ES Capacity Survey Update SDAG Meeting

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Employment and Training Division Ministry of
Training, Colleges and Universities

• ES Capacity Survey Update SDAG Meeting
• Susan Hoyle-Howieson, Director
• Service Standards and Accountability Branch
• November 27, 2008

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ES Transformation

• The transformed Employment Services service
  provider network in Ontario will be comprised of
  organizations that have demonstrated capability
  and experience in delivering employment services
  and that are effective and responsible working
  with their respective communities in support of
  the EO promise.
• One element the Ministry has utilized to assess
  service providers capacity to deliver Employment
  Services was a survey that was released on
  October 8th and completed and returned to
  Regional Offices on October 29th.

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ES Timeline
October 2008 June 2010
ES available (in at least 25 of future
service delivery network)
ES fully implemented
Regional offices work with recipients of the
business plan which will be the basis for a
new contract for April 2009.
Regional EO offices review the surveys, validate
information, and develop regional transition
plans to roll-up the analysis/ recommendations
for future service delivery network.
Business plans provided to service providers who
are selected to begin ES delivery as part of the
first wave of 25.
January 2008
November 2008
February 2009
June 2010
April 2009
April 2009
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The Capacity Survey

• Regional Directors emailed the capacity survey
  package to each OEAS, JC and
• OTWS-CCM service provider for MTCU defined
  communities. The package
• included a covering letter, survey with
  instructions, and standard Qs and As.
• The package was posted to the Employment Ontario
  Parners Gateway (EOPG).
• The survey collected information on an
  organizations
• Business profile
• Capacity to delivery the new Employment Services
  
• Overall organizational capacity
• Additional resources/value-add that they may
  bring to the EO network.
• Regional EO offices are currently reviewing the
  surveys, validating
• information, and develop regional transition
  plans to roll-up the
• analysis/recommendations for future service
  delivery network.

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ES Capacity Survey Regional Summary Chart
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Next Steps

• Regional offices are continuing to assess
  surveys.
• Community Footprint, Community Profile and
  finally Community Service Plan templates will be
  completed by the Regions.
• Employment Ontario service providers will be
  contacted in January/February 2009.
• MTCU staff will work with selected service
  providers to develop business plans for new
  contracts to begin in April 2009.