1. #StrongWorkforce @CalCommColleges @WorkforceVan Version as of 9/22/16
$200M Strong Workforce Program

2. Requirement: labor market demand!
Use of $200M Strong Workforce Program
Increase quantity of CTE
Improve quality of CTE
Courses, programs, pathways, credentials (licensure), certificates, degrees
Requirement: labor market demand!
Provide career exploration, job readiness, job placement, work-based learning – leveraging Student Success/Students Equity funds, Local Workforce Investment Board resources, etc.
Funds are “on-going” not one-time.

3. Flow of Funds 5% 60% 40% Statewide Activities Local Shares
Goes to districts to invest in CTE at colleges 5%
Statewide Activities
40%
Regional Shares
Invests in CTE at colleges
upon coordinated action

4. Allocation Model for the Funds: Variables and Weighting
Unemployment rate 1/3 1/3
Proportion of CTE FTEs 1/3 1/3
Projected job openings 1/3 1/6
Successful workforce outcomes* 0 1/6
* Launchboard has already been updated for WIOA alignment.

5. Searchable Library: Labor Market Demand
CURATED LIBRARY:
Regional & Sub Regional Labor Market Information
Supply & Demand Table with Living Wage Occupations
Other
Supply and Table Tables (Centers of Excellence)
Proven Success (Launchboard: > 50% attained living wage)
Validated Employer Input via Employer Survey/Employer Advisory
Regional Program Approval Obtained – last 2 years
Vetted in Prior Regional Planning Process
Curated library (Centers of Excellence)

6. 3-Year Projections of Improved Quantity/Quality:
Select from Multiple Measures
INCREASE QUANTITY
CTE enrollment
IMPROVE QUALITY
Completion
Transfer
Employment rates
Employment in field of study
Earnings
Median change in earnings
Proportion of students who attained living wages

7. Joint* Regional Planning –
Contact CTE Regional Consortia for Fall 2016 Dates
Invited:
Local Workforce Investment Boards (LWIBS)
Adult Education
Local Educational Agencies
Interested Public 4 Year Universities
Economic Development
Industry Leaders
Local Civic Reps
doingwhatmatters.cccco.edu/Overview/WorkforcePartnerResources/WIOARegionalPlanning.aspx
*Joint planning between Strong Workforce Program and WIOA

8. Prepare for Joint Regional Planning Questions
Are priority and emergent sectors for the region still the same?
What more must be done for students to move through the region’s career pathways in selected sectors?
How will job placement, internships, and regional industry engagement be coordinated?
How can industry inform and co-invest in CTE development?
Community Colleges (via their CTE Regional Consortia) then prioritize use of Regional Shares by 1/31/17.
Post to web.

9. Helpful Resources
ww.DoingWhatMatters.cccco.edu/strongworkforce.aspx

10. $2B
$200M
2,700 hours

11. We are responsible

12. Strong Workforce Program Goals
Meet the needs of the labor market

18. Strong Workforce Program Goals
MORE CTE
FTES, enrollments, courses, programs
BETTER CTE Outcomes
Student academic success
Labor market success
EQUITY
Close equity gaps in program access, completion, and earnings of underserved demographic groups