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3. Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board Update on Washington’s Workforce Development Plan Talent and Prosperity for All: Unlocking the Potential of Washington’s Workforce

4.  Central coordinating hub for WA workforce system.  Sets a strategic vision for the system.  Measure system performance through research, analysis.  Dual customer focus: Business and Labor guide the Board  2/3 of seats held by Business and Labor; remaining seats held by major service providers (OSPI, SBCTC, ESD)  Advisory members representing STEM community, chief local elected officials, DSHS, and Commerce The Workforce Board 4

5. 1. Help more people find and keep jobs that lead to economic self-sufficiency, with a focus on disadvantaged populations. 2. Close skill gaps for employers, with a focus on in-demand industry sectors and occupations. 3. Work together as a single, seamless team to make this happen. Governor Inslee’s Charges to the Workforce Board 5

6. 6 Governor Inslee Workforce Board WIOA Steering Committee Education/Career Pathways Local Governance/Sector Strategies Accountability & Eligible Training Provider List Youth Services TF One-Stop Cert/Assessment Criteria TF Unified or Combined Plan TF Professional Development TF Accessibility and Technology TF Regional Planning TF Sector Strategies TF Core Measures TF Youth Measures TF ETPL/CareerBridge TF All committees were led by business and labor leaders The Board coordinated over 75 meetings since spring, engaging more than 500 workforce development professionals, community stakeholders, and leaders in business and labor.

7. Identify how Partners can Help Customers Collaboratively and Efficiently Improve Both Worker Retention and Earnings Progression Increase Education and Training Opportunities 7  A task force recommended Washington pursue a combined WIOA plan  Encouraged as many partner programs as possible to join, after consideration of impacts to customers  Partners could ask to opt-in or opt-out by letter to the Workforce Board and Governor  After 2 years, partners may reassess their participation in combined planning and petition the Board and Governor to opt- out Washington’s WIOA Combined Plan Roles of Partners in the WIOA Combined Plan…

8. What programs are part of the state’s workforce development system? WIOA Title I Programs Disadvantaged Adult Youth Dislocated Workers WIOA Title II Programs: Basic Education for Adults WIOA Title III Programs: Wagner-Peyser Services WIOA Title IV: Vocational Rehabilitation Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)*/WorkFirst Trade Adjustment Act Veterans Employment and Training Unemployment Insurance Services SNAP Employment & Training Senior Community Services Employment Community Development Block Grant Community Services Block Grant Carl Perkins Act (secondary and post- secondary) Worker Retraining Program Training Benefits Program Apprenticeship Private Vocational Schools Second Chance Act Job Skills Program Customized Training Program 8

9. JULY 2015 MARCH 2016 July 28 Steering Committee adopts Task Force and Subcommittee recommendations July 30-31 Workforce Board Retreat Approves workforce plan’s focus August 17 Workforce Board Meeting Elects to create a combined plan with as many participating partners as possible. Approves Chapters 1-3 of High Skills, High Wages plan (economic overview and performance accountability). August 25 WIOA Writing Team Weekly Meetings start September 17 Workforce Board Meeting Take action on Plan Outline November 19 Workforce Board Meeting Take action on Workforce Draft Plan January 6 Board adopts Plan. Final Public Comment Period Begins before Governor’s Approval March 3 Plan due to federal agencies with Governor’s Signature December Finalize Operational Components of Plan Phase 1 Workforce Plan September & October Public Forums 9/11 Vancouver & 9/15 Spokane Phase 2 November – January WIOA Plan posted for public comment Key Plan Writing Period

10. 10  The Workforce Board’s state plan for workforce development will be called Talent and Prosperity for All (TAP)  Contains a narrative, strategic component  “Public-facing”  Accessible to practitioners, stakeholders, participants, legislators  Also contains an operational component  Required elements of the federal plan that involve program-to- program commitments to align the system Talent and Prosperity for All

11. Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board Key Strategic Priorities and Goals in TAP Seizing WIOA’s Opportunities and Improving Outcomes for Job-Seekers and Businesses 11

12. Washington’s Key Strategic Priorities for WIOA 12

13. Vancouver Sept. 11, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Educational Service District 112 2500 N.E. 65 th Ave. Vancouver, WA 98661 Spokane Sept. 15, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Spokane Falls Community College Falls Gateway Bldg. 30 Large Conference Room 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. Spokane, WA 99224 Mount Vernon Sept. 23, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Mt. Vernon WorkSource Center 2005 E. College Way Mount Vernon, WA 98273 Everett Sept. 23, 10:00 a.m. to noon Everett Station WorkSource Center Weyerhaeuser Room 3201 Smith Avenue Everett, WA 98201 King County TBD—Late September Moses Lake Oct. 14, 10 a.m. to noon WorkSource Central Basin 309 E. 5 th Ave. Moses Lake, WA 98837 State Workforce Plan Public Forums Additional locations may be added as necessary. Please check http://wtb.wa.gov/WorkforceFo rums.asp for the most recent information on public forum locations and times. Yakima TBD—October Bremerton TBD—October 13

