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Central New York Regionpresented by

Lenore Sealy, Executive Director Onondaga County Workforce Investment

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Central New York – 5 county region

• Formally established in 1966 through Regional Planning and Development Board

• Proximity to the intersection of Interstates 81 and 90

• Commutation patterns link all five counties to the Syracuse MSA

• Shared history, demographics, natural resources, and business challenges

• Significant concentrations of colleges and universities

Issues facing CNY region

• 40-50% eligible to retire by 2010

• Feb 2007 CNY labor force 1.1% less than one year ago

• In 2004, population in the 20-34 age range fell 27.2% in Onondaga County

• 70% of future jobs will require beyond HS education

• NYS reported 67% graduation rates in 2004; 50% of African Americans, and 15% of Hispanic students in the upstate urban cohort graduated

• In CNY the availability of a skilled workforce is a deciding factor in business attraction

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Actions to implement strategy

Actions:Actions: • DevelopDevelop entrepreneurship supports• Create and expandCreate and expand a continuum of

education and training • Increase Increase worker credentialing • Build Build business capacity through employer

training • ApplyApply literacy contextualized to work and life skills• Promote and expandPromote and expand opportunities for

internships/mentoring/job shadowing • IncreaseIncrease regional awareness of

economic drivers and related career pathways within/outside the region

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Feedback Loop for Continuous ImprovementFeedback Loop for Continuous Improvement

CNY Model for Transformation

Actions:Actions: • DevelopDevelop entrepreneurship

supports• Create and expandCreate and expand a continuum of

education and training • Increase Increase worker credentialing • Build Build business capacity through

employer training • ApplyApply literacy contextualized to work

and life skills• Promote and expandPromote and expand opportunities for

internships/mentoring/job shadowing• IncreaseIncrease regional awareness of

economic drivers and related career pathways within/outside the region

• Align and leverageAlign and leverage regional capacity through replication and assessment

Strategy:Strategy: Develop, Develop, attractattractand retain and retain talenttalent

Goal:Goal: Fortify Fortify economic economic driversdrivers

EconomicEconomicDrivers:Drivers:

AdvancedAdvancedManufacturingManufacturing

InformationInformationManagementManagement

Biotechnology/Biotechnology/BioprocessingBioprocessing

EnergyEnergyandandEnvironmentEnvironment

HealthHealthCareCare

Core skills

Some decisionsre:science/math

choices

Experience/Undergrad to PhD

Experience/Undergrad to Masters

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Certificate,License, Associates Degree

HS Diploma,License

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Career Realization/Talent Projects

Education/Training/Advanced Education Projects

Educational Pathways

Skills Mapping/Work Readiness Certificate

Career Exploration

Actions for transformation

• Develop entrepreneurship supports – Request $ 250,000– Collaborative projects such as

• Support entrepreneur competitions, e.g. Stardust Institute for Innovation at Cayuga Community College

• Implement programs increasing the attraction and retention of diverse and new American entrepreneurs and professionals

• Research and academic support for entrepreneurial efforts

– Leveraged resources• Small Business Development programs, e.g. OCC

and SUNY Oswego• Women’s Business Innovation Center

• Create and expand a continuum of education and training for new and incumbent workers for the five economic drivers – Request $ 1,039,179– Collaborative projects such as

• Online regional database of education/training opportunities• Increased support for literacy contextualized in work

settings • Educational programs around emerging science and

technology transfer, e.g. Renewable Energy/Climate Control Technology at SUNY ESF and Biotechnology Degree program at TC3

– Leveraged resources • Existing ESOL programs to build incumbent worker

programs• Database information architecture exists

Actions for transformation

• Increase worker credentialing – Request $ 887,820– Collaborative projects such as

• Expand certificate, credentialing and skill building programs to help individuals find employment

• Explore certificates as additional graduation outcomes

• Develop ‘work ready’ communities

– Leveraged resources • Existing career ladder maps (research science,

health care, energy) • Existing WorkKeys, Certificate of Workforce

Competency, and National Work Readiness Credential

Actions for transformation

• Build business capacity through employer training – Request $ 565,500– Collaborative projects such as

• Develop programs for business leadership addressing changing workforce and global marketplace needs

• Create inter-institutional and cross-sectional professional exchanges, e.g. Speaker Series

• Funds to support implementation coaches

– Leveraged resources • Training grants e.g. WIA funds, IEP, private

business funds• Speaker programs through local colleges,

universities, and professional associations

Actions for transformation

• Apply literacy contextualized to work and life skills – Request $ 116,160– Collaborative projects such as

• Develop a strategic plan (2008) with measurable and acceptable outcome indicators

• Promote community awareness and action • Improved life and work skills for immigrant

populations • Improved technology literacy for aged 50+

workforce • Teachers in the workplace to build curriculum• Use of technology to expand regional instructional

capacity– Leveraged resources

• Family Literacy Alliance Greater Syracuse • Regional school district/BOCES literacy programs

