1. Local and Community Development Programme 2011 Goal 2 Output Analysis Aileen Gilchrist 4 th October 2012

2. Outline of presentation General Overview Goal 2 & LCDP Caseload Profile of Goal 2 Beneficiaries Interventions Analysis of ETIs (Courses) Accreditation/Funding/Outcomes Other Adults /Youth Work provision Data Recording Summary Points

3. GOAL 2 AIM To increase access to formal and informal educational, recreational and cultural activities.

4. Overview - Goal 2 IRIS data up to date as of April 2012 €50.5m allocated to 53 LDCs in 2011. €11.09 million spent on Goal 2 actions. €3.7m spent on direct action costs €7.39m spent on salary and support costs 37% was allocated to Goal 2 as a percentage of the total of the four goals 667 actions across 53 LDC plans

5. OVERVIEW - LCDP CASELOAD 2010 LCDP Caseload: 30,140 Individuals 2011 LCDP Caseload: 40,292 Individuals 34% increase in 2011 from 2010 9505 Individuals on Goal 2 Case load Gender - 61% Female and 39% male Goal Two Individuals account for 24% of the total number of LCDP clients across all goals (40,292)

6. Goal 2 Individual Interventions Caseload - 9505 Individuals 15,314 interventions 5,975 individuals received only one intervention (62%) 2,919 individuals received more than one intervention (31%) No intervention was recorded for 611 individuals 5

7. 6 Goal 2 Individual Beneficiaries by Age Band

8. There are six ‘age band’ groups The largest group ‘26-35 Group’ (23.5 %) 2,237 This was followed by ‘36-45 Group’(20.3%) 1,934 The fourth largest group of individuals was occupied by the ‘Over 55 Group’ which comprises of 18.4% or 1752 individuals. This is 5% higher than the overall programme caseload for this category. 7

9. 8 Goal 2 Individuals by Education Status

10. Education Status of Goal 2 Caseload 3311/ 35% of individual beneficiaries had Leaving Cert education NFQ4/5.(Standard/Vocational/Applied) 2141/ 22.5% of individual beneficiaries had Junior/Intermediate/ Group Cert education NFQ 3. 1465/15.5% of individual beneficiaries had a primary school education only or no formal education. 1150/12 % of individual beneficiaries had HETAC Third Level education NFQ 6-10 qualification. 9

11. 10 Goal 2 Individuals by Employment Status

12. The largest category were those individuals that were on the live register for more than 1 year, 1785 individuals (18.7%) 29% of individuals were Long Term Unemployed (2796) If you also include those less than 1 year Unemployed and those Unemployed and Not on the live register this figure increases to 56% of the caseload. 11% of the case load considered themselves from a ‘Low Income Family Unit’ (1073) 11

13. 12 Goal 2 Individuals by Beneficiary Group

14. Goal 2 caseload by Beneficiary Group The largest groups –‘Low Income Families’ –‘Unemployed for more than 1 Year’ –‘Disadvantaged Women Group’ 2 of these beneficiary groups i.e. Low income families & unemployed more than 1 year are also in the top 3 beneficiary groups/programme caseload. Exception is Disadvantaged women which accounts for 6% of the overall programme caseload but is double that in Goal 2. ‘Older People over 55 Years ’ accounts for 8 % of the Goal 2 caseload. Programme caseload (3.8%) -nearly double 13

15. 14 Individuals Referred From

16. Goal 2 Caseload - Referral sources Referred fromCount% Self Referral2,80029 % Local Community Groups1,96521 % Publicity/information Campaigns 1,85719.5% Outreach7668 % State agencies/Dept’s139814.7% 15

17. 16 Individuals Referred to non LCDP services

18. 17 Individuals uptake of other services/non LCDP

19. 6388 individuals participated on Goal 2 related ETI’s. Gender breakdown 66% Female - 33 % Male Variety of courses- Education/Employment/Comm Dev 18 Goal 2-Summary of ETIs( Courses)

20. 19 Goal 2 ETIs by Sector ( Courses )

