Georgia Work Ready Georgia Work Ready Initiative Initiative Presented by: Presented by: Debra Lyons Debra Lyons Director Director Governor’s Office of Workforce Governor’s Office of Workforce Development Development September 23, 2008 September 23, 2008 Work Ready Update for Innovation Crescent Home Team Work Ready Update for Innovation Crescent Home Team
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Georgia Work Ready InitiativeGeorgia Work Ready InitiativeGeorgia Work Ready InitiativeGeorgia Work Ready Initiative
Presented by: Presented by: Debra LyonsDebra LyonsDirectorDirectorGovernor’s Office of Workforce DevelopmentGovernor’s Office of Workforce DevelopmentSeptember 23, 2008September 23, 2008
Presented by: Presented by: Debra LyonsDebra LyonsDirectorDirectorGovernor’s Office of Workforce DevelopmentGovernor’s Office of Workforce DevelopmentSeptember 23, 2008September 23, 2008
Work Ready Update for Innovation Crescent Home TeamWork Ready Update for Innovation Crescent Home TeamWork Ready Update for Innovation Crescent Home TeamWork Ready Update for Innovation Crescent Home Team
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Workforce development infrastructure
Commission for a New Georgia
State Workforce Investment Board
Governor’s Office of
Workforce Development
Education
EconomicDevelopment
WorkforceDevelopment
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Governor’s vision
“We need a workforce development system that links workforce development and education together and aligns to the economic needs of the state, its regions
and local communities”
- Governor Sonny PerdueFeb. 20, 2006
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Work Ready overview
Key program elements:– Work Ready Certificate– Work Ready job profiling– Certified Work Ready
Communities– Work Ready Regions
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Results to Date:Work Ready Certificates Earned
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25000
Month 2007-2008
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WRC at no cost to all Georgians!WRC at no cost to all Georgians!
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Workforce Foundation Skills Gap
Workforce Foundation Skills Gap
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
% G
old WRC
Job Profiles
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Work Ready Regions in-progress – Inaugural seven regions
Regional industry clusters to develop Georgia’s talent pools aligned to strategic industry
Build on Certified Work Ready Communities
Economic asset mapping to determine regions
Industry lead $500k WRR grants
Region Selection
Proposed County Groupings for Cluster Analyses
Revised proposed regions include all of the original counties plus those other counties that had significant industry cluster correlations, population concentrations, and commuting patterns relative to key economic centers
Revised (Proposed) Regions Based on Statistical AnalysesOriginal Workforce Ready Regions
SC
FL
AL
Source: Monitor Analysis
Innovation CrescentInnovation Crescent
Region Analysis
Innovation Crescent Region
The Innovation Crescent Region is bordered by the Fulton and Clarke economic centers, and contains 13 counties in Northern Georgia
Source: US Census Bureau – Census 2000; Monitor Analysis
Legend:
Regional Center Periphery
Total Commuters >25% of Employees
Total Commuters <10% of Employees
Innovation Crescent
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Growing Georgia’s Work Ready Regions
Inaugural regions are already adding counties Second Work Ready Region RFP released August 18, 2008 Using sub-cluster analysis to determine additional regional
industry focus with existing regions BRAC workforce development demo grant:
– $2M for Innovation Crescent to support bio-science and logistics
– $3M for Chattahoochee Valley to support aerospace, automotive-maintenance adv manufacturing, adv communications, green commercial (industrial) construction
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Logistics IC Work Ready Region
Use strength of logistics industry to grow life science industry
Develop niche workforce to support unique needs of bioscience industry– Transporting timely materials– Transporting hazardous materials– Transporting clean materials
Align with State’s transportation plan
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Work Ready Region Leadership and Partners Industry project leader Three person project leadership team Core team Home Team Industry NetworkWork Ready Regions Road Map Phase I – Go for Gold Phase II – Career Pathways Phase III – Exec summary from Industry Network
– Validate workforce data or provide corrected numbers– Provide summary on common existing training needs, how
best to fund and manage as an industry network
Work Ready Regions: How it is organized
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IC logistics assets
Hartsfield Atlanta airport Other secondary airports Roads Rail
What you may not know --- Navy Supply Corps School Ft Gillem logistics and distribution center
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Logistics IC industry asset mapping
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Assessing BRAC Civilian Workforce
Occupational comparability– Bioscience and logistic jobs
Training opportunities to begin in Jan 2009 Possible instructional opportunities
Attainment of Certified Work Ready Community status Quantifiable workforce pipeline aligned to strategic industry
– Career Pathways and local articulation agreements– STEM initiatives aligned to strategic industry– Transitioning some BRAC civilians into logistics workforce
Development of highly skilled existing workforce – Existing workforce increasing skill level with Work Ready
Certificates and gap training– Existing workforce receiving specialized training