the merrimack valley workforce investment board

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The Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment

BoardAnnual Meeting

October 4th, 2007

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ValleyWorks Career Center Served:

- 847 Veterans (106% of Plan)

- 275 WIA Title I

Adults

(84% of Plan)

- 1,392 Employers (158% of Plan)

- 14,257 Job Seekers (102% of Plan)

- 329 Dislocated

Workers

(118% of Plan)

Achievements in Performance

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Achievements in Performance

ValleyWorks Career Center Served:

- 316 Youth (95% of Plan)

- 74% Hispanic (State Average 33%)

- 76% Basic Skills Deficient (State Average 57%)

- 70% Entered Employment (State Average 88%)

- Average Wage $10.06 (State Average $9.54)

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National Emergency Grants

• 67 Lucent II NEG Workers Served (53.6% of Plan)

• 123 Smith & Nephew NEG Workers Served (103% of Plan)

• 108 Northeast Flood NEG participants enrolled

(100% of Plan)

• State NEG Average, 65%

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Business Services Unit

Over the past year, ValleyWorks Career Center’s Business Services Unit has worked hard at developing and sustaining strong relationships with the region’s employers.

• 7 Job Fairs were held throughout the region, attracting an average of 17 employers.

• 106 on-site job recruitments, providing an opportunity for “featured employers” to conduct interviews and presentations. VWCC reviews job openings and refers qualified job seekers for interviews.

• Last month, the BSU (in conjunction with the City of Newburyport and the Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce & Industry) produced a very successful Job Fair in Newburyport, attracting scores of new customers and employers from the eastern end of our region.

All of this is accomplished by five highly dedicated and professional Business Service Reps.

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Newburyport Job Fair

• 21 Employers

• 88 New customers

• 156 Members

• 244 Total Customers

• 85 Job Orders Number

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Youth/Educator Programming• Summer Work

Programming

• P21

• Connecting Activities

• Teacher Externships

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Summer Work Programs—Wages Earned

• YouthWorks: $175,395.58 (170 youth)

• Byrne: $17,672.90 (19 youth)

• MassHousing: $10,865.33 (12 youth)

• Total Wages Earned: $203,933.81 (201 youth)

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P21 (Pathways to Success by 21)Initiative A: Youth Council is currently working to increase capacity and build functionality to existing Information and Referral website:

– Built reporting functions to inform Youth Council of traffic and regional needs

– Anticipated marketing launch in the Spring

Initiative B: Received 2 sets of additional funding to build capacity to ABE system

– Utilize open time slots in VWCC’s Self-Paced Learning Labs

– Will better utilize existing resources– Partner with DYS, DSS and DTA; tracking referrals

to VWCC

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Connecting Activities

Fiscal Year

Allocation Schools Served Youth Served

FY02 $70,000 n/a n/a

FY03 $51,000 n/a n/a

FY04 $46,359 2 298

FY05 $46,359 2 285

FY06 $75,000 4 579

FY07 $180,170

8 682

FY08 $76,521 4 450

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TD Banknorth Grant Grant challenges students to create

community service project that demonstrates financial knowledge and leadership abilities

Provided full set of classroom textbooks and instructional supplies for Triton Regional High School

ValleyWorks Career Center will provide career assessment and leadership development workshops to program participants from 3 schools

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Teacher Externships

• Individual Externships: 12

• Group Externship (Lean Manufacturing): 16

• Number of ParticipatingSchools: 6

• Number of Different ContentAreas Represented: 23

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FY07 Planned ActivitiesFY07 Goals Status

Updated Blueprint Completed

On-Line Newsletter Completed for Youth

Ed/Training Advisory Council

Utilizing WCTF as launch pad for this initiative

Partner with Other WIBS on Initiatives:

Youth Council/MVHUBWCTF---Health CareWCTF---Aerospace/Manufacturing

Improve MVWIB Website

Added Resources (Annual Plan, Blueprint Update, Externship materials). More work to be done.

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High-Performing Workforce Investment

Boards

The Executive Office of Labor & Workforce Development has initiated a plan to raise the overall effectiveness of the Commonwealth’s workforce development system by focusing on the performance of local Workforce Investment Boards. WIBs that demonstrate high performance will become eligible for increased funding.

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High-Performing Workforce Investment

BoardsA broad range of performance indicators is being developed with input from all of the state’s 16 WIBs. Some examples include:

• Demonstrated success in organizing the resources of its region to address priorities.

• Established process to evaluate performance of One-Stop delivery system.

• Collaborations developed to maximize use of program funds.

• Resources focused on industry sectors that offer greatest potential for individual advancement and wage growth.

• Established a requirement of Continuous Quality Improvement for the One-Stop Career Center.

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Workforce Competitiveness

Trust FundNortheast Massachusetts Customized Manufacturing Partnership

The MVWIB is the lead agency in a WCTF grant, partnering with 10 private manufacturing companies, two community colleges, area vocational training providers, two One-Stop Career Centers operators, and with the Northshore WIB. The grant seeks to assist area manufacturers, especially those with precision machine shops, in meeting their workforce hiring and training needs and maintaining their competitive advantage in the face of changing business conditions.

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Workforce Competitiveness

Trust FundHealth Care Learning Network

The MVWIB is partnering with the lead agency, Northshore WIB, and with the Metro-Southwest Regional Employment Board, and the Greater Lowell WIB on the Health Care Learning Network Grant. The HCLN is a new education model designed to prepare participants for post-secondary education programs in the health care industry using the latest in instructional and learning outcomes management technology.

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Workforce Competitiveness

Trust FundTourism & Hospitality Planning Grant

The MVWIB is partnering with the Northshore WIB and Northshore and Northern Essex Community Colleges on a WCTF Planning Grant targeting the Tourism and Hospitality Industry.

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Workforce Accountability

Task Force

We are honored to have our Chairman, Pedro Arce, representing us on the state’s Workforce Accountability Task Force. The task force was established by the state legislature under last year’s economic stimulus bill with a goal of maximizing skills gained, number of people served, and quality of outcomes achieved through the workforce development system. The task force will make recommendations to the Governor.

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Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board

The Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board (MWIB) advises the Governor on building a strong workforce development system aligned with state education policies and economic development goals.

ABE/ESOL Sub-committee• Bring low-skilled adults into the workforce• Proper apportionment of resources• Capacity gaps

Links to Higher Education Sub-committee• Alignment of educational system to needs of employers

Sector Initiatives Sub-committee• Identify skills gap• Focus on Healthcare, Bio-tech, and Hospitality & Tourism sectors

MWIB Co-Chairs: Governor Deval Patrick MVCC President, Joe Bevilacqua

Executive Director: Tamika CorreiaMVWIB Representatives: Michael Sullivan, Mayor of Lawrence

David Hartleb, President, NECC

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Looking Forward• Office space committee: Develop recommendations

for Career Center and MVWIB locations

• Continued progress on WCTF Grants

• Strengthen private sector participation

• Increase collaboration with education providers

• Achieve High-performance WIB status

• Adding stronger Youth Voice and Private Sector representation to Youth Council

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MVWIB Meeting Schedule for FY08

• Thursday, October 4, 2007, 8:30AM (Annual Meeting)

• Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 8:00AM

• Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 8:00AM

• Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 8:00AM (Vote: FY09 Integrated Budget & Plan)