Albany & Washington Workforce Development Update

1. Albany & Washington Workforce Development Update John Twomey NYATEP Spring Conference June , 2008

2. Jack Nicholson was right….. No One Really Knows What Goes on in Chinatown

3. What We’ll Talk About Today Any crystal ball gazers who bet on a new Governor this time last year, please stand up What initiatives started under Governor Spitzer My takeon whether or not they will continue under Governor Paterson What are some very recent workforce related developments in Albany What is the impact of a rapidly deteriorating state budget situation. This year? Next year? Where are we in D.C. on funding, possible new workforce policy directions jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org

4. What Road Did Eliot Spitzer Start Down on the Workforce Development Front jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org Commission on Higher Education Economic Security Cabinet I Live NY Upstate Brain Drain Task Force A Look at How Other Leading States organized their workforce systems February 27, 2007 at the SWIB

5. Commission on Higher Education jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org • Executive Order May 2007 • Original Plan • Preliminary Report, December 1, 2007 • Final Report, June 1, 2008 • Workforce Subcommittee • Actual Preliminary December 17, 2007 • Supply Side Recommendations/ Demand Side • State of the State Speech, January 2008 • Governor’s Budget proposal January 2008

6. Employment Change by Education: 1992-2002 National Statistics BLS Stats from The Jobs Revolution

7. Commission on Higher Education What’s In the December CHE Report Identifying regional training needsand capacities of training providers. Assigning responsibility for statewide workforce planning to a single entity. Aligning higher education policies, curricula, and resources with workforce needs. Providing funding to community colleges for non-credit training as well as enhancing funding for high cost/ high demand occupations. Helping community colleges to adapt to changing needs with start-up course funding and deregulation of course approvalprocedures.

8. Commission on Higher Education jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org What’s Not In the December CHE Report How will students get from adult basic education and English for Speakers of Other Languages to credit-bearing college? How will the state work with local employers to make colleges as market-responsive as possible? How will the state assist out-of-school youth in getting to college? How will the state improve the educational attainment of its rising immigrant population? How will the state make college affordable for part-timestudents? What will the state do about high community college tuitionand fees? We need to build an educational pathway by (when)or else 70% of the workers in the year 2020 are already working today!!!

9. Signatures' CHE Letter to Governor NYATEP SCAA MACNY NY City WIB NYCETC Community Service Society New York Immigration Coalition Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies Buffalo a& Erie County WIB Cayuga Cortland WIB Finger Lakes WIB GLOW WIB Jefferson Lewis WIB NYS AFLCIO Business Council SEIU Local 32BJ 1199 SEIU T & E Funds Emp State Carp Apprenticeship Workforce Development Inst. Literacy New York CWE Health Care Assoc of NY State Friendship Empire Zone Capital Region WIB Cattaraugus Allegany WIB FMS Workforce Development Bd North Country WIB

10. Signatures' CHE Letter to Governor (2) jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org Rochester Works Herkimer Madison Oneida WIB Workforce Devel Board of Suffolk Ulster County Workforce Devel Bd Workforce Devel Bd of Oswego This space reserved for you

11. Economic Security Cabinet jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org • Established by Executive Order August 2007 • The Cabinet’s four objectives are to: • (1) reduce New York’s high cost of living; • (2) establish educational and workforce development opportunities for a highly competitive economy; • (3) improving services that target low-income, working New Yorkers at risk of falling into the social safety net; and • (4) bring back jobs into our communities. • Originally 17 State Agencies Participating (now 23?). • David Hansell , Tricia Smith, Paul Francis lead roles

12. Economic Security Cabinet jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org • Economic Security Cabinet continues to pick up momentum under Governor Paterson • Two main committees: • Work Supports • Workforce Development • Watch for Sector and Career ladder strategies • Where does the SWIB fit • SUNY/ CUNY….NYSDOL….ESD Regional alignment

13. Economic Security Cabinet jtwomey@nyatep.orgwww.nyatep.org Original 17 agencies participating in the Economic Security Cabinet include: Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance; Department of Agriculture and Markets; Banking Department; Division of Budget; Office of Children and Family Services; State Education Department; Empire State Development Corporation; Department of Health; Higher Education Services Corporation; Division of Housing and Community Renewal; Division of Human Rights; Insurance Department;Department of Labor; Public Service Commission; SUNY/CUNY System; Department of Taxation and Finance; Office for Technology.

