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Contact Information
Randee Chafkin Senior Program Specialist for
Disability Programs Division of Adult Services
Office of Workforce Investment Employment and
Training Administration U.S. Department of Labor
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Presenters

• Presenters
• Randee Chafkin, Employment and Training
  Administration
• Joseph Carbone, President and CEO, The Workplace,
  Inc., CT-NY Talent for Growth WIRED Region
• Judy Emery, Director, Colorado WIN Partners
• Moderator
• Randee Chafkin, Employment and Training
  Administration

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Agenda/Objectives

• During this webinar you will learn
• Strategies for integrating the disability
  perspective into the WIRED Framework.
• Why it is strategic for you regions economic
  growth to integrate this perspective.
• How to leverage the available disability-related
  resources in your region.
• How the Southwestern Connecticut and Metro Denver
  WIRED Regions are integrating the disability
  perspective into their growth strategies.

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Disability Program Navigator (DPN) Initiative
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• Department of Labors (DOL) Employment and
  Training Administration (ETA) administers the DPN
  Initiative. We partner with many Federal, state,
  local agencies and private organizations to
  leverage funding for the public workforce
  investment systems customers with disabilities.
• The DPN Initiative is jointly sponsored by the
  ETA and Social Security Administration. Since
  2003, the DPN Initiative has been funded for
  approximately 81 million from ETA and 12
  million from SSA. We will be awarding the DPN
  grants approximately 20 million for PY 2008
  operations.
• A new position, the Disability Program Navigator,
  was established in One-Stop Career Centers
  throughout the country, to better inform
  beneficiaries and other people with disabilities
  about the work support programs available at
  One-Stop Career Centers.

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Disability Program Navigator (DPN) Initiative

• There are currently about 525 Navigators across
  forty-five states, the District of Columbia, and
  Puerto Rico.
• The goal of the DPN initiative is to achieve more
  seamless, comprehensive, and integrated services
  delivery thereby, expanding the capacity of the
  workforce investment system to meet the
  employment needs of customers with disabilities.

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Disability Program Navigator (DPN) Initiative
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Disability Program Navigator (DPN) Initative

• A Disability Program Navigator
• Guides One-Stop Career Center staff in helping
  people with disabilities access and navigate the
  various programs that impact their ability to
  gain/retain jobs
• Facilitates integrated, seamless, and
  comprehensive services and supports in One-Stop
  Career Centers to persons with disabilities
• Improves linkages to the employer community and
  develops demand-responsive strategies to meet
  their recruitment and retention needs and
• Brings together multiple partners to foster a
  collaborative effort by building
  Interagency/intra-agency Integrated Resource
  Teams.

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Disability Program Navigator (DPN) Initative

• For more information, please
• Contact Randee Chafkin, Senior Program Specialist
• for Disability Programs
• Phone [phone]
• E-Mail chafkin.randee_at_dol.gov
• Refer to our Web site at for a list of state
  contacts
• http//www.doleta.gov/disability
• Refer to the DPN Technical Assistance Centers
  Web site at www.disability.law.uiowa.edu
• For effective practices/ products, refer to
  http//www.onestoptoolkit.org

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Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic
Development (WIRED)

• The DOL launched the WIRED Initiative in November
  2005.
• WIRED integrated economic development and
  workforce development and demonstrates that
  talent development can can drive economic
  transformation in regional economies across the
  country.

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Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic
Development (WIRED)

• WIRED goes beyond traditional strategies for
  worker preparation by bringing together state,
  local, and Federal entities academic
  institutions (including K-12, community colleges,
  and universities) investment groups
  foundations and business and industry to address
  the challenges associated with building a
  globally competitive and prepared workforce.

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Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic
Development (WIRED)

• In February 2006, ETA announced 13 Regions, now
  known as WIRED 1st Generation that received
  funding of 15 million over three years.
• In April 2006, ETA announced funding for 13
  additional regions, WIRED Second Generation,
  receiving 6000,000 for planning and developing
  an implementation plan, and subsequently an
  additional 4.5 million over a three-year period.
• In June 2007, 13 additional Regions WIRED Third
  Generation Regions were each funded for 5
  million over a three year period.

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Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic
Development (WIRED)

• All 39 WIRED Regions are supported by mangers
  from ETA and the WIRED resource team, and are
  provided with tools, and technical assistance
  that assist with implementing their plan for
  regional growth.
• The WIRED Initiative is applying a 6-step
  conceptual framework to the activities taking
  place in each of the Regions where investments
  have been made.

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Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic
Development (WIRED)

• It would be an effective strategy to apply the
  WIRED 6-step conceptual framework to the
  disability sphere of influence and need-just as
  the WIRED region is implementing it in a broader
  context.
• Each of these 6-steps could include specific
  activities focused on better understanding and
  integrating persons with disabilities into each
  Regions WIRED Initiative.
• This template applies not only to people with
  disabilities, but to any targeted
  population-older workers, youth ex-offenders,
  TANF recipients, ESL, Indian and Native
  Americans, Migrants and Seasonal Farmworkers.

