1. Strategic Industry Partnerships RI Department of Labor and Training Scott R. Jensen, Director April 2015 Real Jobs Rhode Island:

2. Purpose Coordinate and use state workforce development resources to meet employer demand Put Rhode Islanders back to work in family-sustaining employment Create a common platform on which collaboration thrives Creation of Strategic Industry-led Partnerships

3. Hospitality Defense Marine Trades Manufacturing Governor’s Workforce Board Programs Career & Tech Education TANF programs Adult Education Programs WIA/ WIOA Programs CCRI URI RIC RI’s Current Workforce Constellation Finance

4. Hospitality Defense Marine Trades Manufacturing Real Jobs RI VISION Finance = Strategic Industry Convener Manufacturing

5. What is a Strategic Industry Partnership? Cluster of Employers [REQUIRED] Lead Convener [REQUIRED] Local Workforce Boards Four Year and Community Colleges Nonprofits / CBOs K-12 / CTE Economic Development Professionals Other Vital Partners A collaboration driven by a common industry and common needs

7. Under Real Jobs RI, Strategic Industry Partnership Plans are in the the Driver’s Seat

8. Strategic Industry Partnership Plans Cluster of Employers leads the charge “Perspicuous” Identify common workforce needs for high- demand occupations Identify strategies to meet workforce needs and shortages by tapping recruiting “pipelines”

9. What is a “perspicuous” plan? Roles – Who does what within the Partnership? Is there capacity to do the work? Training – that targets the employer’s job needs. Plans must have clarity about target occupations. There must be real jobs now or in the future and the identification of the required skills needed to fill them successfully. Strategic Pipeline – A plan to find and recruit employees. Workforce Data + Employer Observation It defines:

10. The Real Jobs RI Endgame: Systems Change Examples: Educators and industry HR professionals collaborating to create a program that both trains for job-specific skills and screens for work-readiness skills. A plan that recruits deep into underserved communities because of its robust collaboration with a CBO, non-profit or a GED program (or all three). A plan that identifies stubborn bureaucratic impediments and collaboratively dissolves them.

11. RJRI Click on the RJRI logo to view a video about a successful healthcare partnership in Colorado Example: Metro Denver Healthcare Partnership

12. Strategic Industry Partnerships must take root in the industry itself. The Department of Labor and Training will seek to have partnerships in all of Rhode Island’s most critical industries, but these collaborations start with YOU. April 2015: Solicitation for Planning Grants opens — Seed grants, up to $25K, to plan partnerships and initial workforce strategies. July 2015: Solicitation for Planning Grants closes July 2015: Planning Grant Awards announced July 2015: Solicitation for Implementation Grants opens — Development grants, up to $150K, to implement the proposed partnership plan. October 2015: Solicitation for Implementation Grants closes November 2015: Implementation Grant Awards announced Timeline

13. Resources For program specific questions, please contact: Mallory McMahon Special Assistant, Office of the Director Mallory.McMahon@dlt.ri.gov or 401-462-8888