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Celebrating GreenWays: Three years of Innovation and Accomplishment

Celebrating GreenWays: Three years of Innovation and Accomplishment. March 25-26, 2014. Chicago. Milwaukee. Detroit. Boston. Washington, DC. Seattle. Philadelphia. WAI. What We Set Out to Do. Enhance Green Sector Training for Lower-Skilled Adults

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Celebrating GreenWays: Three years of Innovation and Accomplishment

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  1. Celebrating GreenWays: Three years of Innovation and Accomplishment March 25-26, 2014

  2. Chicago Milwaukee Detroit Boston Washington, DC Seattle Philadelphia WAI

  3. What We Set Out to Do • Enhance Green Sector Training for Lower-Skilled Adults • Increase success of women in non-traditional occupations • Build capacity of workforce partnerships • Build a network of funders and workforce partnerships 3

  4. What We Set Out to Do: Planned Performance Outcomes 4

  5. What We Set Out to Do: Process Measures

  6. Who We Served – Race

  7. Who We Served - Gender

  8. Who We Served – Age

  9. Who We Served – Education at Enrollment

  10. Who We Served – Employment Status

  11. What We Did: Planned Performance Outcomes 11

  12. What We Did: Process Measures

  13. What Credentials Have Completers Earned? • Air Sealing Certificate • Blower Door Operator • Certified Production Technician • CNG Heavy Duty • Flagger Safety • Forklift Operator • LEED • MSSC Safety • NABCEP • NIMS JPBL • NIMS Measurement, Materials & Safety • NIMS Drill Press • OSHA 10 • OSHA 30 • Apprentice • Weatherization Installer

  14. What We Did: Systems Impacts Enhanced Collaborations and Partnerships • In Boston, PACE leveraged the facilities and faculty of Madison Park Technical High School and Benjamin Franklin Technical Institute for training • In Chicago, three community colleges shared access to high tech manufacturing equipment and curriculum • In Detroit, community based service providers formed a new pre-apprenticeship model with the trades • In Washington DC, Building Futures tapped into Neighborhood Legal Services and the Department of Human Services to access legal and financial assistance for students • In Milwaukee, MCSC and MATC developed new avenues for low-income neighborhood residents to get into technical college programs • In Philadelphia, the Federation of Neighborhood Centers initiated relationship with the Finishing Trades institute to provide contextualized literacy • In Seattle, ANEW and VICE built strong partnership to assess pre-apprenticeship candidates and increase the presence of women in electrician apprenticeships 14

  15. What We Learned • Working with Employers • Expanding employer network and engaging employers as strategic partners involves significant planning and outreach, equivalent to participant service planning • Industry Association involvement facilitates access to employers • Marketing career advancement for incumbent workers is a different skill set than preparing and placing unemployed job seekers • Employer paid fee for service approaches may require new organizational structures for workforce partnership • Participant Services • Retention begins at assessment • Literacy skills contextualized to occupational training accelerate mastery of both sets of skills • Training duration does not correlate with placement or wages • Job seeking skills and job development assistance are needed by most participants • Providing job retention services – even when paid for by the grant – is challenging 15

  16. What We Learned Pre-Apprenticeship Model is Different • Strong collaborations between community based service providers and apprenticeship programs take a long time to cultivate • Average wages for apprenticeship placements were significantly higher than similar placements • Pre-apprenticeship programs with trades rotations among multiple apprenticeship programs was highly effective • Even pre-apprenticeship programs with good relationships with apprenticeship programs had difficulty negotiating Direct Entry agreements • The two pre-apprenticeship programs had highest average wages and placement rates overall 16

  17. What We Learned • Workforce Partnership Management • The convening function itself must be staffed • Partner roles and trust grow over time – if the collaboration is properly staffed • Partnerships that align services may function effectively in more than one industry sector • Technical assistance makes a difference • Local funder support and technical assistance built workforce partnership skills • Local funder coaching improves workforce partnership success in attaining new funding and awareness of political opportunities • Program staff benefit from participating in local and national meetings/conferences 17

  18. And Deborah’s Latest Accomplishment: Eleanor Quintillions Kobes

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