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Workforce Acceleration Grants and the WorkOne System

Workforce Acceleration Grants and the WorkOne System. December 8, 2009 ISFFA Winter Conference Indianapolis. Today’s Presenter. Nate Klinck Director of Policy Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Email: nklinck@dwd.in.gov Phone: 317-233-6078.

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Workforce Acceleration Grants and the WorkOne System

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  1. Workforce Acceleration Grants and the WorkOne System December 8, 2009 ISFFA Winter Conference Indianapolis

  2. Today’s Presenter Nate Klinck Director of Policy Indiana Department of Workforce Development Email: nklinck@dwd.in.gov Phone: 317-233-6078

  3. Indiana’s Workforce Investment System • Overseen by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development • Oversees multiple state and federal workforce programs: • Unemployment Insurance • Work Opportunity Tax Credit • Trade Adjustment Assistance • Reemployment Services / Wagner-Peyser Act • Workforce Investment Act

  4. Workforce Investment System Structure • DWD works with State Workforce Innovation Council to oversee WIA services throughout the State • Two Workforce Boards in State – IPIC and Balance of State

  5. Workforce Investment System Structure (cont.) • Balance of State Workforce is comprised of 11 Regions, overseen by Regional Workforce Boards • Regional Workforce Boards procure Regional Operators to manage day-to-day operations at WorkOne Centers

  6. Workforce Investment System Structure (cont.) • All eleven Regions and Marion County have at least on full-service WorkOne Center, and a number of WorkOne Express Offices • Total Number of WorkOne Offices = 27 Full-Service Offices and 65 Express Offices • Services offered at WorkOne Offices include: • Career Counseling • Job Search Assistance • Resume Writing Assistance • Pre-Vocational Training – remediation, adult education • Occupational Skills Training

  7. WorkOne-funded Training • Guiding rules for “training” are defined in the Workforce Investment Act • What many refer to as education, workforce system refers to as “occupational skill training” • Training must be directly linked to occupations that are in demand • Participants must be case managed throughout the entire process. Potential Participants at WorkOnes must: • Have eligibility determined; • Receive interview, evaluation, and/or assessment – be determined in “need” of training and have the ability to successfully complete the training; • Check-in regularly with case managers/counselors throughout their training • Training programs available through WorkOnes are not entitlement programs

  8. Workforce Acceleration Grants • State of Indiana received $59 million in additional WIA funds as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 • Funds must be spent by June 30, 2011 • Cannot be used to “supplant” any State funds utilized for training/education • State Workforce Innovation Council allocated $18.6 million of these funds to the 11 Regions to implement the Workforce Acceleration Grants program • IPIC (Marion County) received separate pool of funds from ARRA, and is voluntarily participating in WAG

  9. Workforce Acceleration Grants • Workforce Acceleration Grants uses Federal Stimulus money to help eligible students offset the unfunded cost of education (up to $3,000 per academic year) • Workforce Acceleration Grants can be used to supplement federal and state student financial-assistance and may replace a student’s federally determined Expected Family Contribution

  10. Workforce Acceleration Grants • Workforce Acceleration Grants may only be applied to tuition, fees, and books. • Federal (Pell) and State Grants must be applied to cost of attendance before the application of Workforce Acceleration Grants is permitted.

  11. Who is Eligible? • All participants of this program must be 18 years of age or older and have a legal right to work in the U.S. Participants must also fall into one of the two groups below: • Low-Income participant: • Family receives federal, state, or local public assistance; or • Total family income at or below federal poverty level ($23,239 for family of four). • Unemployed Worker: • Unlikely to return to previous occupation/career field; AND • Falls into ONE of the following categories • Unemployed through no fault of their own • Received notice of impending layoff; • Spouse of dislocated worker (earning less than 50% of family income); • Self-employed, but business closed as a result of economic conditions.

  12. Who is Eligible? • Students MUST be pursuing a degree or certification that will place them into high-demand or high-wage jobs • Should be occupational or vocational • Study must lead toward an associate degree or an accredited certificate program • No bachelor or other advanced degrees • General studies and liberal arts programs are NOT covered

  13. What Can You Do? • Refer eligible applicants to the local WorkOne office. • The location of the WorkOne office can be found at the WorkOne Works website: • www.workoneworks.com

  14. What Can You Do? • Help fill out Workforce Acceleration Grant application Part A will be filled out by the applicant and by WorkOne Staff Part B will be completed by the Financial Aid Officer at the institution the student will be attending Part C Will be Completed by the WorkOne staff

  15. The Application Form: Part A This part of the application form gathers pertinent information about the students and their chosen schools. This part of the Form is where the student acknowledges that information will be shared between the Financial Aid Administrator and WorkOne. On this part, the WorkOne Office supplies its contact information. This is where the application must be returned after Part B is completed.

