Genesee/Shiawassee
Workforce Development Board
Submitted by
Michigan Works! Career
Alliance, Inc.
PRIORITY GOAL
1
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Program/ Institution |
Initiatives |
Proposed
Expenditures |
Evidence
of System Change |
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To develop a comprehensive business strategy with emphasis on
strengthening established partnerships with Canada, Russia, China, Europe and
South Africa so as to increase the number of new business starts-ups and high
wage job opportunities by 5% by 2006. |
· Flint Area Chamber of
Commerce (FACC)/ Kettering Univ. · FACC · Mott Comm. College (MCC) ·
City of Flint |
·
Ukrania employment collaborative ·
Trade Corridor Conference ·
Cooperative relationship w/South African delegation of gov’t. and
education officials ·
Economic development initiatives involving business expansion and
building rehabilitation |
· To be determined during
year 2 · $50,000 · $1,400 ·
Expenditures not yet determined |
· Increased foreign trade · Additional revenue into
local economy from foreign sources · Increased international
business relocation/start ups in the area · An increase in new job
opportunities |
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PRIORITY GOAL 2 |
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To reduce teenage pregnancy, ages 10-15 by 20% by 2006. |
· Genesee Intermediate
School District (GISD)/ United Way & 21 school districts · GISD/ Flint, Bendle,
Carman-Ainsworth Alternative Education · Career Alliance Inc. · Flint Community Schools |
·
After school programs ·
Teen Success ·
Amistad Afterschool Academy ·
At-risk in-school program |
·
21st Century Learning Centers Funds TANF funds · To be Determined in Year 2 ·
$140,000 ·
Approx. $2,000,000 |
· Fewer births/pregnancies
for program enrollees · Establishment of referral
network from partnering organizations (Mott Children’s Health Center, Planned
Parenthood, etc.) · School completion · Prevention of future
pregnancies ·
Fewer births/pregnancies for program enrollees ·
Increased awareness among youth · Fewer enrollment into
alternative education facility · Fewer documented births/
pregnancies |
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PRIORITY GOAL 3 |
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To achieve a 5% improvement increase on educational measures for area
students and school districts, including MEAP scores and literacy rates. |
·
GISD · Flint Community
Schools/City of Flint |
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Reading recovery ·
MEAP-type assessments ·
Parents-As-Teachers (PAT) ·
HOST Program |
·
Undetermined ·
Undetermined · Funded by Project SKIP, an
ASAP-IPE grant ·
$2.6 million |
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An increase to the average reading level, for the lowest 20% of
students ·
An increase in reading scores on the MEAP test for 4th
graders ·
An increase in reading, math, social studies, and science on the MEAP
test ·
Increase in pre-literacy ability ·
Increase in grade-level literacy among program enrollees ·
2,000 people volunteering to
be HOST mentors |
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PRIORITY GOAL 4 |
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To implement the use of Work Keys and Vocational Focusing instruments
so as to improve the retention rates of employers with 15 or less employees
by 5% by 2006, with the ultimate outcome to match the right employee to the
right job the first time. |
·
Growth Alliance/ Career Alliance, Inc./ ReCon Mgmt. ·
FACC/Career Alliance ReCon Mgmt. · WIA/WF service providers |
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Employer Designed Opportunities ·
Employee Retention Project · Work Keys/Vocational
Profiling Project |
·
$40,000 ·
$35,000 ·
$40,000 - $60,000 |
· Increased retention rates
(using the rates reported by employers on Career Alliance’s Employer Survey,
as a baseline) · Reduction in turnover costs,
as reported by small businesses · Development of a bridges
& ladders program to assist with job-to-career transition · Increased retention among
WIA/WF customers |
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PRIORITY
GOAL 5 |
Program/ Institution |
Initiatives |
Proposed
Expenditures |
Evidence
of System Change |
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To increase self-sufficiency employment in high demand health
occupations by 5% by 2006. |
· GISD · RESD · RESD/Baker College of
Owosso/ Memorial Healthcare · Flint Community Schools · MCC · Baker College/Flint Family
Independence Agency (FIA)/Career Alliance · GISD · The Youth Council · Detroit Regional Chamber
of Commerce |
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High school-college articulation ·
GASC vocational training ·
Vocational training ·
Shiawassee Career Initiative ·
Vocational Education (GASC) ·
Allied Health Program ·
Baker Academy ·
GISD School Health Services Program ·
Allied Health Technology ·
Medical Careers Initiative ·
Health Information Database |
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$170,000 ·
$1.1 million Perkins Title II · $250,000 –Perkins Title II · To be determined in Year 2 ·
$700,000 · To be determined in Year 2 ·
60,000 ·
$30,000 · To be determined in Year 2 · To be determined in Year 2 · To be determined in Year 2 · To be determined in Year 2 |
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Increased enrollment in Allied Health fields at the community college ·
Increased enrollment in GASC vocational health fields ·
Increased enrollment in health fields · College credit toward
degree in health field · Increased enrollment in
health field at college · Increased enrollment in
health field at Tech Center · Increased enrollment in
health field at college · College credit toward
degree in health field · Increased enrollment in
health field at college · Higher completion/
graduation rate from health programs · Increased enrollment in
health field at college · Higher completion/
graduation rate from health programs · Employment in health field · Enrollment into Allied
Health program at Mott College · Higher completion/
graduation rate from health programs · Employment in health field |