.e., transitioning
Establishing mechanisms for self-driven career exploration and obtaining credentials

27. Managing Complex Change (cont.)
PLANNING
Develop a comprehensive SYEP plan that incorporates collaboration, transitioning and focuses upon individual capacity building for self-directed career exploration.
Utilize the ISS process to instill personal responsibility and require self-directed activities from youth participants.

28. Managing Complex Change (cont.):
INCENTIVES
ARRA/SYEP Funding
WOTC (Work Opportunity Tax Credit)
Expansion of youth eligibility to 24 years of age.
Co-enrollment in WIA Adult Programs

29. Managing Complex Change (cont.): (Future Planning)
EVALUATION
Build in a mid-program review of the SYEP plan and adjust as possible.
Structure at least two reviews of the ISS during the summer program. These can be the focus of transitioning events.

30. Managing Complex Change (cont.)
Effectively managing and coordinating these six elements:
Vision
Resources
Skills
Incentives
Planning
Evaluation
offers opportunities to maximize this funding bonus and turn the SYEP into a dynamic launch pad for older youth career exploration and development.

31. Front-line Strategies
Once you have found them never let them go!
The long-range goal, not the current program should guide planned activities with each participant (ISS as a living document!)
The activity immediately following the current program should be identified at the beginning of the program and emphasized throughout.

32. Front-line Strategies (cont.)
Put the participant in the driver’s seat!
Develop an ISS that includes activities beyond the SYEP.
Set up a process that requires youth to actualize their ISS with the case manager as a resource
Asset-based assessment requires that we see the participant as a resource, not a problem. Hold them accountable to their planning.
Establish transitioning events within the life of the summer program that enable the participant to clearly define their next steps.

33. Front-line Strategies (cont.):
Establish teams and/or small groups of older youth focused on transitioning.
There are many advantages of the mutual aid process that have advantages for both the youth and the case manager in accomplishing their goals.
[see Appendices A and B of this PowerPoint presentation for more detail]

34. Appendix A: Potentials of Small Group Processes for Participants
Universalizes individual problems
Reduce isolation
Reduce stigma
Experience difficulties and problems as less unique and/or deviant
Provide for a multiplicity of helping relationships
Offer more opportunity for support and challenge; greater opportunity for personal examination
Develop greater receptivity to various interpretations and suggestions

35. Appendix B: Potential of Small Group Processes for Workers
Group work and the mutual aid process offers more opportunities to observe a person’s interpersonal skills, perceptions, and behaviors. Hence, there are more opportunities for on-going assessment and plan modification.

36. Sources
Making Connections: Youth Program Strategies for a Generation of Challenge, Sar Levitan Center for Social Policy Studies, John Hopkins University, April
The STEM Workforce Challenge: the Role of the Public Workforce System in a National Solution for a Competitive Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Workforce, April 2007.
An Overview of Alternative Education, Laudan Y Aron, The Urban Institute, January 2006
“The Collapse of the Male Teen Job Market”, Andrew Sum, Joseph McLaughlin, with Sheila Palma, Center for Labor Market Studies, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts for the C.S. Mott Foundation
“Managing Complex Change”, Anne Adams, Christopher Kingsley, and Pamela Smith, CYD Journal, 2001.
The Pact, by Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt with Lisa Frazier Page, Riverhead Books, Penguin Putnam, Inc. New York, 2002.
Mutual Aid Groups and The Life Cycle, ed., Alex Gitterman and Lawrence Shulman, Peacock Publishers, Itasca, IL, 1986.
Joining Together: Group Theory and Group Skills, Fourth Edition, David W. and Frank P. Johnson, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

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38. Summer Youth Employment Program Y4 Workforce Investment Board
San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board
Summer Youth Employment Program Y4
Miguel McQueen,
Staff Analyst II,
San Bernardino County
Workforce Investment Board

39. Creation of a Youth Driven and Designed Program
Youth Participants were integral team members with providers
Designed with Career pathways in mind
Targeted previous and current vocational training interests
Internship opportunities in Local Demand Occupations

40. Successful Outcomes!!! Ontario Auto Center Mechanic Internships
Collaboration with local School District, Regional Occupation Program (ROP), Auto Dealerships and Automotive Professionals
Career Institute (local WIA Youth Provider) identified youth with Auto Mechanic interests & aptitudes and placed them into internships with possible career pathways
18 local youth enrolled and served 180 hour internships ~~~ 9 were hired as permanent employees

41. Focused on local demand occupations in following areas:
Collaboration with Regional Occupation programs, Adult Education & Community Colleges
Met with local Regional Occupations Programs (ROP), Adult Education, and Community Colleges
Targeted existing Vocational and Certificated courses/programs that had successful completion and high placement rates
Focused on local demand occupations in following areas:
Aviation
Advanced Manufacturing
Healthcare Occupations
Green Industry
Transportation and Logistics
3.2 Million in ARRA funds allocated

42. ARRA Training Opportunities
Regional Occupational Programs
Medical Assistant-Clinical
Childcare Occupations
Medical Insurance Billing
Customer Service
Shield Metal ARC Welding
Air Conditioning (HVAC)
Nurse Assistant
Medical Assistant
Medical Front Office
Substantial Community College Certificated Programs
LVN/RN
Water Supply Technician
Aviation Mechanics
Welding Programs
Diesel Mechanic
Computer Numeric Control (CNC)
Victor Valley Aviation Consortium
Irrigator Technical Training School
…And the list goes on

