Building a thriving workforce for the Pittsburgh region. Board of Directors’ Briefing Book June 2, 2017 William Peduto Mark T. Latterner Rich Fitzgerald Mayor Chairman County Executive City of Pittsburgh Allegheny County Page 1 of 22 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mark T. Latterner, Chair Market President, Western Pennsylvania, Citizens Bank Barcaskey, Richard Ferraro, Melissa Pachay, Ruben Executive Director Senior Vice President, Human Director Contractors Association of Western Resources PA Department of Labor and PA Allegheny Health Network Industry, Bureau of Workforce Partnership and Operations Belechak, Joseph Fisher, Laura Principal Senior Vice President Pipitone, Scott Davies Consulting Allegheny Conference on President and CEO Community Development Pipitone Group Block. Donald G. Executive Director Gittlen, Ike Pollard, Joshua Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council Technician President and CEO United Steel Workers Omicelo Bullock, Dr. Quintin President Hartman, Ed Powers, Beth Community College of Allegheny Partner4Work Treasurer Senior Vice President and Chief County Vice President, Finance Human Resources Officer AIRes ATI Caplan, Debra Principal Hippert, Dr. Linda Schlosser, David Hobart Humphrey Executive Director President, Exploration and Allegheny Intermediate Unit Production Charlton, Don EQT Founder and Chief Product Officer Jones, Marsha Jazz HR Executive Vice President and Chief Shea, Jack Diversity Officer President, Cherna, Marc PNC Allegheny County Director Labor Council AFL-CIO Allegheny County Katona, Marci Department of Human Services District Administrator Sherrill, LaTrenda Leonard Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Deputy Chief, Education Cooper, Mary Frances City of Pittsburgh President and Executive Director Kuzma, Lisa Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Senior Program Officer Stambaugh, Craig Richard King Mellon Foundation Vice President, Human Resources Coplan, David A. and Talent Acquisition, Executive Director Lucore, Rebecca UPMC Human Services Center Corp. Chief of Staff Covestro Trybus, Jessica Dugan, Ann Partner4Work Secretary Senior Managing Director, Massaro, Steve Founder Consulting President and Chief Executive Officer Family Office Exchange Massaro Corporation Simcoach Games Ellsworth, Laura Nobers, Jeff Washington, Dr. Nancy Partner4Work Vice Chair Executive Director Director Partner-in-Charge, Global Builders Guild of Western PA Allegheny Housing Rehabilitation Community Service Initiatives Corporation Jones Day Nolder, Steve Vice President of Human Resources and Logistics Calgon Carbon Page 2 of 22 BRIEFING BOOK June 2, 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE AGENDA 4 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES I. Dashboard 5 II. Thought Leadership 6 III. Youth Pipeline Development 7 IV. Connecting Job Seekers to Jobs 9 V. Systemic Workforce Solutions 11 VI. Internal Infrastructure 13 MEETING MATERIALS I. Grant funding 13 II. Minutes from March 31, 2017 15 Page 3 of 22 PARTNER4WORK Board of Directors’ Meeting 7:45 to 10:15 a.m. June 2, 2017 Centre City Tower, Suite 2600, 650 Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh PA 15222 1. Welcome and call to order Mark Latterner 2. Strategic Planning Reflection and Retreat 3. Consent Agenda: ACTION: Approve the minutes from the March 31, 2017, Board meeting. ACTION: Accept $250,000 in funding from Heinz Endowments to lead and implement a workforce development strategy for Hazelwood residents and businesses engaged with the Almono project. ACTION: Acknowledge the actions taken by the Executive Committee meeting since the last full Board meeting: Approve Partner4Work to enter into an agreement to administer Allegheny County Adult TANF funding as it would be beneficial to job seekers, the workforce system, providers and Partner4Work. Accept a total of $190,000 in grant funding from AT&T, The Pittsburgh Foundation, and Highmark for Learn & Earn Accept $210,000 from the State for Tech Hire II Accept $134,400 for Garfield Jubilee’s Pre-/Apprenticeship construction program Accept $10,000 from the RK Mellon Foundation to study job seeker motivations to engage in programs designed to reduce barriers to employment and improve health outcomes 4. Committee Reports Audit/Finance Ed Hartman, Treasurer Governance Deb Caplan Learn & Earn Deb Caplan Service Delivery Ann Dugan 5. CEO’s Report Stefani Pashman 6. Open forum: Board member comments 7. Public Comment Period Individual speakers limited to three (3) minutes 8. Adjournment Page 4 of 22 2016-17 Strategic Plan Dashboard Increased capacity (staff, data); online data depository created; several Be the local go-to organization on workforce development. research reports released; new focus-group report released. Increase visibility and understanding of Partner4Work