Actions for transformation

•Promote and expand opportunities forinternships/mentoring/job shadowing – Request $ 468,750– Collaborative projects such as

•Expand and maintain a database containing internships/mentoring/job shadowing opportunities

•Expand paid opportunities for job seekers, professionals, and high school and college students

•Build regional capacity via skills transfer through mentoring opportunities engaging 50+ and diverse workforce

– Leveraged resources •Private business funding •Existing internship programs and services, e.g. Project Ion,

individual college career planning and placement offices•WIA programs for at-risk youths•Middle/High school level mentoring and job shadow

programs

Actions for transformation

• Increase regional awareness of economic drivers and related career pathways within and outside the region – Request $ 259,000– Collaborative projects such as

• Establish online career ladder maps for each of the economic drivers

• Develop, market, and maintain educational support materials

• Promote continuum of technical and professional opportunities

– Leveraged resources • Existing career ladder maps • NYS DOL career ladder grant to Onondaga and

Cayuga-Cortland WIBs

Actions for transformation

• Align and leverage regional capacity through replication and assessment – Request $ 947,600– Collaborative projects such as

• Survey current and future skills requirements, ascertain needs, fill gaps

• Leverage National Advisory Board’s expertise in assessment, sustainability, and replication for continuous improvement

• Communicate programmatic successes and best practice models

• Implement response team as a catalyst for economic opportunities

– Leveraged resources • J2J Team and work groups

Actions for transformation

Budget over three years Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

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Entrepreneurship 50,000 100,000 100,000 $250,000

Continuum of training for new and incumbent workers 310,685 386,260 342,234 $1,039,179

Credentialing 150,000 368,910 368,910 $887,820

Employer training 46,000 250,750 268,750 $565,500

Contextualized literacy 38,720 38,720 38,720 $116,160

Intern/mentor/job shadow 93,750 187,500 187,500 $468,750

Career ladder 90,000 99,000 70,000 $259,000

Assessment/replication 219,200 364,200 364,200 $947,600

Administration 120,000 150,000 166,000 $436,000

Total $1,118,355 $1,945,340$1,906,31

4 $4,970,009

Leveraged dollars $12,500,00

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Feedback Loop for Continuous ImprovementFeedback Loop for Continuous Improvement

CNY Model for Transformation

Actions:Actions: • DevelopDevelop entrepreneurship

supports• Create and expandCreate and expand a continuum of

education and training • Increase Increase worker credentialing • Build Build business capacity through

employer training • ApplyApply literacy contextualized to work

and life skills• Promote and expandPromote and expand opportunities for

internships/mentoring/job shadowing• IncreaseIncrease regional awareness of

economic drivers and related career pathways within/outside the region

• Align and leverageAlign and leverage regional capacity through replication and assessment

Strategy:Strategy: Develop, Develop, attractattractand retain and retain talenttalent

Goal:Goal: Fortify Fortify economic economic driversdrivers

EconomicEconomicDrivers:Drivers:

AdvancedAdvancedManufacturingManufacturing

InformationInformationManagementManagement

Biotechnology/Biotechnology/BioprocessingBioprocessing

EnergyEnergyandandEnvironmentEnvironment

HealthHealthCareCare

Building on success

J2J Leadership TeamJ2J Leadership Team

Journey to Jobs Initiative Project Management Structure

Aged 50+ Workforce

WorkplaceDiversity &Inclusion

IncumbentWorkerSupport

UniversityCommunityPartnerships

Science, Technology, Engineering &Math (STEM)

WorkforceCredentialing

CareerMobility

Career &TechnicalWorkerTraining

LiteracyAcross theLifespan

Measuresand Modelsfor Success

Lead AgencyProject Office• Project Director• Support Staff

National Advisory

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National Advisory

Board

Measures of success

Goal: Fortify economic drivers

Business growth in economic drivers

Strategy: Develop, attract, retain talent

• Develop: Number of people employed• Attract and Retain: Labor workforce growth• Number of collaborative projects successfully completed

Implementation: Collaborative Work Group Projects

• Measures and Models team will help develop and roll up measures of success • Examples of measures include:

Regional: Existing performance measures

• DOL Common Measures:• Increased retention• Average earnings

• Number of successful class completions• Career ladders used by MS-college • Improved customer satisfaction

• Number of internships/mentoring/job shadows• Number of certificates issued/graduation rates• Number of small businesses assisted• Improved literacy

CNY Impact

Build capacity by actively engaging mature, immigrant, and diverse worker populations

Stem loss in labor force through attraction and retention

Increase business attraction in economic drivers

Improve graduationrates for all students

Increase responsivenessthrough regional cooperation