Grantee Technical Assistance and Performance Coaching

May 7, 20152:30pm ET

Today’s Presenters

Tara Smith Jobs for the

Future

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Linda LawsonMaher & Maher

Nate AndersonJobs for the

Future

Tamitha McKinnisMaher & Maher

Today’s Agenda

•Welcome and Introductions

•Workforce Innovation Fund Community

•Comprehensive Program of Support for Grantees

• Technical Assistance and Performance Coaching

•Overview of Upcoming Technical Assistance Activities

•What’s Next?

•WIF Website

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Let’s Meet the Grantees!

• City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

• City of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

• County of Venango, Franklin, PA

• Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Tallahassee, FL

• Job Growers Inc., Salem, OR

• KentuckianaWorks, Louisville, KY

• Monterey County Workforce Investment Board, Salinas, CA

• San Diego Workforce Partnership Inc., San Diego, CA

• Virginia Community College System, Richmond, VA

• W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI

• Workforce Investment Board of Herkimer, Madison, Oneida Counties, Utica, NY

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Welcome!

City of Los Angeles Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles Regional Initiative for Social Enterprise

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Welcome!

City of New OrleansNew Orleans,

Louisiana

Summer Career Pathways

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Welcome!

County of VenangoFranklin, Pennsylvania

Northwest PA Workforce Innovation Grant

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Welcome!Florida Department of Economic Opportunity

Tallahassee, Florida

Incentivizing Performance Outcomes in the Modern Workforce

Environment: Designing and Implementing

a Performance Funding Model for the

CareerSource Florida Network

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Welcome!

Job Growers Inc.Salem, Oregon

Rethinking Job Search

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Welcome!

KentuckianaWorks(Greater Louisville's Workforce

Investment Board) Louisville, Kentucky

Code Louisville

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Welcome!

Monterey County Workforce Investment BoardSalinas, California

Youth Ambassadors for Peace

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Welcome!

San Diego Workforce Partnership Inc.

San Diego, California

The TANF/SSI Disability Transition Project Putting San Diegans to Work

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Welcome!

Virginia Community College System

Richmond, Virginia

Virginia Implements the Working Families Success Network Model

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Welcome!

W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Kalamazoo, Michigan

Southwest Michigan Employer Resource Network – Expanded

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Welcome!

Workforce Investment Board of Herkimer, Madison, and Oneida Counties

Utica, New York

Career Opportunity Center Network

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Workforce Innovation Fund Community

ROUND 1

6/14/201226 Grants

PAY for SUCCESS

9/23/20132 Grants

ROUND 2

9/24/201411 Grants

ROUND 3

Planned for9/20155-8 Grants

Workforce Investm

ent Act

Workforce Innovation

and Opportunity Act

WIA

WIOA

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What is a Comprehensive Program of Support?

Comprehensive Program of Support Team

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Workforce Innovation

Fund Grantees

Federal Project

Officers -FPOs

ETA’s 6 Regional Offices

Office of Workforce Investment

andOffice of

Policy Development and ResearchETA National

Office

Technical Assistance and Performance Coaching

(TA Team)Maher & Maher

and Jobs for the Future

National Evaluation

Coordinator(NEC)

Abt Associates

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ETA National Office

Office of Workforce Investment and theOffice of Policy Development and Research

• Provide leadership for the initiative• Plan integration of activities across grantee community• Link the WIF initiative with Workforce Innovation and

Opportunity Act implementation and activities• Design TA activities and manage TA and evaluation firms• Provide support to Federal Project Officers and grantees • Oversee and coordinate project and process evaluations • Promote learning from WIF and adoption of innovative

practices and models

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ETA’s Six Regional Offices

Federal Project Officers (FPOs)

• Provide primary grant management support to grantees• Collect/accept performance and fiscal reports • Monitor performance and conduct site visits as needed• Support TA design plan and emergent TA requests

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National Evaluation Coordinator

Abt Associates

• Liaise with ETA National Office Program and Evaluation staff and Federal Project Officers (FPOs)

• Oversee independent grant project evaluations • Provide evaluation and data technical assistance

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Technical Assistance Team

Maher & Maherand Jobs for the Future (JFF)

• Provide performance coaching for each grantee• Design and deliver technical assistance support• Develop a peer to peer learning network of grantees• Gather and elevate grantee success factors and

innovative strategies, and promote their broad adoption throughout the workforce system.

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What to Expect from Technical Assistance

Widely share WIF learning and products with the larger workforce system

Help grantees achieve performance outcomes while maintaining the integrity of the evaluation

Grantee

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Areas of Technical Assistance

Participant Services

Working with Business

Online Systems

Policy & Systems Alignment

Cost Efficiency

Serving Specific Populations

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Audience Poll Question #1

What categories will your technical assistance needs most likely fall? Select all that apply:

A. Participant ServicesB. Working with BusinessC. Online SystemsD. Policy & Systems AlignmentE. Cost EfficiencyF. Serving Specific PopulationsG. Other – tell us in the chat window!

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Audience Question #2

What do you anticipate will be your greatest technical assistance needs and/or challenges

over the next few months?

Please type your response into the chat window

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Performance Coaching

• Relationship and communication• Site visit and assessment • Unique TA plan• Tap subject matter expertise• Foster peer sharing and learning• Promote WIF to the workforce

system

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Technical Assistance Coaches

Tricia Maguire

Rachel McDonnell

Lynn Bajorek

Linda Lawson

TamithaMcKinnis

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Technical Assistance Audience

All virtual TA events are open to all project staff!

Project Leaders

Front Line Staff

Project Partners

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Upcoming Technical Assistance Activities

Technical Assistance Coaching

May - July 2015Introductory Calls with GranteesOn-Site Visits Assessment Profile

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Upcoming Technical Assistance Activities

Funding What You Want to SustainVirtual Training Event

May 28th, 2:00 PM ET

Online Registration:

https://mahernet.adobeconnect.com/e58lz4qfcmi/event/registration.html

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Upcoming Technical Assistance Activities

Workforce Innovation FundGrantee Meeting – pending ETA approval

November 16-17, 2015U.S. Department of LaborFrancis Perkins Building Washington, DC

Save the Date!

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Data Toolkit: Integrated Data System for

Workforce Development Programs

Coming Soon: Virtual Tool

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Coming Soon: Virtual Training

“Mini-MOOC”

Leading Change While Implementing Innovations

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Stay Connected!

http://innovation.workforce3one.org/grantees

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What Questions Do You Have?

Press *6 to unmute your phone orUse the chat window to type in a question or comment

Thanks for Joining Today!We Look Forward to Working with You!