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State Workforce Development Board

Welcome

Wendell Dallas -

Chairman, State Workforce Development Board

State Workforce Development Board

Committee Reports

Adult & Dislocated Worker Committee

No Action Items

Youth Committee

No Action Items

Performance & Accountability

Committee PY19 Monitoring Presentation – Britney Singer, OWD

Performance Negotiations Overview – Steven Wilson, OWD

PY19 Monitoring Presentation

Britney Singer -

Compliance Director, OWD

Testing Area vs. Finding Condition

• Contracting Failure to Execute MOU or Missing MOU Provisions

Missing Profit Provision

Failure to Identify Subrecipient

• Programmatic Administration Lack of / Incorrect Policy

Missing Documentation

Failure to Meet Work Experience Expenditure Requirement

• Local Workforce Development Board Review Violation of Bylaws

Non-compliance with Attendance Requirements

How often do repeat findings occur?

• Within the same area? Infrequently: One LWDA in the last three years has had the exact same finding two years in a row

• Case File findings is where it happens the most.

‒ For example, an LWDA may receive a finding two years in a row for missing or incomplete Grievance Forms.

However, different sets of samples were selected in each of those years.

• Across multiple areas? More common

• Can be the result of increased scrutiny on a particular testing area

• Sometimes occurs as a result of a lack of guidance or imposition of new process

Technical Assistance Follow-Up

• WorkSource Academy Training Sessions Subrecipient Monitoring Training

Document Management

Equal Opportunity Policies in Practice

Effective Case Management

• Policy & Guidance Updates Confidentiality & Security Policy

LWDB Resource Guide

• LWDA-specific training led by OWD Intake/Eligibility Processes & Required Documentation

LWDB Requirements & Best Practices

PY19 Monitoring

• Delayed by approximately 1 month due to COVID-19

First Monitoring week: September 14, 2020

Monitoring will wrap up in March 2021

• Virtual Monitoring Changes

Entrance & Exit Meetings, as well as interviews, will be conducted via video conference

Document Submission will collected via email

• Large documents & sensitive materials will be collected via a secure link

• Case files & participant documents will still be transmitted via the WorkSource Portal

Performance Negotiations

Overview

Steven Wilson -

Data & Information Director, OWD

PY 2020 and PY 2021 Negotiations Process

• The State submitted expected levels of

performance via the State Plan

• The State and US DOL reach agreement on

negotiated levels of performance

• The State incorporates the negotiated levels of

performance into its Unified or Combined State Plan

Four Negotiation Factors

• State Comparisons

• Statistical Adjustment Model

• GPRA Goals (Government Performance and Results Act)

• Continuous Improvement

What Performance Indicators were negotiated?

• Employment Rate 2nd Quarter after Exit

• Employment Rate 4th Quarter after Exit

• Median Earnings in the 2nd Quarter after Exit

• Credential Attainment Rate

• Measurable Skill Gains20

Final Negotiated Performance GoalsPerformance Measure PY20 Goal PY21 Goal

Adult Q2 Employment Rate 77.5% 78.0%

Adult Q4 Employment Rate 75.0% 76.5%

Adult Median Earnings $6000 $6200

Adult Credential Attainment 60.5% 62.0%

Adult Measurable Skill Gains 38.0% 40.0%

DW Q2 Employment Rate 78.0% 80.0%

DW Q4 Employment Rate 75.0% 76.5%

DW Median Earnings $6800 $7050

DW Credential Attainment 65.0% 66.0%

DW Measurable Skill Gains 29.0% 31.0%

Youth Q2 Employment Rate 68.0% 70.0%

Youth Q4 Employment Rate 67.0% 69.0%

Youth Median Earnings $2700 $2900

Youth Credential Attainment 60.0% 62.0%

Youth Measurable Skill Gains 38.6% 39.6%

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State Performance Goals PY18-21

PY18 Goal PY19 Goal PY20 Goal PY21 Goal

Local Negotiations

• Similar process to Federal-State process

• Local area submits proposed rates

• State and local areas negotiate goals

• Final goals are published in local plans

Local Negotiation Factors

• Past Performance

• Participant Characteristics

• Local Economic Conditions

• Continuous Improvement

Questions

Financial Oversight Committee

No Action Items

Executive Committee

ACTION ITEM: Affirm Rapid Response – Brittany Bullock, OWD

ACTION ITEM: Affirm PY20/FY21 Budget – Kristin Laarhoven, OWD

PY 20/FY 21 Budget

Kristin Laarhoven-

Executive Director, OWD

State Workforce Development Board

Rapid Response

Brittany Bullock -

Business Services Manager, OWD

Volume of Employer Notices

PY 18 – 198 Notices

Received

PY 19 - 882 Notices

Received

March – May PY19:

626 Notices Received

Potentially Grossly Undercounted

Employers do not report temporary layoffs that are intended for less than 6

months

Emerging Trend Starting in June – A New Wave of Notices

Temporary layoffs are going longer than 6 months

Layoffs are being extended

Transitioning to permanent layoffs

Closing their businesses

Volume of Employer Notices

• Great Recession of 2008 affected targeted industries

• COVID-19 events impacted all sectors and industries

– Hampers the transition of employees from one to another

• A few sectors are benefiting and expanding (logistics and

warehousing)