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15. I Live New York Brain Drain Task Force jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org Rationale- Upstate has a problem. They have lost 30% of their 24 to 35 year olds I Live New York Task Force formed by Executive Order 9/18/07 5 Priorities:Expanding internship opportunitiesthat provide young people with essential skills and give employers access to potential workers; Marketing our Upstate communitiesas attractive and exciting places to live; Developing employee recruitment strategies to connect talented workers with New York employers; Providing workers with continuing educationservices to enhance career mobilityand advancement; School to Careers;Creating coordinated programs to achieve these goals, and then implement them statewide

16. I Live New York Brain Drain Task Force jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org This I Live TF was personally chaired by Silda Wall Spitzer Staffed by ESD, Upstate Director of Workforce Development At the present it’s stalled My guess is it’ll continue, but how? Statewide Summit scheduled for September in Buffalo

17. NYSDOL jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org Lead workforce agency Lead agency on Regional Sector Initiative with ESD Dep. Comm. B. Herman a national expert on sector strategies NY accepted into NGA Sector Academy 13N Regional Initiative Training by NNSP, March 4 $2.5 M Career Pathways in state budget with OTDA + $2.5 M Internship RFP awards announced around May 7th Examined workforce systems in 15 states Brought Sandy Vito to New York for overview on PA system SWIB is housed in NYSDOL

18. Governor David Paterson jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org No real time for a planned transition Became Governor two weeks before the State Budget was due When Wall Street sneezes Albany catches a cold Huge layoffs financial sector/ Recession Initial focus had to be exclusively on budget Now is time to begin establishing priorities My two cents- I think Governor Paterson will do a very good job, but it’s only fair to give people time to figure out how to best succeed at new jobs on the 2nd Floor We are going to have at least another 2 very rough budget years The advocates’ll advocate, and the green eyeshade guys’ll say where are the offsets ?? (Note to Self- it’s more fun when there’s money) Results- $2.5 Mil Career Pathways not $40 Mil

19. So What’s the Workforce News from Washington jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org • As of 7/1/08 WIA Title 1in NY gets clobbered, of the 33 WIBs: • 7 lose over 20%of their local WIA (DW + Adult + Youth $$) • 11 lose over 15% • 12 lose over 10% • 3 lose between 5% and 9% • WIA RescissionNew York lost $40 Mil • $34 Milon State level • $6 Milat local level • Result: come July, ’08 big cuts coupled with no carry in

20. So What’s the Workforce News from Washington jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org • Next Year’s Budget??? • President again proposes Huge Cuts 2/08 • House & Senate Appropriations Committees move bills much higher 6/08 • Pass a 6 week Continuing Resolution late September ‘til after election day • Then depending on presidential election: • Pass a yearlong CR if McCain wins, or • Pass a 3 month CR if Hillary or Obama win

21. So What’s the Workforce News from Washington jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org If McCain wins look up CAAs, Community College initiative, dust off Emily DeRocco speeches If Clinton wins look up old USDOL and DOE bios, some of your old friends and old policies are backwith modifications If Obama wins its less clear, but college affordability, trade adjustment, wage insuranceon horizon No WIA Reauthorization in 2008, coming in ‘09

22. The Workforce News from Washington, continued • “merit staff” in House Farm Bill • Congressman Jim Walsh, lame duck but still ranking member • Iraq Supplemental passed Congress veto proof with a few add-ons • Budget conferees agree + $21 Bil domestic discretionary • Approps moves: [a] Sen.. Collins + $1 Bil; [b] Collins/ Kuhl DCL; [c] Murray/ Harkin + $390 Mil WIA • Will there be a 2nd stimulus package? Will Summer Youth Employment be in it? • Revolving Door- Kamela out; Fialla in • 2 perspectives of what comes after WIA, Lee Foley & Bob Knight jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org

23. Wrapping It Up “What business are you in”- the Iceman Cometh (and Go-eth) The squeaky wheel gets the oil Nobody will blow your horn for you. Don’t hide your light under a bushel basket jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org

24. Workforce Development in Albany & Washington is very fluid this year • In Albany, over the next several months you will be better able to define initiatives, but the lack of available funding for new initiatives is a constant • In Washington, between now and September 30th, • Appropriations Committees in House and Senate will act; • Continuing Resolutions will be passed; • the President will strive mightily- aided by the veto pen- to stave off lame duck status; and • House and Senate members will be checking out the president’s poll numbers and their re-election chances, so how many veto overrides • Missing puzzle piece- the next president jtwomey@nyatep.org www.nyatep.org