Steve Walkley
Division Director, Workforce Development
Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
401 Adams Avenue
P.O. Box 5690
Montgomery, Alabama 36103
(334) 242-5300 SteveW@adeca.state.al.us
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs,
Office of Workforce Development
Alabama Department of Education, Adult Education and
Vocational/Technical Education Programs
Proposed Activities:
The state plans to use its grant to host
an industry/occupation summit for the workforce development community
to discuss employment and training issues.
The sate will plan and convene a job forecasting
conference to better target resources to high growth demand occupations.
Work Keys will begin to be used in WIA
and vocational education programs to assess participants.
Colorado-$750,000
Contact:
Elise Lowe-Vaughn
Operations Director for Workforce Development Programs
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
1515 Arapahoe Street, T2#400
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 318-8807
Fax: (303) 318-8931 elise.lowe-vaughn@state.co.us
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
Colorado Community College System
Colorado Department of Education/Adult Education and Family Literacy
Proposed Activities:
Develop site on the e-Colorado portal
to support students transitions from adult education to community
colleges
Develop multiple level computer literacy
curricula for the e-Colorado learning portal that targets the
hardest to serve and adult education participants
Develop industry specific assessment tools
for the e-Colorado learning portal focused on the needs of business
Solicit RFPs for local and regional collaborative projects that
target low skill/low wage workers and try to match them to high
demand occupations
Florida-$1,855,967
Contact:
Judy Meyer
Agency for Workforce Innovations
(850)245-7423
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation
Florida Department of Education
Proposed Activities:
Incentive funds will be used to establish
3 to 5 Workforce Education Cluster Centers. Establishment of the
centers responds to a recommendation in the State's strategic
plan for economic development known as the Roadmap to Florida's
Future. The centers will be regionally concentrated and industry
driven for growing and expanding the educational and workforce
talent needed for high-wage, knowledge-based job growth. With
industry input, the centers will organize educational research
and curriculum development around related clusters of occupations
at institutions that have developed partnerships with the workforce
community.
Georgia-$971,730Contact:
Andrea Harper
Georgia Department of Labor
148 Andrew Young International Blvd., N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 232-7320 Andrea.Harper@dol.state.ga.us
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Georgia Department of Labor
Office of Adult Literacy
Department of Education
Department of Technical and Adult Education
Proposed Activities:
The Office of Adult Literacy will increase
the number of adult learners the disabilities served and develop
an integrated information management system. The Office will also
work with partner agencies to develop an integrated management
system that will include adult literacy data and improve the quality
of state and national data reports.
The Department of Technical and Adult
Education will collaborate with DeKalb Technical College to develop
a training curriculum using the Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
technical certificate in conjunction with the English Literacy
and Civics Education Program. This program will build on services
already provided for special population students and will aim
to increase the number of Hispanics working in the health care
sector.
The Department of Education Technology/Career
Education Division will develop and implement a comprehensive
career develop initiative for high school students.
The Department of Labor will implement
an Incumbent Worker Initiative designed to avert layoffs, promote
job retention, and create new job opportunities.
Illinois-$3,000,000
Contact:
Therese McMahon
Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Bureau of Workforce Development
100 West Randolph Street, Suite 3-400
Chicago, IL 60601
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
Proposed Activities:
Illinois will use their grant money to build on programs developed
with last year's incentive funds to create regional models that
allow Economic Development Regions to identify high need industry
sectors and meet the needs of business. The state intends to expand
the model outside the health care industry to incorporate hospitality
and transportation.
Iowa - $750,000
Contact:
Anthony Dietsch, Administrator
Division of Workforce Center Administration
Iowa Workforce Development
150 Des Moines Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
(515) 281-9027 Anthony.A.Dietsch@iwd.state.ia.us
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Iowa Workforce Development
Iowa Department of Education
Proposed Activities:
Focus on literacy as the essential foundation
of success in employment, career growth, and self-sufficiency
in educational institutions and one-stop centers using a bifurcated
approach.
The Department of Education will develop
and implement the Family Literacy and High Expectation Model
Iowa Workforce Development will develop
and deliver innovative literacy and workforce preparation services
in one or more Workforce Development Centers.
It is expected that the lead one-stop
partner agency will be the community college system.
