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Skilled Workers for Quality Employers

Skilled Workers for Quality Employers. Skill QUEST. Skill QUEST Mission: Investing in People. Provide comprehensive, long-term training opportunities to economically disadvantaged adults .

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Skilled Workers for Quality Employers

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  1. Skilled Workers for Quality Employers Skill QUEST

  2. Skill QUEST Mission: Investing in People • Provide comprehensive, long-term training opportunities to economically disadvantaged adults. • Long term skill training results in large, lasting returns in the labor market compared to the modest impact of shorter term training programs* • Local Investments in Workforce Development: 2012 Evaluation Update, Ray • Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, Lyndon B Johnson School • of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin

  3. Skill QUEST Vision • To create a vibrant community economy through moving unemployed or under-employed persons to jobs that pay a family wage and contribute to the economy • To define the skills required to succeed in targeted, hard-to-fill occupations with employers, then to recruit, train and develop adults so that they are qualified and ready for employment

  4. EducationBarriers Education level – High school diploma ≠ passing the college entrance exam 2. Cost – An issue for low income families. 3. Childcare and Transportation – Monthly costs for three children can be upwards of $1,200.

  5. Skill QUEST: Overcoming Education Barriers • Accelerated College Prep - Intensive program, offered in partnership with community colleges. • Assistance with Tuition, Fees and Books • Childcare and Transportation • Guidance/VIP (Vision, Initiative, Perseverance) -Case Manager meets with participants regularly, to help them navigate their progress toward graduation and career.

  6. Skill QUEST: Training • To move unemployed and underemployed people out of poverty and into high-growth jobs in emerging industries by developing a skilled labor pool to meet employment needs: • Current Programs include: Health Occupations, Information Technology, Mechanical/Repair, Logistics Management, Construction, Auto Repair, Auto Body Repair • Placement –to assist in finding employment with a good salary, benefits, and opportunity for growth/advancement.

  7. Skill QUEST: Model Outcomes Capital Idea (Austin) and Project Quest (San Antonio) in existence for almost twenty years: • > 5,000 adults have enrolled in training leading to careers paying family-level wages. • The average wage placement is $16-$18 a year. • vs Comparison Group: earned $759 more per quarter, increased employment and eligibility for unemployment benefits in the event of a job loss* • * Local Investments in Workforce Development: 2012 Evaluation Update, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin

  8. Information Session • Potential participants attend an information • session where they learn the requirements of the • program, education /training objectives, and the support services given for tuition, books/materials, • emergency assistance , etc. • Potential participants sign-up for testing

  9. Testing • Potential participants test for college level placement and career • aptitude • Participants that do not test well are referred to other agencies for • additional support and are invited to test next semester after the • case managergoes over their testing scores and identifies areas of • weakness • Those participants who test at college level or participants near college-ready level and who are willing to take accelerated remediation are then given appointments to speak with a case manager one on one about entering the program and asked to bring required documentation

  10. Individual Assessment • 1. Potential participants are asked why they want to • participate in the program; they review their financial • situation in greater detail with case manager ; • participants are asked to research their area of study • and write an essay about it • 2. After all required documents are submitted and verified, • participants are invited to enter the program

  11. Skill QUEST: 2010-2012 • 117 participants served since September, 2010. • 13 graduates, 4 more scheduled May, 2013 graduation. • 8 employed in jobs paying $40,000 to $60,000 • 2 continuing at 4 year universities • Forty-four students currently continue in pursuit of an associate degree. • Our average cost per student is $5,500.

  12. Skill QUEST Partners • Baylor University Medical Center • Dallas County Community College District • Collin College Community College District • Dallas Area Interfaith and Member Institutions • City Square • The Meadows Foundation • The Thomson Family Foundation • The Dallas Women’s Foundation • North Dallas Bank • Attitudes and Attire • YWCA • City of Dallas, DOORS, Metro Homeless Coalition

  13. Can We Afford Not to Offer Dallas Participants Tax Payers Society The same outstanding Return on Investment for Economic Development?

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