1. Plenary Session and Breakout Session: Participant Engagement
SWFI Convening
October 31-November 1, 2017
Washington, DC
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
Office of Workforce Investment, H-1B Funded Program
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

2. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
Facilitators: Jessica Harding, Ph.D., Technical Assistance Coach & Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research Elizabeth Brown, Technical Assistance Coach & Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research Lily Roberts, Technical Assistance Coach & Program Analyst, Mathematica Policy Research
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
Office of Workforce Investment, H-1B Funded Program
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

3. Agenda
Participant engagement and key takeaways from August 2017 peer sharing call on outreach and recruitment
Small group discussions
Reporting out

4. August Peer Sharing Call
Opportunity for grantees to hear about strategies other grantees are using for outreach and recruitment of SWFI participants
10 grantees joined the call
Three grantees—Action for Boston Community Development, Inc., Rochester Rehabilitation Center, and Moore Community House—shared their strategies for outreach and recruitment

5. Key takeaways Action for Boston Community Development, Inc.
Grassroots outreach works best
Go to your participants
Constant contact with partners
Information cheat sheet
Child care centers are partners

6. Key takeaways Rochester Rehabilitation Center
Casts wide net for recruitment
HR departments as allies
Understand educational institution offerings and where to partner
Plain language outreach materials
Involve child care navigator from the get go

7. Key takeaways Moore Community House
Outreach images reflect success of target population
Program success stories and graduates sharing success are best marketing tools
Use American Job Centers to recruit participants
Understand the child care network and be able to explain it to participants

8. Participant engagement
Participant engagement required at each stage of the process:
Recruitment
Enrollment
Training
Post-training
How is participant engagement for SWFI different or the same from other programs?
What is working for you? What has been challenging?

9. Small group discussion
Group 1 (Jess)
Group 3 (Elizabeth)
Total Action Against Poverty in Roanoke Valley, Inc.
Rochester Rehabilitation Center
Alachua Bradford Regional WB dba CareerSource
Moore Community House
OIC of Broward dba OIC of South Florida  
City of Long Beach Pacific Gateway WIN
City of Phoenix  
Community College of Aurora
Group 2 (Lily)
OAI, Inc.
Action for Boston Community Development, Inc.
The WorkPlace
Memphis BioWorks Foundation
Vermont Technical College

10. Thank you!