Long Island Business and Workforce Investment ProjectProgress Report – March, 2013

Long Island Regional Economic Development Council New York Works Consolidated Funding Application Grant

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The Connect Long Island Partnership, facilitated by the Long Island Forum for Technology and led by the three Long Island local workforce investment boards (LWIBS), consolidated 8 separate organizational proposals under the Workforce Innovation Network (WIN) Proposal.

The WIN Proposal was included in the LIREDC’s Strategic Plan.

I. Workforce Innovation Network (WIN) Proposal

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The Long Island Business and Workforce Investment Project (LIBWIP) was among the proposals included in the WIN Proposal.

The LIBWIP was submitted for funding through the CFA process by the Town of Hempstead Department of Occupational Resources (DOOR) on behalf of the 3 LI LWIBs.

The proposal was selected for funding under the New York State Economic Development Purposes Fund in the amount of $427,535.

The LIBWIP is unique in that it is a LWIB led project funded under the CFA process.

II. Long Island Business and Workforce Investment Project

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The goal of the project is to educate, train and provide job development for a pool of workers to be employed by Long Island firms.

This project is transformative in that it fosters economic development through workforce development.

III. LIBWIP Goal

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Begin: May, 2012Complete: May, 2014

IV. LIBWIP Schedule

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The LWIBs will conduct an assessment and develop an Individual Employment Plan for each of the 114 unemployed participants.

The project will equip 114 low-income and dislocated Long Islanders with the skills and credentials required to support regional workforce demands, including job placement and career counseling as needed.

V. LIBWIP Description

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18 Years of Age and Older Out-of-School Long Island (Nassau or Suffolk County)

Resident Either Low Income (Same criteria as WIA

Priority of Service) or Dislocated Worker Unemployed

VI. Participant Eligibility

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Outreach Intake Assessment (Interview; JobZone; CareerZone; Kenexa Prove It!,

which is an Internet-based skills assessment program that provides over 1,200 tests for clerical, software, industrial, healthcare, financial, and technical job classifications, as well as more than 35 online tutorials for Microsoft Office 2000–2010 titles; Standard Assessment and Group Evaluations (SAGE), which is designed to assess mechanical dexterity, clerical aptitude and interests; CHOICES, which is designed to assess career interests and values, list related occupations, provide employability skills and job search activities; Career Exploration Inventory (CEI), which is a career interest test used as a guide for exploring work, leisure and educational goals, and which helps the participant to find information on occupations, leisure activities and educational programs; www.mynextmove.org; www.myskillsmyfuture.org

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VII. Services

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Development of IEP/ISS Career Counseling/Case Management/Tracking Pre-Vocational Skills Training for Adults and

DWs, including Career Workshop Series* and Computer Skills Workshops

WIA Ten Youth Elements (Youth only) Classroom Training Referral to Supportive Services Job Development and Job Placement Follow-Up

VII. Services (Continued)

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VIII. *The Career Workshops Series are enhanced by modern research

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The project consists of two major components, targeted and general training.

The targeted training has been implemented in two phases to date.

Phase one is a Health Care Information Technology course provided by Hofstra University.

Phase two is a Paralegal course, also provided by Hofstra.

Under the general component, we are conducting a variety of training programs related to multiple occupations, including soft skills training.

IX. Project Components

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Benchmark # 1: 50% ($213,768) - 38 participants complete training and 19 of those participants have entered employment and project expenditures are at 300,000.

X. Benchmark Goals/Funding Installments

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Benchmark # 2: 25% (106,884) - An additional 38 (76 cumulative) participants have completed training, 38 of those participants have entered employment and an additional $100,000 in project expenditures (totaling 400,000).

X. Benchmark Goals/Funding Installments (Continued)

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Benchmark # 3: 25% (106,883) - An additional 38 (114 cumulative) participants have completed training, 57 of those participants have entered employment and total project expenditures of $540,000.

X. Benchmark Goals/Funding Installments (Continued)

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Benchmark Goal ActualLow Income Individuals to Who Have Completed Training

38 150

Low Income Individuals to Who Have Entered Employment

19 40

Project Expenditures

$300,000 $370,266.81

X. Benchmark # 1- Goals versus Actual Performance

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Ana-Maria HurtadoCommissioner/WIB DirectorTown of HempsteadDepartment of Occupational ResourcesHempstead Executive Plaza50 Clinton Street, Suite 400Hempstead, New York 11550Phone: (516) 485-5000, ext. 1105 Fax: (516) 485-5009amh@hempsteadworks.com

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