Kentucky-$750,000
Contact:
Susan Craft
Education Cabinet
Department of Training and Reemployment
Commonwealth of Kentucky
500 Mero Street 3rd Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-5360
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Education Cabinet
Department of Training and Reemployment
Proposed Activities:
Continued support of local innovative
strategic initiatives that result from the KWIB strategic planning
process focusing on the alignment of services to business needs
Expand the knowledge, use and promotion
of comprehensive credentialing efforts across one-stop partners
to fill identified skills gap employing WorkKeys and the Kentucky
Employability Certificate (KEC)
Establish a stronger link between secondary
and post secondary education institutions regarding the use and
promotion of the American Diploma Project
Louisiana-$1,082,170
Contact:
Chris Weaver
Office of the Governor
Louisiana Workforce Commission
P.O. Box 94004
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
(225) 342-2462
Fax: (225)-342-1794 cweaver@idsmail.com
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Louisiana Workforce Commission
Louisiana Department of Labor
Louisiana Community and Technical College System
Louisiana Department of Education
Proposed Activities:
"High Skills, High Wages, High Demand"
serves as the focus for Louisiana's Incentive Grant for PY02.
The money will be used to fund projects and activities for adults
and youth that focus on job readiness and technical/academic training.
Maryland-$750,000
Contact:
Bernard Antkowiak
Assistant Secretary
Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
500 North Calvert Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 767-2997
Fax: (410) 333-5162 bantkowiak@dllr.state.md.us
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
Proposed Activities:
The state intends to use its grant money
to fund two major initiatives:
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Maryland Incumbent Worker Training Program:
$500,000 is earmarked for training incumbent workers in employer
based projects developed with the business community.
oli>Creating a "Demand Driven" Workforce
Investment System: funds will be used to initiate cross training
of staff in education, economic development and employment programs
to enhance outreach.
Michigan-$1,368,484
Contact:
Brenda Njiwaji
Interim Director - Workforce Programs
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth
201 North Washington Square
Victor Office Center, 7th Floor
Lansing, MI 48913
(517) 335-1061
Fax: (517) 373-0314 njiwajib@michigan.gov
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth
Proposed Activities:
The state intends to use its grant money
to fund four major initiatives:
Capacity Building for Sectoral Employment
Initiatives: this will provide on-going support to the Michigan
Regional Skills Alliances (MiRSAs) Initiative
Support for Michigan's Prisoner Re-entry
Initiative: a collaborative effort of the Governor's Office,
the Family Independence Agency, and the Departments of Corrections,
Community Health and Labor and Economic Growth
Creation of the Michigan Workplace Employment
Connection Adult Network (MIWECAN): improve access to Adult
Basic Education and Literacy services
Development of the Entrepreneurship
Curricula: design and implement an aligned curriculum for Entrepreneurship
Education in schools and develop at lest 6 articulated academic
programs that begin in high school and culminate in an associate
degree at the community college
Minnesota-$750,000
Contact:
Luke Weisberg
Executive Director
Governor's Workforce Development Council
Minnesota Department of Employment
and Economic Development
390 North Robert Street
St. Paul, MN 55101
(651)205-4728
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
Proposed Activities:
The state intends to use its grant money
to fund three major initiatives:
Increase the number of English Language
Learners (ELL) and incumbent workers who receive needed workplace
training. Funding may serve up to 600 workers at more than 10
businesses during the grant period.
Promote and expand the use of contextual
English learning models
Strengthen relationships among local
and state stakeholders to collectively serve businesses and
workers more efficiently with other available public and private
funds.
Mississippi-$750,000
Contact:
James Lott
Director, Employment and Training Division
Mississippi Development Authority
P.O. Box 24568
Jackson, MS 24568
(601) 359-9265
Fax: (601) 359-9252 jlott@mississippi.org
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Mississippi Development Authority
Proposed Activities:
Mississippi will use its Incentive Grant
to target high school dropouts. Activities include tutoring, study
skills training and instruction leading to a high school diploma
or GED. The state will use I Can Learn, computer based algebra
and pre-algebra software.
Missouri-$750,000
Contact:
Andy Martin
Director of Finance
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0480
(573) 751-4383 andy.martin@dese.mo.gov
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Missouri Department of Economic Development
Proposed Activities:
The state intends to use its grant money
to fund five major initiatives
Web-based Missouri Career Management System: create a coordinated
career information system to complement www.GreatHires.org in
coordination with higher education and vocational rehabilitation
partners
Implement Missouri Employers of Choice program: focuses on
recruiting employers to encourage employees to attain their
GED
Expand the Counselor Academy: to expand the number of participants
served by the Academy by reaching additional counselors, Missouri
Career Center staff, and expanding the opportunity to the other
service providers within the State's workforce development system.
Local Workforce Improvement Initiative: target resources to
address the greatest areas of need within each region (basic
skills, job skills, workforce services) and focus on federal
workforce program performance measures that will address the
identified needs.
Addressing Adult Learning Difficulties: Missouri plans to
provide professional development opportunities for teachers
and directors to learn and understand PowerPath, software that
can be used to administer learning disability screening.