  16. The Application Form: Part B This is the part of the form that will be completed by the Financial Aid Officer. Please enter the federally determined Expected Family Contribution here. Though WAG grants are able to cover this money, it still needs to be included on the form. Once the form is returned to WorkOne, steps will be taken to reduce or eliminate this number when the grant amount is calculated. The form asks for each of the applicant’s financial resources.

  17. The Application Form: Part C Grants will be issued to students in the form of vouchers. These vouchers may be redeemed for tuition, fees, and books at the student’s institution of higher education. This part of the application will be filled out by WorkOne Staff as they determine the dollar amount, up to $3,000 per academic year, that the applicant is qualified to receive.

  18. Grant Application Process • Student referred to WorkOne • WorkOne Staff will work with the student to determine their eligibility and complete an individual employment plan • Student will begin to fill out the application form • Student will take the application form to financial aid administrator at his or her school • FAA will fill out Part B of the form. This includes calculating the total cost of education and the total amount of grants or other aid the student has been awarded

  19. Grant Application Process • Student returns form to WorkOne, where the total unfunded cost of his or her education will be determined • Student’s unfunded cost of education is equal to the total cost of education minus all of the grants and other aid awards the student has. For the purposes of Workforce Acceleration Grants, the expected family contribution will be calculated, by WorkOne Staff, as $0

  20. Sample Numbers Students total cost of Education: $5,500 Pell Grant: $2,000 State Grant: $1,000 Expected Family contribution: $500

  21. How Grant is Calculated at WorkOne $5,500 Total cost Minus $2,000 Pell Grant Minus $1,000 State aid Minus $500 Expected Family Contribution ___________________________ $2,500 Unfunded cost of education Workforce Acceleration Grants may be used to help offset a student’s Expected Family Contribution. This means that, even though it must be included on the form, it is not included when figuring out the size of the Workforce Acceleration Grant for which a student qualifies.

  22. WorkOne • After a student receives a Workforce Acceleration Grant, he or she will be assigned a case manager at the WorkOne office. This case manager will assist the student throughout their training and will help them locate employment • Information about WorkOne can be found at the WorkOne portal: • www.workoneworks.com

  23. Region 1 Krystal Levi Regional WorkOne Mgr Center of Workforce Innovations 2804 Boilermaker Court, Ste. E Valparaiso, IN P: 219-462-2940 klevi@innovativeworkforce.com Region 2 Tom Primrose Director of Workforce Facilities Partners for Workforce Solutions 851 S. Marietta St South Bend, IN P: 574-237-9675 x 1063 tprimrose@gotoworkone.com Workforce Acceleration Grants Single Point of Contact • Region 3 Lisa Mungovan Director of WorkOne Initiatives Partners for Workforce Solutions 300 E. Main Street, Ste. 100 Ft. Wayne, IN P: 260-459-1400 x 4516 lmungovan@partnersforworkforce.org • Region 4 Deborah Waymire Chief Operations Officer Tecumseh Area Partnership 976 Mezzanine Dr, Suite C Lafayette, IN 47905 P: 765-807-0882 dwaymire@tap.lafayette.in.us

  24. Region 5 Alison Cole Director of Policy and Programs Indiana Region 5 Workforce Board 891 South Street Greenfield, IN P: 317-467-0845 acole@indianaregion5.org Workforce Acceleration Grants Single Point of Contact • Region 6 Mellisa Leaming Director of Operations Alliance for Strategic Growth 122 E. Main Street Muncie, IN P: 765-282-6400 x 112 tprimrose@gotoworkone.com • Region 7 Renee Hankins System Director WorkOne Western Indiana 1700 E. Industrial Drive Terre Haute, IN P: 812-298-2364 rhankins@ivytech.edu • Region 8 John Corcoran Cocoran and Wishart 2597 West Vernal Pike Bloomington, IN P: 812-332-4496 cocoranjfc@msn.com

  25. Region 9 Alison Cole Director of Policy and Programs Indiana Region 9 Workforce Board 500 Industrial Drive, Suite 144 Lawrenceburg, IN P: 812-537-4949 acole@indianaregion5.org Workforce Acceleration Grants Single Point of Contact • Region 10 Tony Waterson Regional Director WorkOne Region 10 3310 Grant Line Road New Albany, IN P: 812-941-6423 tprimrose@gotoworkone.com • Region 11 Kay Johnson System Performance Specialist Grow Southwest Indiana Workforce 318 Main St, Suite 504 Evansville, IN P: 812-492-4508 kay.johnson@workonesw.org • IPIC – Marion County William Miller Director, Workforce Initiatives Indianapolis Private Industry Council 151 N. Delaware, Suite 1600 - Indianapolis, IN - P: 317-684-2242 wmiller@ipic.org

  26. Success to Date (through Oct. 31, 2009) • 2,085 Enrolled in WAG program • $2.6 million expended • Too early to project outcomes • # completed training • # placed into employment in related industry • # retained employment after six months • Average income of participants following training

  27. Questions? Nate Klinck Director of Policy Indiana Department of Workforce Development nklinck@dwd.in.gov 317-233-6078

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