Smiling Faces Beautiful Places SERDI TRAINING CONFERENCE M ay 18 2015 Background State Administrator SC Department of Employment and Workforce SC DEW A dministers WIAWIOA funding from the US Department of Labor ID: 661852
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Workforce Development South CarolinaSmiling Faces, Beautiful Places
SERDI TRAINING CONFERENCEMay 18, 2015Slide2
BackgroundState Administrator: SC Department of Employment and Workforce (SC DEW) Administers WIA/WIOA funding from the US Department of LaborProvides Wagner-Peyser
servicesNegotiates and measures statewide and local area goalsEach WIOA area/region has at least one “comprehensive” workforce
center
M
ultiple partners:
Wagner-
Peyser
(state) staff, Vocational Rehabilitation,
Department of Social Services, Adult Education, AARP
, WIA/WIOA, etc.
Each
WIOA region
has “access points”
Provide WIOA services to eligible individual and
referrals to other partner agencies.
May have intermittent Wagner-
Peyser
staffing (i.e. 1-2 days/week)
Usually
located in rural areas or small towns. Slide3
SC Workforce Regions Twelve WIOA regions across the state
Ten regions area administered
by COGS
Two
regions
are administered
by county governmentsSlide4
Catawba Regional COGFour Counties ~ 374,649 PopulationLargest County (York) ~ 234,608; Smallest County (Union) ~ 28,273
Largest City – Rock Hill ~ 70,000Environment: Urbanizing to rural The Catawba Region represents approximately 16% of the Greater Charlotte MSA’s total population, and is positioned geographically at southern end of the MSA.
COG
Board = 36
members
COG Staff = 22
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia MSASlide5
Catawba Regional Workforce AreaThree Counties – Chester, Lancaster, YorkOver 5,000 new jobs (manufacturing and professional services) announced in the Catawba Region this year. Manufacturing is making a large comeback after the demise of textile industry in the last decade. Other large industrial clusters include distribution and professional services (financial).WIOA Board = 28 members. Catawba Regional COG serves as the Administrative Entity
PY14 WIA Funding was ~ $2.9 millionCOG WIOA staff of 4; Adult/Dislocated Worker/Youth and Operator Functions are contracted out. Slide6
Catawba Region’s WIA 6 Year Performance Comparison
Performance Standard
PY08
PY09
PY10
PY11
PY12
PY13
Youth
Final
Final
Final
Final
Final
Final
Placement in Employment/Education
54.1%
35.8%
52.0%
52.5%
64.3%
57.5%
Attainment of Degree or Certificate
47.9%
40.3%
50.4%
57.4%
70.5%
72.6%
Literacy or Numeracy Gains-(OS-Only)
35.3%
36.1%
45.1%
55.5%
64.2%
61.7%
Adult
Entered Employment Rate-Adults
65.5%
44.9%
54.0%
57.5%
71.2%
73.5%
Employment Retention Rate- Adults
82.3%
77.2%
82.0%
81.9%
85.4%
89.5%
Average Earnings-Adults
$10,185
$
9,280
$10,454
$10,838
$11,518
$11,254
Dislocated Workers
Entered Employments-Dislocated Workers
59.3%
46.4%
58.6%
69.5%
78.3%
81.1%
Empl. Retention Rate-Dislocated Workers
86.1%
82.4%
84.5%
88.7%
95.4%
94.4%
Average Earnings-Dislocated Workers
$12,239
$11,579
$13,393
$16,107
$14,528
$15,133
*performance goals varied over the 6 years
Exceeds
Meets
Failed
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Challenges in SCConsistent and timely metrics: Increasing state goals/performance will likely determine regions in SC after 2016. Performance is difficult to assess due to lag time in performance results.Consistent program direction: SC DEW has some challenging personalities and has experienced repeated turnover of State Directors.
Potential conflicts of interest: Many COGs function as the operator of SC Works Offices – difficult to determine how RFPs can be completed at ‘arms length’ when the COG is also the Fiscal Agent/Administrator for area
Federal funding:
Decreasing funds make balancing administrative costs difficult
Local Staffing:
Workforce staff tend to focus on operational issues, and can miss bigger (i.e. political) issues.
Each region seems to operate a little differently, making consistency difficult—particularly in responding as a group to SC DEW.Many Disparate Parts - Local Understanding/Education:
“Workforce Development” includes many partners (not all working together)
Elected officials and the private sectorSlide8
Opportunities/Solutions in SCActive Communication: Workforce administrators meet monthly with SC DEW program staff, and COG Directors meet monthly with SC DEW Director during transition to WIOA. Active Education: Developing clear and concise materials/PR to identify the benefits of workforce development (and WIOA’s specific role) in the local/regional economy
Local Staffing: COG Directors should participate in WIOA Board Meetings and effectively communicate/reiterate the roles of COG vs. Workforce Board
Creatively find ways to consistently and adequately serve rural/remote areas (i.e. remote access)
Local Understanding:
Continue to educate local officials and private sector via
consistent messaging in
parternship with continuum of partners (Technical Education, ReadySC, Business Services staff, SC DEW staff, etc.)
Demonstrate increased value through Business Testimonials, Partner Testimonials, Participant Testimonials/Success StoriesSlide9