• Others are suffering (hospitality, brick and mortar retail and food

industry, elective medical and in-home medical services)

• Career counseling is essential to help recognize transferable skills

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Seeking Reemployment Services

Initially

• Not seeking; employees and

employer believed layoffs were

temporary

• March – June employers were

posting fewer job opportunities

Now

• Layoffs are becoming permanent

• People are choosing not to go back to work once recalled

– Safety concerns

– Unemployment benefits

• Job Postings are picking upas businesses are recalling and employees are refusing to return

Seeking Re-Training Services

Initially

• Not seeking; employees and employer believed layoffs were temporary

– Despite the extension of UI benefits to support them for those (up to) 6 months

• Occupational training opportunities were challenged due to stay-at-home orders

• On-the-job training affected by the temporary closures of businesses

Now

• Employees are beginning to

consider this option but with

less financial UI support to

rely on; DWG may be an

option to close this gap

• Extended UI enhancements

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Dislocated Workers

• Will need to learn new skills

• Obtain new credentials

• Need for increased opportunities for OJT and customized training

• Explore remote on-the-job training

Employers

• Adapting existing jobs, business models and processes

• Presents an increased opportunities for OJT and customized training

Workforce System

• Creating online opportunities for enrollment and services

Transitioning

Questions?

Brittany BullockBusiness Services Manager, TCSG OWD

bbullock@tcsg.edu

State Workforce Development Board

Technical Colleges Response to

COVID-19

Kathryn Hornsby -

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Technical Education,

TCSG

State Workforce Development Board

Dislocated Worker Grant and

WorkSource GA COVID-19 Landing Page

Presentation

Brittany Bullock – Business Services Manager, OWD

Jamie Jordan – Director of Programs & Business Services, OWD

Shemeeka Johnson – Communications Director, OWD

CORONAVIRUSPANDEMIC

IMPACTS OF COVID-19 CRISIS

• Historic unemployment

• More than 26.5 million people filed initial claims for UI over

the first five weeks of the crisis

• Greater than the number of net jobs created in 9.5

years since end of recession (22.4 million)

• New Record: 6.867 million people applied the week of

March 28th

• Nearly ten times higher than previous weekly record of

695,000 in 1982

• Unemployment rate reached 14.7 percent in April (up from

3.5 percent prior to crisis); currently still at 11.1 percent

• 10.1 percent was highest during Great Recession

(October 2009)TALENT DEVELOPMENT

IN GEORGIA

IMPACTS OF COVID-19 CRISIS

TALENT DEVELOPMENT

IN GEORGIA

IMPACTS OF COVID-19 CRISIS

TALENT DEVELOPMENT

IN GEORGIA

IMPACTS OF COVID-19 CRISIS

TALENT DEVELOPMENT

IN GEORGIA

IMPACTS OF COVID-19 CRISIS

TALENT DEVELOPMENT

IN GEORGIA

IMPACTS OF COVID-19 CRISIS

TALENT DEVELOPMENT

IN GEORGIA

• National Dislocated Worker Grant Announced March 18, 2020

– ETA announced there was $100 million available in the

National Dislocated Worker Grants Reserve made available to

states

– Initial Application submitted March 31, 2020

– Notification of initial award ($12 mil) received April 22, 2020

– Full application due to USDOL June 2020

FEDERAL RESPONSE TO COVID-19

• Employment and Training Activities

• Humanitarian Assistance Activities

– Delivering medicine, food, or other supplies to individuals affected by COVID-19

– Helping set up quarantine areas

– Organizing and coordinating recovery, quarantine, or other related activities

• Cleanup Activities

– Cleaning schools or sanitizing quarantine areas after use

ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES

• Dislocated Workers

• Workers laid-off as a result of the disaster

• Self-employed individuals unemployed or underemployed because of the

disaster

• Long-term unemployed individuals

ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS

• Full Application has been submitted– $25 mil request

– Estimated # of Disaster Employment Participants – 1,070

– Estimated # of Career and Training Services Participants – 1,401

• Application in review and revision stage with the national office

• LWDAs have prioritized Disaster Employment Worksites

Where are we now?

OWD Response to COVID-19

COVID-19 Video Tutorial

Newly created LWDA Zip Code Map

Webpage Traffic Increase

Connectivity to our LWDAs

Social Media Content

COVID-19 Video TutorialAvailable at worksourcegeorgia.com/COVID

Newly created LWDA Zip Code Map

Webpage Traffic Increase

COVID-19 Dedicated Webpage went live: April 13

First Instagram Post: COVID-19 Video May 18.

Webpage Traffic Increase

“WorkSource Georgia

COVID-19 Webpage

Our dedicated webpage to address Georgia job seekers

impacted by COVID-19 has been doing exceptionally well.

In fact, we're proud to share that there has been a 563%

increase in page views and a near 17% increase in time

spent on this page from April to May 2020! To view more

information regarding the online traffic of this webpage, click

here.”

Connectivity to our LWDAs

• Quarterly Newsletter to share information

regarding:

• upcoming events

• updates

• achievements

• technical support (graphic design,

Communications Resource Library,

how to join virtual meetings)

Social Media Content

@WorkSourceGA

WorkSourceGeorgia.com