Internal GMAP Review

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Internal GMAP Review Employment and Training
Division April 29, 2008 Nancy Pringle,
Assistant Commissioner, ET
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Dashboard - Quarterly
Meeting Goal
Within 5 of Goal
Below 95 of Goal
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Dashboard - Annual
Meeting Goal
Within 5 of Goal
Below 95 of Goal
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Major Projects
Meeting Goal
Area of Concern
Problem
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Major Projects
Meeting Goal
Area of Concern
Problem
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Major Projects
Meeting Goal
Area of Concern
Problem
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Division News Flash!!
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Building Bridges

• WSC BECOMES PARTNER
• Program to build comprehensive dropout
  prevention, intervention and re-engagement system
• Targets at-risk middle and high schools students
• Achieved through partnership approach (schools,
  families, communities)
• Administered by OSPI, WSC invited to be part of
  RFP process to offer AmeriCorps members to assist
  grantees in achieving objectives
• 10 of the 15 grantees opted to have WSC members

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Operations Plan Update
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Operations Plan Update
Goal Increase Coordination with Education
Systems
Jess Wilson Tami Gillespie Kathy Chatwood Bob
Isom Donna Fussell
April 2008
Integration/leveraging opportunities reflected in
WIA 10 projects, e.g. incumbent workers, and WIA
Section 503 plans, RFPs, contracts, etc.
Promote integration/ leveraging opportunities
between education-related WIA grants and other
education grants. (WA Works 2.6)
1. Increase Coordination with Education
Systems WA Works 1

• Provide updates on a goal and corresponding
  activities each GMAP
• First activity Promote integration/leveraging
  opportunities between education-related WIA
  grants and
• other education grants.

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• 503 Incentive Grants
• 1.8 million to 11 local areas
• Support services emphasis

Operations Plan Update

• I-Best Grants
• 3 matching grants totaling 210,000
• Integration of ABE, ESL, and workforce training
  programs
• Youth Health Career Academy Contracts
• 2 contracts totaling 200,000
• Prepares at-risk high school youth for health
  careers

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Operations Plan Update
G. Kamimura
Ongoing
Awareness and coordination with SBCTC job skills
and worker retraining grants to leverage services
to dislocated workers.
Participate in SBCTC Customer Advisory Committee
(CAC). (WA Works 2.6)
1. Increase Coordination with Education
Systems WA Works 1

• SBCTC Customer Advisory Committee (CAC)
• Meets 6 times per year
• Opportunity to advocate for ESD customers
• Apprise partners of upcoming closures

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Operations Plan Update
G. Kamimura Charles Lewis Tami Gillespie
Ongoing (ad hoc).
Fair, meaningful and timely performance metrics
are developed and implemented, as assessed by
stakeholders.
Develop/track performance outcomes on
education-related WIA grants. (WA Works 5.2)
1. Increase Coordination with Education
Systems WA Works 1

• Tracking Education-Related WIA Grant Outcomes
• SKIES technical assistance to ET staff and
  field staff
• Collaborate with staff for SKIES change-order
  recommendations

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WSC ReadyCorpsFederal Way Public
SchoolsSpokane Public SchoolsTerri Jack, WSC
Program ManagerMonda Holsinger, FWPS Project
SupervisorBill Skaer, SPS Project Supervisor
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Preparing Citizens for Emergency Response!
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Washington Service Corps

• Washington Service Corps ReadyCorps
• Through public outreach, education and training,
  members are preparing individuals to better take
  care of themselves, their families and to be a
  resource to their community

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Washington Service Corps

• Background
• Following September 11, 2001, homeland security
  became a new priority of the Corporation for
  National Service
• In response, WSC creates ReadyCorps
• Increases the readiness of communities to
  respond to disaster

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Washington Service Corps

• How We Started
• Members placed in newly created Homeland Security
  Regions
• Assisted in development and implementation of
• Citizen Corps Councils
• Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training
  programs

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Washington Service Corps

• Today
• Program has expanded to members serving with
• Local emergency management offices
• Agencies serving vulnerable populations
• School districts

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Washington Service Corps

• Impact
• 588 community volunteers
• trained in CERT
• 2,201 community members provided
• general disaster preparedness training
• 348 students reached with after-school safety
  clubs and Student Emergency Response Team (SERT)
  training

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Washington Service Corps

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Washington Service Corps

• National Efforts
• Nine members deployed to New Orleans in the
  aftermath of Katrina (January 2006)
• Twelve members to Alabama to assist with home
  damage assessments (July-Aug 2006)

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Washington Service Corps

• Local Efforts
• Eight members participate in recovery efforts of
  Lewis/Mason/Grays Harbor flooding (Dec 2007)

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Washington Service Corps

• Federal Way Public Schools
• AmeriCorps Team
• 50 members trained in CERT
• All 35 schools in district have
• trained AmeriCorps member
• on-site
• 25 of members continue with Neighborhood
  Emergency Teams (NET)

