Youth Industry Partnership Initiative

2. Youth Industry Partnership Initiative • Forming partnerships and aligning Hartford’s resources to impact progress for our disconnected youth. • Workforce Solutions Collaborative of Metro Hartford • Hartford Opportunity Youth Collaborative • Our Piece of the Pie • NFWS Industry Partnership Model • Employer driven for local business impact across industry sectors • Bringing together public and private associations, employers, sector organizations and service providers • Actualizing career opportunities with local openings

3. NFWS YIPI Meeting Boston  May 1, 2014 Leveraging Partnershipsfor Success in Hartford

4. Leveraging Partnerships

6. Introduction to ACC Manufacturing Technology Center - 2010 • Awarded a WIA OSY Award by CWP Summer 2012 • Program Concept: • IBest Model • Support Team Model • OSY With No Diploma Component • Barriers… • The Partnership… • Programmatic Updates

7. The Characteristics & Needs of OSY WIA Youth • Differences between OSY/ISY WIA youth. • The needs of OSY in this type of model. • Model modifications due to these needs • A systemic approach to working with OSY WIA youth

8. YIPI Goals • Identify the unique challenges and gaps for building momentum in re-engaging youth • Establish suitability • Determine and provide required preparation and support services • Skill-building • Create and support training and career pathways with a dual purpose • Engage youth in education, training and employment • Strengthen local business and industry

9. Our Approach • Look system-wide at the best work that the region is doing to address these needs • What is working • Is it scalable • Where are the hurdles • What possible solutions • How will what we do as a collaborative of industry partnerships be different for youth?

10. Our Focus • Manufacturing • YIPI -Pathways to Manufacturing (PMI) • A Comprehensive Service /Partnership Model • YIPI will pay for 10 non WIA certified participants • Reporting and learning across the PMI program • HOYC aligned partnership designed for systemic scalability guided by collective impact and results based accountability measures

11. Targeted Outcomes • Credential Attainment (Customer Service, OSHA) • Literacy Gain • Math Gain • Career Competency Development Training Completion (Workforce Readiness Credential) • Credit Accumulation • Manufacturing Certification • Placement in Employment    

12. Learning Product • Compare and report the HOYC/PMI program’s learning with the SIF funded Healthy Futures program that is under way. • Delivery via Sector Intermediary Metro Hartford Alliance for Careers in health care • Data collection match

13. Recruitment • 26 recruited first cohort • 20 recruited second cohort • 10 Non-WIA certified enrolled • Strict Recruitment: Intentional Criteria (100 youth) • 1 out of 5 are found suitable • 8th grade level - Literacy and Numeracy (3-6 months to demonstrate skills) • Cannot miss more than one of set of 3 appointments • Secure housing and transportation

14. Recruitment • Acclimation to Mfg through Career Inventory • Some exceptions - motivated/interest/ aptitude • Ex: Nursing Academy/Journalism Academy xfers • Skip recruitment criteria already prepped • Recruitment locations • CREC University HS Intro to Manufacturing • Hartford Adult Education • Hartford Job Corps • Hartford YMCA • Girl Scouts of America • OPPortunity HS • Faith Based Organizations • Neighborhood Revilization Zone (NRZ) Meetings • Windsor HS Shop Program • Hartford HS Green Tech • Technical High Schools Prince Tech. or Cheney Tech • Media (Hartford Public Access, HPS Newsletter, Craig’s List) • Social Media (Facebook, Linkein, Etc.)

15. Multi-faceted Training • Our Piece of the Pie • 3 week hands –on personalized team instruction preparation • Career Competency Development Training • Basic Skills • Computer Literacy • Customer Service • Problem Solving/Decision Making • Interpersonal/Communication Skills • Personal Qualities (dress/self mgmt/can do • Job Seeking Skills • Financial Literacy

16. Youth Support/Case Management • Team approach – one on one services • Youth Development Specialist • Workforce Development Specialist

17. Youth Development Specialist Each youth is assigned a Youth Development Specialist (YDS) who is primarily responsible for the services including: • Recruitment and Engagement • Administering and Reviewing Assessments • Individual Success Planning (Goal Identification and Management) • Needs Assessment & Barrier Reduction • Relationship Centered Mentoring • Social & Emotional Development • Integration Into Post-Secondary Education (each YDS certified FAFSA counselors) • Parental (or significant other) Engagement • Advocacy and the Development of Self-Advocacy Skills • Resource Identification and Referrals to External Supports and Services • Home, School & Work Site Visits • Coordination of and Participation in Enrichment Activities • Retention and Resilience Support (Includes Monitoring of Credit Accumulation)

18. Workforce Development Specialist Each youth is assigned a (NAWDP certified) Workforce Development Specialist (WDS) who is primarily responsible for the following services: • Recruitment, Eligibility and Suitability Screening, Intake, and Enrollment • Academic and Career Assessment Administering and Review • Career Counseling (Development of Individual Career Plan - ICP) • Manufacturing Labor Market Research Aligned to Post-Secondary Certification • Career Competency Development Training (Including Life Skills) • Coordination of OSHA Training, Facilitation of Workforce Readiness and Customer Service Credentials • Development and Coordination of Internships (Including Payroll/Check Distribution) • Job Placement Assistance • Worksite and School Visits • College Progression (Monitoring Credit Accumulation) • Job Retention Services and Supports and WIA Retention Services • Work Readiness Credential - http://www.hmhco.com/shop/education-curriculum/adult-education/career-pathways/features/work-readiness-credential • National Retail Federation - http://nrffoundation.com/content/certification-customer-service

19. Stackable Credentials National Career Readiness Certificate OSHA Certificate Customer Service Certificate

20. Pathways to Manufacturing • 6-8 weeks Sector based instruction July 1 • BRIDGE/Orientation Program • Participants taken in vans the 20 miles from Hartford to Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield to the Manufacturing Center

21. Early Anecdotes A significant amount of interest in Mnfc. from young people already in other careers Appealing to both minority men and women

22. Biggest Success Employers are paying tuition balances/for individuals showing potential Employers expand access for youth in PMI program to include Advanced Manufacturing Welding and Robotics Electromechanical/Technical Asnuntuck CC $25 million from Gov. Malloy to increase enrollment at Mfg Center from 220- 600

23. Biggest Challenges • Scalability of support services • Dynamics to specific manufacturing • Unique needs of employers • Territorial parameters of partnerships • Money • Alliances with specific people/groups • Programmatic loyalties/reputations

24. Employers • 8 PMI program employers are committed to the journey • Identifying Employer Needs • Hands-On training Experiences (paid) • Job Placement negotiation

25. Advice Build on existing partnerships

26. Youth Academic Specialist Youth will have access to a (FAFSA Certified) Academic Specialist who is primarily responsible for the following services: • Academic Interventions (i.e. Tutoring and Remediation Aimed at Increasing Literacy and Numeracy Skills) • Post-Secondary Readiness • FAFSA Assistance (Financial Aid) • Essay Writing • College Progression/Transfers