43. Transition Older Youth into Workforce Activities
Youth Providers Identify older Youth for Vocational training opportunities (demand occupations)
Youth referred to Employment Resource Center for co-enrollment into WIA Adult program
Assigned Employment Services Advisor
Youth enrolled into ARRA funded training course/program

44. Contact Information
Miguel McQueen
Address:
215 North D Street, Suite #301
San Bernardino, CA 92415
Website:

45. Mark Nanzer, Building a Bridge to Success Manager of Youth Programs,
San Diego Workforce Partnership
A Collaboration between the
San Diego Workforce Partnership Youth Division
&
One Stop Career Center Network

46. The Need
Of the over 3200 youth that participated in the San Diego Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), over 900 are older, out-of-school youth that can benefit from additional skill enhancement & workforce development opportunities

47. The Strategies
Youth Service Navigator
Youth & Adult Individual Training Accounts (ITA)
On-the-Job & Customized Training
Higher Education Initiative
Co-enrollment into Year-Long Youth & One-Stop Systems

48. Youth Service Navigator
Intermediary between SYEP, Year-Long Provider and One-Stop Career Center Networks
Facilitate communication and outreach campaign to Older, Out-of-School Youth
Assist with referral process and co-enrollment coordination

49. Youth & Adult ITA $$$
The goal of modeling the Youth & Adult Systems to ensure Older, Out-of-School Youth have a variety of training & employment options
$250,000 dedicated to ITA’s for WIA eligible Older, Out-of-School Youth
WIA Adult/Dislocated Worker ITA funds allocated to One-Stops

50. On-The-Job-Training (OJT) & Customized Training
$2 million in funding for OJT and Customized Training opportunities
Contracted OJT & Customized Training Providers to designate 25% of available slots to Older, Out-of-School Youth

51. Higher Education Initiative
$5 Million in funding dedicated to WIA eligible youth and adults for training programs
Opportunity to access specialized training opportunities in the following industries:
Healthcare
Green Collar Careers
Biotech

52. Youth remains active under the SYEP enrollment
Co-enrollment into WIA One-Stop System or Youth Program
SYEP Provider documents Work Readiness Goal Attainment & all Summer Activities provided
Youth remains active under the SYEP enrollment
SYEP collaborates with nearest One- Stop Career Center for Youth Provider fro co- enrollment coordination
One-Stop/Youth Provider co-enrolls participant

53. The Flow Youth/Adult ITA’s OJT’s / Customized Training Higher Ed
SYEP
Participants
co-enrolled
OJT’s /
Customized Training
Higher Ed
Initiative

54. Gailmarie Harris, Central Ohio WIC/ JOBLeaders Summer YouthWorks
Director,
Youth Services, Central Ohio
Workforce Investment Corporation

55. In collaboration with City of Columbus & Franklin County
Summer Overview
In collaboration with City of Columbus & Franklin County
Two groups with age-appropriate designed programs
(14 – 18 & 18 – 24 years old)
The goal is to prepare young adults for the workforce, while stimulating the economy
Emphasis on Self Discovery/ Arts, Labor Market Orientation & Career Exploration to prepare young adults for year-round opportunities

56. Transitional Snapshots
Web-based Eligibility Portal/ Payroll System for remote access developed by PROTEAM Staffing
Transition: PROTEAM Staffing will be recruiting personnel from Portal
Acloché LLC is a staffing company recruiting & placing interns
Assessment using the arts, conducted by ArtSafe & Columbus State Community College, addressed generational, cultural, & communication barriers with diverse populations
Transition: This information will be used in the in-depth assessment process for continuation of WIA services

57. Transitional Snapshots
Automatic Deposits with Chase Bank providing Financial Literacy Training to interns
Transition: In 2008, 2/3 of the summer participants continued their bank accounts
Work-Readiness Training with web-based portfolio designed by Visionary Leaders Institute
Transition: Web-based portfolio provides access for continuous contextual learning at the worksite
Entrepreneurship Training with Columbus City Schools & Young University developing business plans & websites
Transition: COWIC/ JOBLeaders is developing business start-up services for our restored citizens (re-entry) group

58. Transitional Snapshots
Recruiting “Males in the Classroom” with Columbus City Schools for Elementary Teacher-Assistants
Transition: Interns will transition into WIA Individual Training Accounts to pursue education goals
City-wide facilities assessments using interns with Columbus City Schools to transform school buildings to “Green”
Transition: Interns will transition into WIA for Construction Trades and Engineering via WIA Individual Training Accounts, Apprenticeship Programs
Mt. Carmel College of Nursing, Columbus Public Health Department & Home Health Aide internships
Transition: Interns will transition into WIA Healthcare training & education

59. Year-Round WIA Transition
Plan summer with the year-round programs (Adult & Youth)
Market year-round programs throughout the summer program (OJT, Customized Training, etc.)
Provide transitional services before summer ends
Coordinate transitional services with Adult & Dislocated Worker program
Use summer evaluations for year-round individual service strategies
Use co-enrollment with performance in mind

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