Montana- $750,000
Contact:
Gary Warren
Bureau Chief, Statewide Workforce Programs
Montana Department of Labor and Industry
P.O. Box 1728
Helena, MO 59624
(406) 444-2416
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Montana Department of Labor and Industry
Office of Commissioner on Higher Education
Office of Public Instruction
Proposed Activities:
The state will use its PY02 grant to continue
projects funded by PY01 grant money which focus on addressing
the shortage of workers in health care occupations. Activities
include:
Investing in on-line coursework of the
health care curricula to accommodate distance learning
Solicit requests to create a career
pathway in the health sciences area
Coordinate assessment systems for participants
interested in health care occupations
Nebraska-$750,000
Contact:
Joan Modrell
Executive Director
Nebraska Workforce Development/Department of Labor
550 South 16th Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
(402) 471-9948
Fax: (402) 471-3050 jmodrell@dol.state.ne.us
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Nebraska Department of Labor
Nebraska Department of Education, Adult Education and
Career & Technical Education
Greater Lincoln Workforce Investment Board
Greater Nebraska Workforce Investment Board
Greater Omaha Tri County Workforce Investment Board
Proposed Activities:
The state intends to use its grant money
to fund three major activities:
Job Specific Skills for ESL: the Adult
Education program will build upon an existing educational project
designed for ESL students and allow them to develop job specific
language skills
Nebraska Careers and Jobs Career Management
System: coordinate the elements of data that exist in various
state systems and create a coordinated effort through a Single
Point of Entry (SEP) portal that provides comprehensive data
and information to assist employers, employees, and education
in planning, pursuing and aligning the resources for development
One Stop System Building: Nebraska will
dedicate $300,000 to strengthen awareness, involvement and utilization
of the One Stop delivery system to employers
New Hampshire-$750,000Contact:
Jackie Heuser
WIA Adult Director
Workforce Opportunity Council
64 Old Suncook Road
Concord, NH 03301
(603)229-3470
Fax: (603) 228-8557 jheuser@nhworkforce.org
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
New Hampshire Community Technical College System
Workforce Opportunity Council
New Hampshire Department of Education
Proposed Activities:
The state intends to use its grant money
to fund three major activities:
Capacity Building for Adult Basic Education:
provide 147 computers in 29 adult education centers improving
access in ABE and ESOL classes. Grant money will also be used
to provide site licenses for basic skills and GED software.
Capacity Building for Career and Technical
Education: the state intends to hire a Project Manager to assist
local staff in 28 regional Career and Technical Centers plan
and implement changes in the delivery system of career and technical
education in New Hampshire
Improve performance of the Workforce
Development Service Delivery System: there are 3 components
to this initiative,
Improve the ability of WIA and other partner
agency case manager to gain greater access to online job matching
services through continued and expanded use of EmployOn, an online
job matching portal for employers and job seekers
Hire a performance manger to work with
state and local staff to efficiently manage performance to achieve
consistent performance results
Set aside funds to award high performing
local NH Works offices to plan and implement projects designed
to build the capacity of the local One Stop to better serve target
populations.
North Carolina-$1,061,154Contact:
Daniel Giddens
North Carolina Department of Commerce
4327 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699
(919) 715-6377 dgiddens@nccommerce.com
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
North Carolina Commission on Workforce Development
Proposed Activities:
The state intends to use its grant money
to fund four major activities:
Develop biotechnology career exploration
opportunities for grades 9-12, potential community college students,
dislocated workers and adults
Develop a "Biotechnology Pathways to
Employment" model for high school dropouts and adults, with
an emphasis on dislocated workers
Offer students and workers a seamless
NC biotechnology workforce education and training approach that
begins in the secondary school system and continues through
the community college's specialized biotechnology education
and training programs
Analyze and improve data collection systems
North Dakota-$750,000 Contact:
Maren Daley, Executive Director
Korrine Lang, Director, Workforce Solutions
Job Service North Dakota
P.O. Box 5507
Bismarck, ND 58506-5507
(701) 328-3045 klang@state.nd.us
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Job Service North Dakota
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction
Career and Technical Education
Proposed Activities:
Incentive Award funds under the Workforce
Investment Act will be integrated with other federal and state
workforce development and training funds, local community and
private sector resources to expand access to the one stop system,
address skill gaps, develop customized service approaches for
target populations, develop new approaches to serving youth and
provide capacity building for front-line staff. Specific WIA activities
include:
Install state of the art Polycom system
in each of the 8 planning regions. The system is designed to
enhance the capacity of the partners of the One-Stop System
to coordinate training and delivery of services to target populations.
The partners will develop protocols for establishing priority
use of the system.
Develop and operate an Intensive Re-employment
Demonstration Project in at least one pilot area of the state.
The goal will be to test various service delivery methods to
determine their impact on reducing the duration of unemployment
insurance for UI claimants.
Develop and deliver training to front
line staff on awareness of cultural diversity and needs.
Install a North Dakota Occupational
Information System for use by one-stop system partners in program
planning. This initiative will improve access to information
and data on occupational projections and wages.