14. 14 Serving everyone seamlessly The system’s goal is to ensure that every customer has the education, employability skills, work experience, and credentials needed to move into sustained employment and economic self-sufficiency, and receives the wraparound services needed to pursue his or her career pathway. Increase the number of designated navigators available within the One-Stop system. Develop an intake process that eliminates redundant assessments and streamlines customer experience. Increase the number of participants, including those with barriers, who have defined career pathways and have gained portable skills, received industry recognized credentials, and/or earned college credits. Integrated Service Delivery Goals

15. 15 Business Engagement Goals Better access, better engagement By providing businesses with easier access to the workforce system and a clearer understanding of the benefits of working together, Washington can move business engagement to the next level. Establish a baseline and increase the number of businesses utilizing the workforce system. Establish a baseline and increase the number and percentage of businesses reporting satisfaction with the services they receive via the workforce system by 5% each year. Have at least one sector partnership in development in each workforce region. Use the Sector Partnership Framework to show progress over time. Increase resources for work-and-learn opportunities, including on-the-job training and apprenticeship, internships, job shadows, but especially, incumbent worker training. Increase the amount of work-based training, including incumbent worker training, on-the- job training and apprenticeship, job shadows, internships. Train at least 30 percent of the workforce system on the implementation of sector partnerships.

16. 16 Accessibility and Technology Goals Ensuring access to everyone Every Washington resident needs universal, barrier-free access to our state’s workforce system. Technology is a powerful tool that can reduce obstacles to access. However, it’s clear that technology will not solve all accessibility issues. Tailored approaches to different populations are required. Implement secure, wireless Internet access in public areas of all comprehensive One- Stop centers in Washington by 2020. Establish a state-level advisory committee on accessibility and barrier solutions and ensure the designation of local advisory committees during the first two years of the plan. By the fourth year of the plan, ensure the state-level advisory committee has received annual progress reports on One-Stop centers’ accessibility at the local level. Identify and encourage local pilot programs that use technology to facilitate and improve an integrated service delivery for customers, including programs designed to improve access to the system.

17. 17 Performance Accountability Goals New measures for a new federal act New measures will focus on customers: workers, employers, jobseekers and students. Previous performance measures focused on programs rather than people. Develop a system to accurately measure the collective success of all WIOA Partners in serving workforce populations Many details of WIOA’s performance accountability system are yet to be defined in regulation and federal guidance; however parts of the emerging picture are becoming clear. WIOA makes important changes in federal performance measurement requirements, including: Updated and standardized outcome measures applied across all six core programs. The majority of these measures are very similar to Washington’s existing IPI/State Core measures. Reporting procedures which recognize the relationship between participants’ barriers and other characteristics and their outcomes, and that many participants may be served by more than one program. Extending the types of training providers to be covered under performance-based Eligible Training Provider List processes.

18.  The Workforce Board and system partners have interpreted Governor Inslee’s charge as a call to improve access among all priority populations.  The state Workforce Board is forming a permanent Advisory Committee on Barrier Solutions to identify barriers in the system and leverage resources and expertise to remove them. Displaced HomemakersYouth in/Formerly in Foster Care Low-Income IndividualsEnglish Language Learners Indians, Alaska Natives, HawaiiansMigrant/Seasonal Farmworkers Individuals with Disabilities Individuals within 2 Years of Exhausted TANF Eligibility Older IndividualsSingle Parents/Pregnant Women Ex-OffendersLong-Term Unemployed Homeless IndividualsVeterans “Other Groups” WIOA’s Specific Focus on Priority Populations 18

19. 19 Public Comment on the Plan http://wtb.wa.gov/WAWorkforcehttp://wtb.wa.gov/WAWorkforcePlan.asp We value your comments! Please visit our webpage to download draft chapters of the TAP plan and submit feedback via email.

20. JULY 2015 MARCH 2016 July 28 Steering Committee adopts Task Force and Subcommittee recommendations July 30-31 Workforce Board Retreat Approves workforce plan’s focus August 17 Workforce Board Meeting Elects to create a combined plan with as many participating partners as possible. Approves Chapters 1-3 of High Skills, High Wages plan (economic overview and performance accountability). August 25 WIOA Writing Team Weekly Meetings start September 17 Workforce Board Meeting Take action on Plan Outline November 19 Workforce Board Meeting Take action on Workforce Draft Plan January 6 Board adopts Plan. Final Public Comment Period Begins before Governor’s Approval March 3 Plan due to federal agencies with Governor’s Signature December Finalize Operational Components of Plan Phase 1 Workforce Plan September & October Public Forums 9/11 Vancouver & 9/15 Spokane Phase 2 November – January WIOA Plan posted for public comment Key Plan Writing Period

21. For additional information go to: www.wtb.wa.gov/WIOA Additional WIOA Information 21 Contact Information Terri Colbert WIOA Program Administrator 360-709-4623 Terri.Colbert@wtb.wa.gov Patrick Woods Operations Director 360-709-4622 Patrick.Woods@wtb.wa.gov Eric Wolf Workforce Policy Associate 360-709-4614 Eric.Wolf@wtb.wa.gov