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Workforce Development Helping Teens and Young Adults Get Ready for College and Career

Provides leadership and support for comprehensive and customized workforce services to assist young people in building the life/work skills to become competent, confident, and connected adults.

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Workforce Development Helping Teens and Young Adults Get Ready for College and Career

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  1. Workforce Development Helping Teens and Young Adults Get Ready for College and Career Vicki Gray – Director Career Development & Youth Initiatives Office Division of Employment and Workforce Solutions

  2. Career Development & Youth Initiatives Office “ Provides leadership and support for the creation of comprehensive and customized workforce services that assist young people in building the life/work skills to become competent, confident and connected adults.”

  3. I want to be a ______ !

  4. The WIA Youth Program The goal of a Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth program is to improve the long-term job prospects of young people by providing basic skills, work readiness skills, occupational skills training, and citizenship skills.

  5. 33 Local Youth Points of Contact Across the State http://www.labor.ny.gov/sites/youth/pdf/youth-contact-map.pdf

  6. The Youth We Serve • 14 to 21 years old • Low income individual • And is one or more of the following: • Basic skills deficient • School dropout • Homeless, runaway or foster child • Pregnant or a parent • An offender • An individual in need of additional assistance to complete an educational program, or to secure employment

  7. The Youth We Serve • WIA youth programs can serve youth who do not meet the low income requirement • Youth who fall into the this income exception can only make up FIVE PERCENT of total enrollees

  8. WIA Youth Program Design WIA Section 129(c)(1)(A) • Objective Assessment • Individual Service Strategy • Preparation for Post-Secondary Educational Opportunities

  9. Ten Required WIA Program Elements Follow-Up

  10. Measuring Program Success • Placement in Employment or Education • Attainment of a Degree/Certificate • Literacy and Numeracy Gains

  11. Building Work Readiness Skills • New Tool – National Work Readiness Credential • Expanded test center network • New curriculum available • Business Support and Partnerships

  12. Work Readiness Is More Than… • Soft Skills • SCANS Skills • Job Search Skills • Resume Preparation • Mock Interviews • Dress to Impress

  13. Work Readiness Skills See the NWRC Trainers guide at http://workreadiness.com/images/training.pdf for more information

  14. The NYSDOL Youth Portal Find info on: Working Papers Labor Laws Digital Safety STEM Info www.labor.ny.gov/youth

  15. Other Workforce Connections • Governor Cuomo’s Regional Economic Development Councils - http://regionalcouncils.ny.gov/ • USDOL YouthBuild - https://youthbuild.org/ • USDOL Job Corps – http://www.jobcorps.gov/home.aspx • New York Youth Works -www.youthworks.ny.gov after 1/1/14

  16. New York Youth Works In December 2011,Governor Cuomo signedlegislation to combathigh unemployment amonginner-city youth by providing funding to organizations that could assist youth who needed work-readiness training and connect them to certified businesses for employment.

  17. New York Youth Works Targeted Areas • New York City • Town of Hempstead • City of Buffalo • City of Rochester • City of Mount Vernon • City of Yonkers • City of New Rochelle • Town of Brookhaven • City of Schenectady • City of Albany • City of Syracuse • City of Utica

  18. New York Youth Works www.youthworks.ny.gov Email: info@youthworks.ny.gov Phone: 1-877-226-5724

  19. Embed Workforce Development • Tour the Career Center in your community • Bring in an HR Director for mock interviews • Invite local businesses to share advice with participants over lunch or dinner • Help your participants get a summer job • Use Talking Safety to encourage safe work environments

  20. Use NYSDOL’s CareerZone system to: 1.Explore high skill, high wage jobs 2. Build a resume 3. Start a college and career plan 4. Build a budget 5. Look for jobs www.careerzone.ny.gov

  21. Learn More about Workforce for Youth • Visitthe National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for research and resources: http://www.ncwd-youth.info/workforce-development • Check out thePhiladelphia Youth Network: http://www.pyninc.org/resourcecenter/youthworkforce.php • Attend the NYATEP Youth Academy held each year in March: www.nyatep.org

  22. Questions For More Information • Vicki Gray – Director • Career Development & Youth Initiatives Office • Division of Employment and Workforce Solutions • Victoria.Gray@labor.ny.gov • 518.402.0440

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