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Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic
Development (WIRED)

• The Integrating Disability Perspective into the
  WIRED Framework has been posted along with these
  slides.
• For additional information about WIRED, refer to
  http//www.doleta.gov/wired.

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Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic
Development (WIRED)

• For both those who have WIRED grants or do not
  have grants but are using the WIRED framework to
  create economic and workforce transformation, the
  Disability Program Navigator can be your initial
  point of contact and resource as you attempt to
  incorporate the disability perspective into your
  innovative strategies, especially talent
  development.

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Polling Question 1

• Some of you may be thinking why integrate
  disability into the WIRED framework.Id like to
  pose two polling questions which may help answer
  this

• 10
• 25
• 20?

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Polling Question 2
Second polling question What is the
unemployment rate of working age people with
disabilities? Select All That Apply

• 12.2
• 35
• 56

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Integrating the Disability Perspective into
WIRED

• Individuals with disabilities are twice as likely
  to live in poverty as individuals without
  disabilities, 24 compared to 9.
• Between 2002 and 2012, the numbers of workers 55
  years and older is projected to grow by 50. As
  people age they tend to have one or more
  disabilities. Approximately 30 of the
  population over 55 has a disability.

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Integrating the Disability Perspective into
WIRED

• Regional economies cannot continue to be
  economically viable and remain competitive in the
  global marketplace if they do not tap into their
  largely untapped, available workforce, including
  people with disabilities to develop pipeline
  hires for businesses to address the shortage of
  workers.

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Integrating the Disability Perspective into
WIRED

• Regional economies cannot continue to grow if a
  significant percent of their communities are
  unemployed, underemployed, and living in poverty.
• Identifying and leveraging resources is a
  critical component of the WIRED frameworks
  6-Step process. This process needs to include
  disability-related resources already devoted to
  assessment, education, training, job
  development/placement and support for people with
  disabilities provided by both the disability
  services sector and generic resources.

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Integrating the Disability Perspective into
WIRED

• These regional assets (e.g., Social Security
  Administration, Department of Education-Vocational
  Rehabilitation, Health and Human Services,
  Housing and Urban Development, Department of
  Transportation, Department of Veterans Affairs,
  etc.) have the potential to be significant
  resources for regional economies and should be
  part of your regional economic development and
  investment strategies.

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Integrating the Disability Perspective into
WIRED

• ETAs DPN Program has developed a template to
  link the disability perspective into the WIRED
  activities.
• In December of 2007, we funded two WIRED Regions
  to pilot integrating disability into their WIRED
  projects. Although they are just starting, I
  think you will be interested and impressed with
  their work to-date.

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Introduction

• Joseph M. Carbone
• President CEO, The WorkPlace, Inc.
• CT-NY Talent for Growth WIRED Region

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Regional Context

• Gen II WIRED Region CT-NY Talent for Growth
• Links 3 WIBs in parts of 4 counties across 2
  states in the New York metro area
• Very little prior collaboration
• Very different workforce system operations
• Focus Tapping the Talent Within to support
  regional economic growth

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Regional Influences on Workforce Economic
Development
WIRED Regional Assessment
Putnam County, NY
Southwestern CT
Yonkers
CT-NY Talent for Growth Region
Westchester, NY

• Internal
• Low unemployment
• ? dependency on immigrants
• ? federal
• Old US workforce system

• External
• Advances in technology
• Global competition
• Demographic shifts
• Economic issues
• Cultural changes

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Overall Objectives CT-NY Talent for Growth

• Transform the workforce system
• Meet business demand for skilled workers
• Create opportunities for underrepresented
  populations to more fully participate
• Build a platform for regional collaboration to
  address challenges

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Disability Perspective

• Expand what works
• One-Stop with specialized services for people
  with disabilities
• Disability Task Force Business Advisory Council
• Partnerships with Voc Rehab, Mental Health, Vets,
  DOL, and CBOs
• Research-based best practices (e.g. TeleWork)

• Add new components
• More business partners
• More actionable data (region-wide audit of needs
  resources/assets)

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Disability Research Project

• Community Colleges (Norwalk, CT and Westchester,
  NY) combine their research and analytical
  expertise
• Business Leaders (3 Business Councils) actively
  participate
• Disability Task Force expands to include
  representatives from full WIRED region
• ? Find expertise ? Link organizations
• ? Focus on a common goal

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Disability Research Project

• WIRED Research Demonstration Project on
  Disability Services
• A 1-year project to
• Conduct a comprehensive review of
  workforce-related services (and gaps) for people
  with disabilities
• Examine demographics, education, job training,
  financing, career pipelines

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Desired Outcomes

• Clear picture of the population with disabilities
  in CT-NY Talent for Growth Region
• Develop a regional catalog of employment services
  and strategies for people with disabilities
• Link disability service organizations to
  high-growth and in-demand occupations and
  employers

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High-Growth Industry Clusters

