1. Journey to the Future: Our Partnership Story
The Competitive Workforce Alliance
Allied Health Regional Skills Partnership

2. Initial Intention: Address all Challenges
Comprehensive assessment of high growth allied health occupations
Inconsistent and non-standardized training
Competition among employers and training providers
Student and worker recruitment and retention
Aging population, workforce and faculty members

3. Changing Direction: Perspective too broad to gather useful data
Needed real results: creates value for members and Partnership identity in the community

4. New Intention—Get Specific
Top Priority: increase number of Occupational Therapists/Assistants and Physical Therapists/Assistants
Increase public awareness of allied health career opportunities
Career Ladders: enhancing recruitment and retention

5. Surprises Along the Way:
Collaboration, not competition.
Training: Reality Check

6. Not one, but many: A Team of Champions
Employers
Community Colleges
Private Trainers
Workforce Boards

7. Critical Partners: Role Models for Leadership
Employers
Workforce Intermediary
Community Colleges
Private Trainers
Workforce Boards – must play key role

8. More to Come: Economic Development JobLink Career Centers
K–12 Career Counselors

9. RSP: A New Approach Create value or “what’s in it for them”
Not your father’s Oldsmobile: Changing systems
Working together: win-win

10. Workforce Intermediary: Partnership Builder
Relationship Builder
Resource Coordinator
Process Facilitator
Support Staff
Fiscal Agent

11. Governance model

12. Governance Particles By-laws: complete MOA: in process
Succession Plan: complete

13. Staff Support: Administrative assistance- Centralina WDB
Facilitation and project management- To be determined

14. Our Epiphany:
Realizing and owning this Partnership’s potential by successfully creating a regional Allied Health Solutions Summit in a very short time.

15. What have we learned? Have decision makers at the table
Let people express skepticism
Don’t stop-even when someone says no
Never underestimate what people can bring to the table
It may not look like you expect it to look
Facilitating or managing an RSP is a full time job
Strong employer leadership is key to success

16. Successes
Regional
Solutions
Summit

17. Successes Developing 3 strong project plans
Launched public awareness and communication initiative at Regional JobLink Managers meeting last week

18. Successes
Largest regional employers leading
the way

19. Challenges: No employer funding committed for future operations
Region Size
Continued value for participants

20. If we could turn back time…
Confusion over grant guidelines
Better marketing pitch to employers needed
Start sooner!

21. Moving forward… Launching Public Awareness and Communication Plans
Expanding OTA and PTA Programs
Career Ladder Pilot
Finding sustained funding

23. Need more information??
Please visit the Competitive Workforce Alliance website….
Or contact David Hollars – Centralina WDB – (704) or