Oklahoma - $750,000
Contact:
Glen Robards
Deputy Director
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
2401 North Lincoln Blvd., Suite 511-1
Oklahoma City, OK 73152-2003
(405) 557-7239 glen.robards@oesc.state.ok.us
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
Oklahoma Department of Career and Technical Education
Oklahoma State Department of Education
Proposed Activities:
The state intends to use its grant money
to fund four major activities:
Define and create career ladders in
local labor markets. The purpose of these ladders is to create
a pipeline of skilled workers aligned in support of regional
economic development activities.
Develop and implement a strategy to
assist low-skill/low-wage workers. This includes using tools
to perform skills gap analysis.
Address soft skills issues as defined
by business and industry
Enhance virtual systems to ensure partners
can share databases to leverage resources among WIA Title 1,
AEFLA and Perkins Act partners
Oregon-$750,000
Contact:
Cam Preus-Braly
Commissioner
Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development
225 Capitol Street N.E.
Salem, Oregon 97310
503-378-8648 cam.preus-braly@state.or.us
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
Oklahoma Department of Career and Technical Education
Oklahoma State Department of Education
Proposed Activities:
The state intends to use its grant money
to fund four major activities:
Define and create career ladders in
local labor markets. The purpose of these ladders is to create
a pipeline of skilled workers aligned in support of regional
economic development activities.
Develop and implement a strategy to
assist low-skill/low-wage workers. This includes using tools
to perform skills gap analysis.
Address soft skills issues as defined
by business and industry
Enhance virtual systems to ensure partners
can share databases to leverage resources among WIA Title 1,
AEFLA and Perkins Act partners
South Dakota-$750,000
Contact:
Michael Ryan
Labor Program Administrator
South Dakota Department of Labor
700 Governors Drive
Pierre, SD 57501-2291
(605)-773-5017
Fax: (605)-773-4211 Michael.ryan@state.sd.us
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
South Dakota Workforce Development Council
South Dakota Department of Education
Proposed Activities:
The state intends to use its grant money
to fund three major initiatives
Workforce Management System and Participant
Service Enhancement: this includes supporting statewide efforts
to respond to the President's High Growth Job Training Initiative,
expand training for WIA program staff, improving program recruitment
and retention for WIA eligible youth and staff development for
Alternative high school teachers on building reading skills
Adult Education Technology for the 21st
Century: Pilot the STAR program to increase adult literacy,
pilot distance learning projects, purchase technology for AEL
classrooms, and enhance LEP programs
Enhancing Career and Technical Education:
continue High Schools That Work project and implement Making
Middle Schools Work pilot, upgrade technical, academic and employability
standards in all career and technical education program areas,
develop and implement new career and technical education programs,
develop statewide advisory committees for secondary career and
technical education programs and increase awareness of occupations
in health care sector
Tennessee-$750,000
Contact:
Elaine Perryman
Administrator
Employment and Workforce Development Division
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development
500 James Robertson Parkway
Suite 1200, Davy Crockett Tower
Nashville, TN 37245
(615) 741-1031
Agencies/Organizations Receiving Grant Money:
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Employment and Training Division
Adult Education
Vocational Technical Education
Tech Prep Youth
Proposed Activities:
The state intends to use its grant money to fund 4 WIA Title 1
projects and 3 educational programs. These include:
WIA Title 1 projects: enhance the Governor's Job Cabinet and
expand incumbent worker training, create more copies of the annual
report for marketing, develop a plan to implement the Baldridge
Criteria for Performance Excellence throughout the One Stop Centers
and make improvements to the Case Management Activity Tracking
System (eCMATS) in order to improve the data collection and meet
report requirements for LWIAs
Adult Education: continue to fund the initiative Workforce Computer
Skills-Continuing to Assist Unemployed Tennesseans Achieve Their
Full Employment Potential and purchase laptop computers to create
a "mobile" computer lab in counties with high unemployment.
Vocational Technical Education: develop and test an assessment
procedure to evaluate the effectiveness of curriculum that integrates
academic skills in vocational classes.
Tech Prep: develop computer programs that will improve the collection
and reporting of community college data.
Texas-$300,000
Contact:
Cindy Geisman
Director of Program Development
Workforce Development Division
Texas Workforce Commission
101 East 15th Street
Austin, TX 78778
(512) 463-2692 cindy.geisman@twc.state.tx.us
The state intends to use its grant money
to enhance program activities established in 12 workforce areas
that focus on providing assistance to youth who would be the first
in their families to pursue and achieve higher education through
two and four year post secondary institutions. Four major projects
are planned using funds from the PY02 incentive grant:
College enrollment workshops
Supplemental scholarships
First generation model programs
Distribution of career orientation materials
to Texas schools