21. Individuals participating on ETIs by Education Status

22. Education status of Goal 2 ETIs Similar pattern to the overall LCDP Caseload & Goal 3 The largest category are those individuals with a starting educational status of Leaving Certificate standard (NFQ 4-5) 26.3%, -Followed by ‘Junior Certificate Group’ (NFQ 3) 23.4%, -Those with HETAC level education (NFQ 6-10) 14.7%. 16% of those entering courses had either ‘Primary Education only’ or ‘No Formal Education’’ 21

23. 22 Individuals participating on ETIs by Employment Status

24. The largest category were ‘Unemployed but not on Live Register’ (18%). Followed by those on ‘Live Register > 1 year’ ( 16%) Followed by those on the ‘Live Register (< 1 year)’ (10%) This mirrors the overall programme caseload as they both have similar categories in the top three. 28% were long term unemployed 55% were unemployed whether on the live register or not 23

25. 24 Individuals participating on Courses by Beneficiary Group

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27. 26 Individuals participating in Goal 2 courses by level of Accreditation (NFQ)

28. Level of Accreditation- Goal 2 6388 individuals participated on courses in 2011 35% individuals participated on Accredited courses (2210 ) 87% were at the NFQ level 3-5 –Includes Junior/Leaving Cert, through to 3,4 & 5 FETAC level. –NFQ level 3-5 are minor, supplementary and special purpose awards, an example of which includes ‘Safepass’ and ‘Driving Heavy Goods Vehicles’ Most popular courses –‘IT and Telecommunications’ - 53% were accredited. –‘Education Skills/Studies’ -23% were accredited. –‘Personal Development’ -19% were accredited –‘Care and Health Services’ -35% were accredited. p61 27

29. 28 Individuals participating in Goal 2 courses by funding source

30. Funding source of Courses under Goal 2 41% of individuals on courses were 100% funded by others with LCDP collaboration (2595 ) 37% of individuals on courses were fully funded by LCDP (2395) 22 % of individuals on courses were partly funded by LCDP Of the 2395 individuals fully funded by LDCP, 33 % were participating on accredited courses. 29

31. 30 Course outcome for Individuals who have completed a Goal 2 course

32. Goal 2 Course outcome 2210 individuals participated on Accredited courses, 56% successfully completed the course (1239 ) 31% require follow up to establish the outcome 4178 individuals that participated on Unaccredited courses 80% successfully completed the course (3338) 16% require follow up to establish the actual outcome 31

33. Goal 2 ‘Other Adults’ 25,676 ‘Other Adults’ were supported in 2011 Not on the Goal 2 caseload, as no personal details are recorded of the individuals. Gender 68% Female and 32 % Male. ‘Other Adults’ category participate in community, recreational & cultural and educational activities 52% in Recreational and Cultural activities (13,466). 24% in Educational activities-excludes courses (6,280 ) 18% on Unaccredited Education ( 4,542) 4% on Youth Work provision (925) 2% on Accredited education (463) 32

34. 33 Goal 2 Numbers of ‘Other Adults’ by Action outputs

35. Goal 2 Young People 2011 Over 57,000 Young people supported under Goal 2 Gender 52% Female 48% Male €467,000 expenditure for actions targeting ESL /primary beneficiary group Categories –Recreation and Cultural activities - 29% –Educational activities- 56% –Youth Work provision- 15% 34

36. 35 Number of Young people supported by Goal 2 output

37. Data Recording Issues IRIS - Working tool/ new monitoring system Accurate and complete data CES Review/clean up data/ 15 th October –Blanks/ assign client to at least one beneficiary group Date of Registration Level of interventions could be considered low/ should reflect the nature of the on going supports provided to individuals (under-reporting) Accreditation –under reported 36

38. Summary Points Promoting access/gateway Significant number of unaccredited courses LCDP is prioritising the Long Term Unemployed and most disadvantaged Data Recording Issues –Under-reporting of Individual Interventions –Need good quality data –To inform Pobal reports to various stakeholders and facilitate CES review & any future evaluations Significant outputs across Goal 2 37