1. Leveraging State Funds to Address Local Priorities
Sallie Glickman, CEO Philadelphia WIB
January 25, 2007

2. Multiple Approaches Traditional Workforce System Efforts New Work
Incumbent Worker Projects
Industry Partnerships
Economic Development Projects
Reports & Studies
New Work
Issues that transcend the public workforce system
January 25, 2007

3. Making it Happen What’s Hot? Points of Influence Your Influence
In the News, with the Gov, in the Legislature?
Points of Influence
State Budget (New Programs; State Line Items)
Discretionary Dollars (WAM; Pet Projects)
Your Influence
Board, Mayor
January 25, 2007

4. The Road to Funding Cultivate Relationships Develop a Vision
$$ might not always need to come directly to your organization ~ what role do you want to have?
Leverage Partnerships & Influence
BE PATIENT & DON’T GIVE UP
January 25, 2007

5. PA Statewide Innovation
Job Ready Pennsylvania
Industry Partnerships
Training Grants
Workforce Intermediary Project
Prior Learning Assessment
Disconnected Youth
Job Ready Pennsylvania invests an additional $101 million in targeted training and education. 
These limited new resources leverage $2 billion in existing funds in our workforce development and preK-12 education systems by making fundamental changes in how these systems operate.
During the first year of implementation over 3,000 employees from 221 companies were engaged in advanced training made possible through incumbent worker training grants.
That same year, over 450 companies participated in 45 industry partnerships.
In the most recent budget, funding was made available to serve 5,000 workers through incumbent worker training grants, and to launch 25 new industry partnerships bringing the total companies served through industry partnership grants to about 500 over a two year period.
January 25, 2007

6. Local Innovations
Describe each initiative – what, when, how, why, etc.
How does this translate into funding?
Drives the State to put out new RFP’s ~ Project U-Turn
Encourages the State to find additional funds ~ Professional Development Training for Adult Literacy Providers interested in Workforce Literacy
Assists the State in revising current funding approaches to better serve people ~ Financial Aid for ‘Comebackers’
January 25, 2007