• Core
• Large, well-established
• Need an immediate and ongoing pipeline of
  workers to survive compete
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Hospitality Retail
• Health Care
• Innovation-Intensive
• Focus on higher-level, more specialized
  occupations where both technical creative
  skills are needed
• Require long-term talent development
• Financial Services
• Information Technology
• Biomedical

SEARCH HERE FIRST for opportunities for people
with disabilities
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Contact Information

• Thank you!
• Joe Carbone
• The WorkPlace, Inc.
• Bridgeport, CT
• Email jcarbone_at_workplace.org
• Phone [phone]
• www.workplace.org

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• Judith Emery, Director
• Colorado WIN Partners
• University of Colorado Denver

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Colorados History

• Established partnerships and relationships with
  Colorados Workforce System and its partners
  since 1998
• Piloted and replicated the DPN Initiative
• Initiated new federal initiatives within Colorado
• Involved in national technical assistance,
  training and evaluation
• Developing tools

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Polling Question 3
Are your Disability Program Navigators (or State
DPN Lead) involved with your WIRED
Initiative? Select All That Apply

• Yes
• No

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Metro Denver WIRED Initiative

• Awarded first generation WIRED grant in early
  2006
• High growth industry clusters (aerospace, energy,
  bioscience, information technology)
• Nine-county region

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Metro Denver WIRED Goals

• Home-grown skilled workforce for WIRED industries
• Best region in the country STEM education
• Entrepreneurial climate for business creation and
  expansion

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Metro Denver WIRED Goals

• Post-secondary certificate or an Associate Degree
  as minimum standard
• Regional system that integrates workforce,
  education, and economic development programs

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Strategies Initial Steps

• Researched all activities implemented to date
• Reviewed reports including the Gap Issues
  Analysis, Asset Mapping, etc.
• Reviewed goals and objectives of Jumpstart and
  Innovation grants
• Started attending WIRED staff meetings and
  functions

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Strategies Supplementary SWOT Gap Analyses

• Gathering data and mirroring existing reports
  already completed specific to disability
• Working with the State Demography Office
• Include additional underrepresented populations
• Get a snapshot

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Strategies Supplementary SWOT Gap Analyses

• Population Ages 5-15 16-64 65 with and without
  a disability, by
• Disability types
• Employment status
• Industries
• Educational attainment
• Earnings, etc

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Strategies Infuse with RFPs

• Jumpstart and Innovation grants
• Underrepresented populations weighted 15 points
  out of 100 points
• RFP reviewer
• RFP Committee cross disciplinary (industry,
  economic development, education, and workforce)

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Strategies Infuse with RFPs

• Extended technical assistance and training to all
  grantees
• DPNs involved with the grants
• All 20 include strategies for working with
  underrepresented populations

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Strategies Infuse with RFPs

• Multi-Industry Systems Technician (MIST) Program
• Example of Innovation grantee
• Designed to remediate and develop skills in the
  energy industry
• Target out of school youth, dropouts, at risk
  youth, underrepresented populations
• Employer driven training through validated
  competencies

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Strategies Infuse with RFPs

• MIST Example continued
• Prep Academy, Certification Levels 1 2
• DPN involved with outreach and recruitment
• Working with partner agencies, e.g., Division of
  Vocational Rehabilitation
• Workforce, Industry, and Education (Community
  College) partnership

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Polling Question 4
Are your Disability Program Navigators (or State
Designated DPN Lead) involved with your states
WIRED Leadership Team? Select All That Apply

• Yes
• No

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Strategies Colorado Leadership Council
8 Educators 2 University 2 Community
College 2 K-12 2 Career/Technical
Educators
Fiscal Partners 1 CDLE 1 City Co.
Denver 1 Metro Denver EDC
8 Workforce 4 Workforce Directors 4
Business Reps in WIRED Industries
8 Industry/Eco-Devo 4 WIRED Industry
Reps 4 Eco-Devo or Eco-Devo Board Members in
WIRED Industries
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Strategies Colorado Leadership Council

• Solutions Teams
• Take action on recommendations made by the
  Leadership Council
• Cross-disciplinary with representation from the
  four WIRED Industries, K-12 and higher education,
  and public workforce system
• Convener and led by co-chairs

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Strategies Colorado Leadership Council

• Optimizing Todays Workforce
• One of four Solutions Teams
• Identify, develop or partner with programs and
  initiatives
• Provide employment and training resources for
  untapped sources of talent
• Ex-military/Veterans, At risk youth, Individuals
  with disabilities, Ex-offenders, Boomers,
  underrepresented populations, unemployed/underempl
  oyed

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Strategies Colorado Leadership Council

• Optimizing Todays Workforce
• Create recruitment programs to attract these
  untapped sources of talent
• Increase target industries use of regions
  Workforce Development system
• Increase use and replication of existing models

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Strategies Colorado Leadership Council

• Optimizing Todays Workforce
• Co-Chair
• Broad representation
• DPN representation
• Researching supply side
• Fund, replicate, expand and develop new projects

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Contact Information

• Judith Emery
• Director
• Colorado WIN Partners
• University of Colorado Denver
• 303-315-1272
• Judy.Emery_at_uchsc.edu

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