Local Workforce Investment Plan For the Municipality of Anchorage/Matanuska Susitna Borough Workforce Investment Area of the State of Alaska Submitted by: The Municipality of Anchorage/Matanuska-Susitna Local Workforce Investment Board Adopted by the Local Workforce Investment Board February 5, 2000 Adopted by the Alaska Human Resource Investment Council March 17, 2000 1 Table of Contents OVERVIEW AND PLAN DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................. 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...................................................................................................................................... 7 PLANNING GROUP DESCRIPTIONS................................................................................................. 8 YOUTH COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP .................................................................................................... 13 GOVERNANCE .................................................................................................................................. 15 LOCAL WORKFORCE AREA DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................................... 15 GEOGRAPHY AND TRANSPORTATION .............................................................................................................. 15 POPULATION ................................................................................................................................................... 17 THE LOCAL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD .............................................................................................. 17 BOARD MEMBERSHIP TABLES......................................................................................................................... 19 RELATIONSHIPS............................................................................................................................................... 23 ORGANIZATION CHART AND FUNDING FLOW FOR WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT ........................................ 25 LOCAL MARKET ANALYSIS............................................................................................................ 27 SIGNIFICANT TRENDS IN THE WORKFORCE AREA ........................................................................................... 27 WAGE AND SALARY EMPLOYMENT FORECAST ............................................................................................... 34 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES - ALASKA OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK TO 2006 .............................................. 34 ALASKA'S FASTEST GROWING OCCUPATIONS................................................................................................. 35 ALASKA'S FASTEST DECLINING OCCUPATIONS............................................................................................... 36 OCCUPATIONS WITH THE LARGEST JOB GROWTH ........................................................................................... 37 NEW JOBS BY LEVEL OF REQUIRED EDUCATION. ............................................................................................. 38 CUSTOMERS OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT AREA - SIGNIFICANT DEMOGRAPHICS.................................. 38 % OF POPULATION UNDER 25-19 YEARS........................................................................................................ 40 % OF POPULATION 50 YEARS & OLDER ......................................................................................................... 41 LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION BY AGE AND SEX............................................................................................ 41 MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH POPULATION ESTIMATES BY RACE AND ETHNICITY ................................. 42 100 LARGEST EMPLOYERS.............................................................................................................................. 42 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES PER BUSINESS.......................................................................................................... 43 WHERE MATANUSKA-SUSITNA RESIDENTS WORK ......................................................................................... 43 RETAIL TRADE PAYROLL ................................................................................................................................ 44 OIL AND GAS EMPLOYMENT ........................................................................................................................... 44 YOUTH PLAN..................................................................................................................................... 46 LOCAL WORKFORCE AREA VISION AND GOALS ............................................................................................. 46 LOCAL VISION FOR ATTAINING GOALS: ........................................................................................................... 49 PROGRAM ELEMENTS ...................................................................................................................................... 50 PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. .......................................................................................................................... 51 COORDINATION BETWEEN THE LOCAL AND STATE WORKFORCE BOARDS ...................................................... 53 SELECTION OF YOUTH SERVICE PROVIDERS ................................................................................................... 53 YOUTH PROGRAM BUDGET............................................................................................................................. 55 ONE STOPS AND YOUTH.................................................................................................................................. 55 SERVICE GAPS AND ACTION AGENDA............................................................................................................. 55 ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER PROGRAMS....................................................................... 59 ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT AREA ............ 59 2 CORE A AND CORE B SERVICES ..................................................................................................................... 60 INTENSIVE SERVICES....................................................................................................................................... 61 TRAINING SERVICES........................................................................................................................................ 61 DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL TRAINING ACCOUNT SYSTEM.................................................................... 62 SELECTION CRITERIA FOR VENDORS............................................................................................................... 64 COST LIMITATIONS AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR TRAINEES ..................................................................... 65 EXCEPTIONS TO THE USE OF ITA .................................................................................................................... 66 ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES ............................................................................................................................. 67 LOCAL WORKFORCE AREA SELF-SUFFICIENCY DEFINED ............................................................................... 67 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES FOR INCUMBENT WORKERS............................................................. 68 PRIORITY OF SERVICE ..................................................................................................................................... 68 SERVICES TO DISLOCATED WORKERS............................................................................................................. 69 PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ........................................................................................................................... 70 FEDERAL GUIDELINES ON USE OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES ........................................................................ 70 ADULT PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND HOW THEY ARE CALCULATED......................................................... 72 ADULT PROGRAM BUDGET: ............................................................................................................................ 74 LOCAL ONE-STOP SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM........................................................................ 78 ONE STOP OPERATOR ..................................................................................................................................... 78 REQUIRED PARTNERS FOR COMPREHENSIVE CENTERS IN THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT AREA ................... 79 SERVICE MENU ............................................................................................................................................... 80 ADULT AND DISLOCATED WORKER SERVICES AVAILABLE IN THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT AREA ............ 80 DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL TRAINING ACCOUNT SYSTEM:................................................................... 84 SELECTION CRITERIA FOR VENDORS............................................................................................................... 85 EXCEPTIONS TO THE USE OF ITA .................................................................................................................... 87 ELIGIBILITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY .............................................................................................................. 88 SERVICES FOR INCUMBENT