regionally and nationally through a comprehensive communications strategy. Website and brand launched; new exposures and partnerships Thought established; local and national exposure Leadership Provide leadership to WIOA implementation and establish a transparent workforce system. All WIOA policies in place; one-stop partners and sub-contractors received guidance and support to implement WIOA Serve youth through a high quality youth workforce system through strategic investments in Performance met; 3 webinars conducted; quarterly meetings on programs that produce results. track, construction strategy launched; new pilots for entrepreneurship and academic credit recovery underway Identify career pathways for youth that are supported by secondary and post-secondary training 5 programs connected with microcredentials, post-secondary; others in Youth Pipeline institutions. progress Development Strengthen the connection between year round and summer programming and expand Year-Round Youth participating in Learn & Earn increased from 1% to 5.9% employment opportunities for youth. in 2016. Emphasis on work experience added to provider meetings. Build a highly efficient job placement infrastructure through alignment of local public and private Ongoing increase in referrals from community partners to Pittsburgh services (PGH Works). Works recruitment events; placements are increasing to an average of approximately 130 per month. Use Pittsburgh Works and CareerLink affiliates to increase system capacity and expand access to job Distribution strategy implemented; CareerLink Library Pop-Ups expanded Connecting to Braddock and soon to McKeesport; CareerLink satellite office Job Seekers placement services. to Careers established at EIC. Define appropriate intersections with human services and corrections programs in preparing job DHS/WIOA partnership established with 37 partners representing seekers for job placements. human services and workforce development; Training to Work (joint project with DHS and Allegheny County Jail) underway. Transition business solutions from industry partnership model to viable sector strategies that meet 12 OJTs in 2017 so far; local construction employers receiving broad talent needs to key industries. incumbent worker funding from awarded Industry Partnership funds. TechHire boot camps concluded in May, with ongoing opportunities for the Continue to design, pilot and scale innovative WD solutions in collaboration with employers and 20+ graduates; new environmental service training initiative with EIC and PGH Works members. Systemic UPMC pathed 100% of first cohort to full-time employment; Workforce 4 technical assistance events held; increasing focus on neighborhood- Solutions Build capacity of Pittsburgh Works partners through coordinated delivery of technical based needs of PGH Works partners. assistance. 35% of actual expenses supported by non-formula funding due to Learn & Continue to diversify funding in support of strong public/private WD infrastructure. Earn compared to the 40% originally budgeted. Board membership compliant and certified through 2019; policies and Reinforce internal infrastructure to support acceleration and/or expansion when needed/Ensure procedures under review, A/P, payroll procedures implemented; fiscal Internal Board makeup and all polices are optimized. system upgrades not started. Infrastructure Local monitoring for PY2016 on track to be completed by June 30; On-site Strengthen organizational knowledge management and ensure staff skills, knowledge and state monitoring scheduled for week of May 15; Local and Regional interest to advance strategic priorities. Planning consultant procured in February with a deadline for submission Sept. 1, 2017. Page 5 of 22 THOUGHT LEADERSHIP New research released: o The Path to Employment: An extension of the 40,000 voices series, report details the challenges job seekers face in finding a job. o Digital Skills Occupations: Quarterly report focused on the jobs that require workers to use information technologies to fulfill work responsibilities. o Commuting Patterns: Shows the relationship between where people work and where they live. Research released for the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, and Pittsburgh MSA. Neighborhood-specific reports to come. o Opportunity Occupations: Quarterly report detailing the jobs that pay at least $15 per hour and do not require a four-year degree. o Understanding job seekers in Hazelwood, Homewood, Hill District and Northside: Describes the universe of residents seeking career services through the public workforce system and provides information on their interaction with the system and demographic information. Partner4Work and 40Kfor40K continues to receive local and national exposure; new partnerships established Policies in place; partners and subcontractors provided