Presentation to

Governor’s Council on Workforce Investment

March 4, 2008

SCSW Partnership began 3 year ago with first GROW Initiative

CWI instrumental in creation of SCSW region

Created 12-County GROW region

“Seeds of Workforce Change” Report

Identified 4 sub-regions with different workforce needs

Dane County a driver while rural areas lagged

Similarities in economic base with differences in workforce skill needs

Key regional workforce issues:Tight labor markets Job quality challenges – Growing

numbers of low-wage/low-benefit jobsSkill gaps – Skilled trades,

manufacturing, and health care Weak basic skills foundationIncreasing diversity Increasing regional connectionsNew opportunities in emerging

industries

“Seeds” Report recommendations:Invest in industry partnershipsBuild pathways to career

advancementDevelop Health Care Excellence

CenterDevelop a “Leave No Worker

Behind” campaignExpand “Jobs With a Future” New ways of regional cooperation

Partnership led to Generation 3 WIRED application in 2007

WIRED FocusSystematic transformationIncrease regional capacity – high

growth / high wage industriesIncrease regional investmentSustainable talent development

$5 million over three years

Convergence of regional initiatives

Focus on employer partnerships and industry clusters

Relationship to RISE and Career Pathways

Recognizes Career Pathways as critical training platform

Talent Development

Sector Development System Development

Investment Infrastructure

Develop modular, career pathway based industry-driven training

Selected six driver industries:Health CareAgricultureAdvanced ManufacturingBiotechnology – Life ScienceSkilled TradesUtilities

Link to activities of the Joyce Foundation RISE project

Training becomes a sequence of modules leading to success

Improve training access and success for low-skill, low-income adults

Supports concept of life-long learning

Active collaboration to provide needed training resources and wrap-around support services

“Bridge” programs help with basic education needs

Help incumbent workers continue skill development

Develop robust and regional training infrastructure

Strengthen current Job Center structure

Build the capacity of technical colleges

Implement technology-driven service solutions

Expand use of technology-based facilities and mobile trainers Health Care – Health Care

Excellence Centers and use of simulators

Manufacturing - Robotics training center and acquisition of mobile industrial trainers

Expand distance learning capacity including networked “Skill Centers”

Expand technology-driven services through a “Virtual Job Center”

Expand on the technologies developed through CWI funding

Establish cross-industry strategies - emerging, under-prepared and incumbent workersSector Academies – Job learning-

networkingSkill Centers – Applied basic skills

and foundational industry skillsIndustry-based internships and

apprenticeshipsYoung Adult Career Pathway

Academies

Training outcomes include:350 people in healthcare 100 people biotechnology and

laboratory science100 people in agriculture330 people in advanced

manufacturing100 people in skilled trades & utilities

Basic skills development provided to an additional 850 people