1.13 Employment Strategies for Low Income Individuals and Families (Carbone)
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A Place to Live, The Skills to Work:
The Impact of Workforce Investment
Joseph M. CarbonePresident and CEO
The WorkPlace, [email protected]
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“The best protection against homelessness is a meaningful and sustainable job
that pays enough to afford a safe, decent place to live. Helping those most at risk for
homelessness to access existing work support programs as well health care and income support services to which they are
entitled are key prevention strategies.”
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--Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness 2010
The Workforce Investment SystemHow It works:• WIBS receive formula
funding• Certify eligibility for
participants• Achieve federal
performance measures• Business, education,
provider, government on board
• Inadequate funding to service all those in need
How to Work It:• Be proactive• Don’t wait for the WIB to
approach you• Serve on the WIB board• Aggressively compete for
available funds related to employment and training
• Insist on a culture of support in One-Stops
• Ensure training for One-Stop staff in serving the homeless 3
• Skillpoint Alliance (Austin, TX): Construction Gateway program -- Intensive Service program with staff based in the One Stop servicing those with barriers, including the homeless.
• At Your Service (Boston, MA): Community Works Services, a voc-rehab non-profit organization, partnered with state lodging association and local hotels to develop training and employment for the homeless.
• Ending Chronic Homelessness through Employment and Housing: DOL, jointly with HUD, sponsored five-year demonstration programs in partnership with Local Workforce Investment Boards in Boston, Indianapolis, Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.
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Workforce Development Success Stories
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Innovative Funding
What does it mean?
• Competitive Grants – federal, state, local, foundation• City/County Projects – partner with housing authority,
jobs funnel, education, block grants…• State – many departments (Labor, Economic
Development, Education, Environmental…)• Foundations – local, state, national• Corporate – philanthropic, custom projects• Legacy – estates & trusts
Potential Sources:
What if we compete and don’t win?”
There’s value in the effort to:• Assemble partners to build
a project• Reach out for ideas, help,
extra resources• Reach deep into the
community
Benefits: Public awareness
Organizes community support
Generate ideas
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It’s never wasted time…
It’s all part of demonstrating your worth.
Why it Works for Us
Accessible One-Stops Mobile Services
Shared Commitment:Housing + Work = Basic Rights
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Unemployment Benefits ExhaustedStatewide (CT):• May 15, 2010 – 12,200
people exhausted benefits (up to 99 week limit)
• Ongoing – 800-1,000 per week
Nationally:• Unemployment rate at
9.5% in June• 1.2 million exhausted
benefits at end of June without extension
Nationally: Of total unemployed, 55+ age group has highest long-term unemployment(49% of group unemployed 27 weeks or longer)
Driving Factors:
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Top 20 States by Rate of Foreclosures (May 2010)
1. Nevada 1/792. Arizona 1/1693. Florida 1/1744. California
1/1865. Michigan
1/2236. Georgia 1/2927. Idaho 1/3098. Illinois 1/3509. Utah 1/36010. Maryland
1/399
11. New Jersey1/440
12. Colorado1/444
13. Hawaii 1/48614. Ohio 1/48915. South Carolina 1/50616. Oregon 1/51817. Virginia 1/53018. Wisconsin
1/55719. Indiana 1/57320. Washington 1/574Total Properties with foreclosure filing reported (these 20 states): 250,600
Sources: RealtyTrac Note: RealtyTrac foreclosure numbers based on a count of the total number of properties with at least one foreclosure filing reported during the month.
Foreclosure Crisis Continues
Multi-Faceted Response
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Policy
Programs
Support
Public Policy
• Collaboration with community and housing service providers
• Cross-training for shelter and supported housing staff• Contribute to the region’s 10-year plan to end
homelessness and to Continuum of Care• Streamlined process for education and training of
chronically homeless, particularly vets• Coordinate with vocational rehab to service SSI/SSDI• Build provider capacity through training
Innovative Programs
• Property Management Careers Program for supported housing clients
• HomeWork Program to train supported housing case managers to help clients enter or return to work
• ReEntry Works Program for homeless with a criminal record
• Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program grant recipient 6 consecutive years
• Connecticut Bureau of Rehabilitative Services staff presence in the One-Stop
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Programs and Outreach in SWCT
Property Management
Career Pathways Program
ReEntry Works
STRIVE of Fairfield County
Jobs Funnel
HomeWork
HomelessVeterans
ReintegrationProgram
Pathways Out of Poverty
IncarceratedVeterans
TransitionProgram
CTWorks Career Centers Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program Veterans Workforce Investment Program Homes for the Brave ReEntryWorks Jobs Funnel STRIVE of Fairfield County Pathways Out of Poverty HomeWork Property Management Career Pathways Program
CTWorks Career Centers
Veterans Workforce Investment
Program
Homes for the Brave
HomelessVeterans
ReintegrationProgram
Program Highlight:
• Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program:– Transitional and permanent housing assistance
through partnership with Homes for the Brave– Case management, housing counseling, vocational
skills, job information, supportive services– Training supported by WorkPlace scholarships– Job search and development by One-Stop– VA of CT Health Center partnership– 49 % Employment rate at exit for last grant cycle
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Support Services
Mobilize the Career Coach as an outreach and education platform at local shelters and supportive housing units
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Established a Community Resource Center to provide micro-grants
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Support Services (continued)
Provide transportation assistance
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Help women who are struggling to find interview appropriate clothing
Provide on-site ABE/GED programming within our One-Stops
National Benchmarks
• HUD goal for Continuum of Care: 20% of persons employed at program exit. Bridgeport-area CoC reached 44% in 2008 and 36% in 2009– HomeWork program provides Technical Assistance
• Landmark Steward B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (now McKinney-Vento) created the Job Training for the Homeless Demonstration Program in the 1980s-1990s.
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"No one should experience homelessness, no one should be without a safe stable place to call home."
- US Interagency Council on Homelessness
• Expect more of local WIBS• Make a part of the culture• Be in their face• Silence produces nothing
• Expanded partnerships add value• Trained and knowledgeable staff• Partners connected to One-Stop
programs• Aggressively compete for available
funds• Make sure WIBs compete too• Make WIBs grant partners
• Develop outreach strategies• Go beyond the One-Stop
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Contact Information
• Joseph M. Carbone• President & CEO• The WorkPlace, Inc.• E-mail: [email protected]• Phone: 203-610-8500