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Washington Service Corps

• Senior Citizens Take Charge

• Kloshee Illahee senior community with 256 mobile
  homes
• 15 interested community members take NET
  training
• Community broken into 27 blocks, each with their
  own captain

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Washington Service Corps

• Developing Resources
• Disaster preparedness plan created
• Senator Tracy Eide helps community members raise
  8,100.00 for disaster supplies
• Creating an evacuation plan

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Washington Service Corps

• Indicators of Success
• One of the very first senior communities to
  organize in the State
• Recently received their 501 c3 non profit status
  
• Senior community in Des Moines implementing plan
  based on Kloshee Illahee
• Relationships built have folded back into
  program

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Washington Service Corps

• Spokane Public Schools
• SERT
• 12 member team, trained in CERT
• SERT (Student Emergency Response Training)
• After school programs with middle schools

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Washington Service Corps

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Washington Service Corps
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Washington Service Corps

• Next Steps
• Developing disaster plan for the Washington
  Service Corps members and project sites
• Continue to participate as E T Division
  representative to the Emergency Response
  Coordination Center

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WISPR

• Workforce
• Investment
• Streamlined
• Performance
• Reporting system

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WISPR
Why WISPR ?

• Congress doubts DOL data
• July 2004, ETA wants reliable data
• WISPR System will be reliable

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WISPR
WISPR integrated reports
Will replace 11 reports in 7 ETA
programs Employment Service(ETA 9002
A,B,C,D,E) WIA Adult (ETA 9090,WIASRD) National
Emergency Grants WIA Dislocated Worker
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAPR) WIA
Youth Veterans Employment and Training
Service (VETS 200 A,B,C)
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WISPR
Drop Dead date
September 30, 2009
PY 2009 (July 1, 2009) last current system
reports October 2009 WISPR reports out

• (Report data is captured October 1 for the prior
  quarter.)

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WISPR
WISPR multidivisional

• WISPR Project Oversight Committee (WPOC)
• Terri Barbee, Acting Deputy Assistant
  Commissioner, Special Programs
• Performance, ET
• Sue Fleener, Deputy Assistant Commissioner,
  Business Applications, ITSD
• Rachel Johnston, SKIES/Go2WorkSource.com Business
  Manager, WSOD
• Gary Kamimura, Program Manager, Performance and
  Evaluation Unit, ET
• Julie LeClair, WorkSource Technology Solutions
  Manager, ITSD
• Sandy Miller, Deputy Assistant Commissioner,
  Employment Programs, WSOD
• Rick Sandler, Deputy Assistant Commissioner,
  Automated Business Systems
• and Performance, WSOD
• Carl Wolfhagen, Research Manager, WTECB

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WISPR
WISPR multi-partner

• WISPR Project Team (WPT)
• Cheryl Boldt, Wagner Peyser, WSOD
• Nancy Burkhart, WISPR Business Analyst, WSOD
• MLissa Carson, WISPR Business Analyst, WSOD
• Kevin Cattran, Automated Business Systems and
  Performance, WSOD
• Jay Clark, WISPR Coordinator, ET
• Phil Degon, Performance and Evaluation Reports,
  ET
• Kathy Gross, Kitsap County Personnel and Human
  Services Department, Olympic WDC,
  Bremerton,
• Ted Halstead, Performance and Evaluation Reports,
  ET
• Tom Leedy, North Central WDA, WorkSource Central
  Basin
• Moses Lake,
• Bob Lencioni, Business Applications Unit, ITSD
• Dawna Settle, SKIES Applications, ITSD
• Terry Westmark, Pacific Mountain WDC, Olympia
• Carl Wolfhagen, Research Manager, WTECB

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WISPR
WISPR
- what will it accomplish ?

• Common application across multiple programs
• Report complete job seekers information
• Report complete employer-customer information
• Respond more quickly to stakeholders

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WISPR
Implementation Challenges

• Identify current practices - DONE
• Standardize data elements
• Obtain data sharing agreements
• Policy issues resolved timely
• Modify SKIES
• Timely testing and validating

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WISPR
WISPR System Layout
SKIES
Data Warehouse
External Sources
WISPR file
Participant
Employer
WISRD Exiters / Youth
ETA 9131 Employer
ETA 9132 Participants
ETA 9133 VETS
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WISPR
WISPR Timeline
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WISPR
What Needs to Happen?

• Design system infrastructure
• Identify policy and SKIES modifications
• Address stakeholder inquiries
• Obtain data sharing agreements

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WISPR
Little Impact on Service Delivery

• Minimal changes/additions to data entry
  requirements
• Technical assistance for policy and system
  changes
• Communication plan

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WISPR
Contact Information

• Jay Clark
• 360.438.4913
• jpclark_at_esd.wa.gov

WISPR