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US Workforce Investment
Ron Painter, Chief Executive
US National Association of Workforce Boards
Natalie Branosky, Chief Executive
InclusionUS
Welfare to Work Convention
Birmingham, UK July 2012
Ron Painter, [email protected]
National Association of Workforce BoardsWashington, DC
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The Workforce Investment Act of 1998
• Enhance National Productivity & Competitiveness–Increasing Occupational Skill Levels
–Improving Quality of Workforce
• Improve the Lives of Workers by:–Increasing Employment, Retention and Earning of
Participants
• Delivery of Services via One Stop Career Centers
• Continuous Improvement in systems & results
• Customer Choice
What’s a WIB?America’s Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) are
governing bodies that anticipate & answer the needs of local labour markets. They develop LM intelligence, oversee the local One Stop system, and procure the delivery of services in partnership with the Federal and State governments.
Board membership must be 51% from private sector business industry, and includes One Stop operators and local departments of welfare, education, health and labour.
Most WIBs include FE colleges, unions, economic developers, school systems, chambers of commerce, universities & service providers. 4
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History: skill building not new in US
A long way...which way?
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The BIG Prize
Available for 2013 Occupancy
* Asking price – subject to change - $1B+
The President’s Ratings
Democrats Republicans Spread
Obama 80 12 68
Reagan 24 79 55
Clinton 77 20 57
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Approve Disapprove
The Congress’s Rating
The Empathy Deficit?
Voting Behaviour 18-29 yr olds
Some Perspective on the US
• is NOT the Prime Minister
• is NOT the Parliament
• is NOT the Parliament
Workforce Legislative Issues
• Downsizing government’s role in the workforce development system
• System governance, devolution, and local control
• Program consolidation, outcomes and levels of training
NAWB believes that the workforce development system should be:
• Governed by effective business-led workforce investment boards (WIBs) that make data-driven decisions.
• Focused on the market needs of its business & job seeker customers.
• Administered and managed in close proximity to customers with local operations.
• Marked by private sector continuous improvement processes that achieve innovation and growth.
• Funded sufficiently to address the most pressing labor market issues with broad-based solutions.
• Measured via outcomes that are relevant to both customers and investors/taxpayers.
More voices in the debate• The National Skills Coalition: every US
worker should have a certificate or vocation degree
• US Chamber of Commerce: seamless, flexible, non-duplicative system so employers can participate in meaningful ways
• National League of Cities: increase the involvement of local elected officials in programme planning, implementation, and direct negotiation on performance standards
Savings & Effectiveness
• ROI: Required to report on the cost of programme activities in local markets, relative to the effect on the ‘performance of participants’ (job outcomes, wage gains, educational attainment)
• Policy shift: Accountable to both US Sec of Labor & US Sec of Education: effectiveness of employment & training programmes for the employer.
What to Watch
• Workforce Investment Boards / large-scale strategies:
--Arlington/Alexandria (Virginia), public sector
--Boston (Massachusetts), private One Stop Centers
• Green Jobs: G-tech (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• Young People: YouthBuild
• Child Poverty & Life Chances: Harlem Children’s Zone & Promise Neighborhoods
• Transitional Employment: DC Central Kitchen & Transitional Jobs Network
• Economic & social inclusion, employment rate targets: City of Bryan, Texas & Project Unity
UK – US Happenings
• Study visit to the UK: Child Poverty in the Liverpool City Region & Islington, London
• Congressional evidence on Universal Credit• The first economic & social inclusion plan: Bryan,
Texas• Our session on job creation by nonprofits & social
enterprise at 5:30pm, Sonata Room, Hyatt Regency• International Day at NAWB Forum 2013• Our PublicCo series on building UK-US partnerships
Any questions?
Ron Painter
Chief Executive
US National Association of Workforce Boards
Natalie Branosky
Chief Executive
InclusionUS
