Planning Now for Project Sustainability Beyond WIF Keith Lawing President & CEO Workforce Alliance of South Central

1. Planning Now for Project Sustainability Beyond WIF Keith LawingPresident & CEOWorkforce Alliance of South Central KansasMarch 2014

2. Discussion Topics • Partners & Models • Sustaining Outcomes • Braided Funding

3. WIA-LWIBs-Workforce Intermediaries • Local Workforce Investment Boards - over 600 across the country to oversee and govern WIA implementation • Workforce Investment Act - federal investments in employment and skills training, dual customer approach, employer led, locally operated

4. LWIBs are like snowflakes, no two are exactly alike.

5. WIA-LWIBs-Workforce Intermediaries • Workforce Intermediaries - Local partnerships that bring together employers and workers, private and public funding streams and other local  stakeholders to create pathways to career advancement and family self-sufficiency and at the same time meet a current workforce need.

6. WIA-LWIBs-Workforce Intermediaries • In some regions/communities, the LWIB is the best Workforce Intermediary, in others not so much • Community based organizations, United Way, Goodwill, community college, chamber of commerce, local government often serve as a workforce intermediary

7. Sustainability Goals How can we keep, keeping on?

8. Types of Sustainability • Philosophical - When the ‘culture’ of a region or project partners absorb a grants ideas which become part of the operating environment that future activities and strategies emerge. (example: Sector Strategies, Skills Panels) • Relational - The extent to which partners collaborate with a unity of purpose following a grant project.

9. Types of Sustainability • Institutional - The ability and desire for the ‘home’ of the grant to support a grant or project’s work after the initial life/funding cycle ends • Programmatic - The level of activity that is taken on by partner organizations after the initial life/funding cycle ends

10. Bringing It All Together Leveraging Resources & Aligning Services

11. Blending and Braiding Funds • Blending funds involves co-mingling dollars into one "pot" for project support and so program needs can be met.  Blended funds goes into the "pot" and when it is utilized to pay for a project related expense, there is limited ability or a fiscal manager to report which funding stream paid for exactly which expense.Blending funding is politically challenging.  Some funding streams cannot legally, and or effectively, be blended.  Other streams will require the funder to allow an exception to how reporting normally functions.  • Braided funds involves multiple funding streams utilized to pay for service needed by a targeted group/audience, with careful accounting of how every dollar from each stream is spent.  Braided funding is often the only and most practical option for leveraging dollars.  Most federal funding streams require careful tracking of staff time, with requirements for allocation of personnel hours and other expenses to specific federal streams.  

12. Braided Funding:Tips & Strategies

13. Braided Funding: Tips & Strategies

14. Questions or Comments?Keith Lawing, President & CEOWorkforce Alliance of South Central Kansasklawing@workforce-ks.com316-771-6603

15. Metro North REB and CONNECT Sustainability

17. The Mission of CONNECT Financial Education & Services Income & Housing Stabilization One-on-One Coaching & Peer Networks Skill Development Employment To integrate resources to address the community’s needs in one central and supportive location while nurturing social networks to provide the “glue” for each individual’s journey toward economic security

19. MULTIPLE PARTNERS; ONE LOCATION

25. Metro North REB and CONNECT Sustainability A. 1 of 16 Workforce Investments Boards in MassachusettsB. The REB’s region covers 20 cities outside of Boston: Arlington Belmont Burlington Cambridge Chelsea Everett Malden Medford Melrose North Reading Reading Revere Somerville Stoneham Wakefield Watertown Wilmington Winchester Winthrop Woburn

26. Metro North REB and CONNECT Sustainability

27. July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2015 Metro North REB and CONNECT Sustainability July 1, 2015 and beyond ? Prior to July 1, 2012 Grant Oversight and Monitoring

28. Metro North REB and CONNECT Sustainability =

29. Metro North REB and CONNECT Sustainability Two (2) Sustainability Goals of the REB: Find a role for the REB in CONNECT 2) Continue to support innovation regarding workforce development practices in the Metro North Region

30. Metro North REB and CONNECT Sustainability • Regarding CONNECT: • Continue to provide technical assistance 2) Assist with resource development

31. Metro North REB and CONNECT Sustainability Regarding the Metro North Region: 1) Developing an innovation consortium 2) Resource development in innovative ideas 3) Assist CONNECT in promoting this model among other agencies interested in a similar partnership

32. Doing More With Less Sustainable Technology and Innovation in the Workforce System Alissa Bosworth Special Projects Coordinator Pasco-Hernando Workforce Board

33. Who We Are Pasco-Hernando Workforce Board Unified under the CareerSource Florida Brand 2 County Region comprised of Pasco and Hernando Counties 3locations

34. Who We ServeWho We Serve • 100,000+ Customer visits per year in our centers • 2,500+ Visitors using our Mobile One-Stop • 6,600+ Veterans per year • 6,500+ Wagner-Peyser Placements • 2,900+ Welfare Transition Program Customers • 1,600+ Re-employment Evaluation Assessment Customers • 700+ WIA Training Customers

35. A Changing Landscape • THEN • Construction based economy • Low unemployment • Numerous job openings • Stable funding streams • NOW • Lack of major industry • Higher unemployment • Skills misalignment • Yearly reductions in funding

37. Self Directed Services

38. Interactive Online Services

39. Employment Support Center

40. NETOP • Assist with gaining access to workshops • Job searches • Creating an email account • Employ Florida Market Place • Resume editing and creation • Job referrals • Assistance to those with limited computer skills

41. Social Media

42. Benefits of Innovation • Less staff time • No substantial on-going costs • More interaction with those who need it • 24/7 service delivery • Customers take charge

43. QUESTIONS? Alissa Bosworth Special Projects Coordinator 352-593-2221 abosworth@careersourcepascohernando.com