Community Economic Development Approach to Employment Services

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A Community Economic Development Perspective on
Welfare-to-Work The Social Purchasing Portal
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• Two Keys

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• The forces that make it difficult
• for people on welfare
• to find and keep employment
• are both individual and communal.

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• Restorative programs are more effective
• when they help both
• the individual and the community
• to become stronger.

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The Dual Economy

• Mainstream growth
• Expanding pockets of poverty

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• Community Economic Development
• Is A Solution

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CED Activities

• Affordable housing
• Community based businesses
• Micro-enterprise development
• Employment development programs
• Individual asset building
• Neighbourhood revitalization
• Community safety programming

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CED Principles

• Comprehensive, multi-faceted
• Integrates social, economic, cultural
• Conceived and directed locally
• Local self-reliance ownership
• Focus on marginalized populations

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• The Challenge
• To scale up CED activity across Canada

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3 Targets for Investment

• Strengthening community planning implementing
  capacity
• Increasing availability of equity and credit
  capital
• Strengthening human resources

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Strengths of Community SectorIn Human Resource
Development

• Closeness to the people
• Accessibility
• Integrated and flexible responses
• Problem solving entrepreneurship

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Design Considerations for Community Based HR
Development

• A continuum of services
• Attention to the demand side
• Focus on partnerships

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A Vancouver Example
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The Challenge Create real opportunities for the
potential employees from DTES?

• Remove barriers to success
• Utilize existing training programs
• Encourage individuals who are seeking jobs
• Assist people moving from welfare to work
• Create a demand driven model

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FTE Fast Track to Employment
Continuum of Community Partners
Supply Side
Demand Side
Entry/ Assessment
GAP
Pre- Employment
Employment Retention
Skills Training
Private Sector Partners
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Social Integration
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GAP Pre-Employment Skills and Trades Training Employment
Integrated Case Management Integrated Case Management Integrated Case Management Integrated Case Management
Removing Barriers to Employability Preparing for Employment Specific Employment Preparation Transition to Employment and Retention
Stability of Living Situation Personal Management Skills Soft and Hard Skills Employment Placement
Able to Enter a Work-like environment and schedule Career Exploration Workplace Personal Skills Relationships with Employers
Stable Housing Career Planning Goal Setting Industry Designed Curriculum Social Enterprise Employment
Physically Healthy Academic Upgrades Work Environment Simulation Supported Work Placement
Addiction Free English as a Second Language Required Skills Level Achieved Internships
Daycare Workplace Computer Literacy Subsidized Employment
Literacy Communication Skills Ongoing Peer Meetings
Personal Presentation Skills and Aptitude Assessment Employment Retention Assistance
Work Environment Experience
Citizenship a Role in the Community
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Employment Strategies Demand Driven
Economic Integration
Costco Convention Centre Olympics
Procurement Supply Chain Market Forces
Community Businesses Partnerships
Traditional One-to-One Placements
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Social Purchasing Portal
Using supply chain relationships and decisions to
create business and employment opportunities in
the community
Purchasers 0f Goods and Services
Suppliers of Goods and Services
Employment Opportunities
All things equal, preference to FTE Partners
Continuum Provides Trained Employees
Agree to Offer Employment Opportunities to FTE
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The ToolSocial Purchasing Portal
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www.ftebusiness.com
Economic / Social Impact
Goods and Services Provider
Purchasing Demand
Locally Defined SPP Value Added Outcomes
Agree to Add Priority for SPP Suppliers
Agree to Support SPP Goals
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How does it work?


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Purchasing Partners include
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Suppliers include
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Success stories only the beginning

• Pivotal Corporation catering purchases from Cook
  Studio result in business growth and employment
  from their training participants
• Contracts to Logotex from SalesWorks and Bell
  Mobility create business growth and two jobs for
  community residents
• Mills Basics hires a warehouse person from the
  community
• Novex Couriers is contracting a warehouse project
  to Starworks, who employs persons with
  disabilities

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Building the FTE Model

• Using demand based model market forces for
  employment creation
• Employment focused, targeting long-term
  unemployed and the hard-to-employ
• Utilizing the services of existing employment
  development and community service providers
• Creating community/private/public partnerships

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Conclusion

• W2W strategies s/b long term, inclusive
• Partnerships between private sector, community,
  government
• Holistic, integrated, community led employment
  delivery systems
• Removal of government silos
• Community and individual renewal