The World and Our Workforce Long Island Regional Initiatives June, 2006 The World and Our Workforce Long Island Regional Initiatives June, 2006

2 Workforce New York Long Island Business Services Team The Workforce New York Long Island Business Services Team is guided by a Steering Committee, comprised of the three Long Island local workforce investment boards (LWIBs), the New York State Department of Labor Division of Employment Services (NYSDOL/DoES), the NYSDOL Division of Research and Statistics (R&S) and the Long Island Regional Adult Education Network (LI- RAEN). On behalf of the Team, the Steering Committee conducts coordinated strategic planning designed to conceive, develop and implement business services and workforce/economic development initiatives for the benefit of the Long Island Region.

3 WFNY LI Business Services Team Member Organizations  Abilities, Inc.  Alliance for Defense Diversification in Peacetime Transition, Inc.  City of Long Beach Office of Youth and Family Services  Economic Opportunity Commission of Nassau County, Inc.  Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey  Hauppauge Industrial Association  HempsteadWorks  i-Park Bio-tech and Life Sciences Center  Long Island Association  Long Island Forum for Technology  Long Island Life Sciences Initiatives  Long Island – Regional Adult Education Network  Long Island Works Coalition, Inc.  Nassau Community College  National Council On The Aging, Inc.  New York State Department of Labor  New York State Education Department of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities  New York State Empire State Development Corporation  Stony Brook Research Foundation  Suffolk County Community College  Suffolk County Department of Labor  Town of Hempstead Department of Occupational Resources  Town of Oyster Bay Department of Intergovernmental Affairs Division of Employment and Training  The Workforce Partnership

4 Team Vision Our strategic, public-private partnership will continually improve the quality of the Long Island workforce, business climate and economy. Through regional coordination, we will:  Create an enhanced business perception of the publicly funded workforce investment system  Provide multiple access points where businesses can obtain coordinated assistance in recruiting, training and developing workers  Maintain a customer-friendly process for leveraging available resources from a variety of funding streams in response to business, employment, community and economic development needs

5 Team Mission  Develop a strategic, on-going approach to the delivery of business services that combines resources, is non-duplicative and remains flexible in its ability to respond to the needs of the business customer  Plan, create and implement business services initiatives that help businesses to hire, train, educate, upgrade and retain skilled workers  Collaborate to identify and access sources of grant funds that will assist businesses to develop our local workforce and strengthen our economy  Project, assess, analyze, and rapidly respond to changing needs of businesses, with input from the business customer, to ensure maximization of all available resources of the workforce investment system  Measure, evaluate and continually improve our services and products for businesses, using customer feedback and other standardized performance data

6 Initiatives  Working in partnership with a variety of business organizations, including the following: Alliance for Defense Diversification in Peacetime Transition, Inc. (ADDAPT); Hauppauge Industrial Association (HIA); i-Park Bio-tech and Life Sciences Center; Long Island Association (LIA); Long Island Forum for Technology (LIFT); Long Island Life Sciences Initiatives; Long Island Works Coalition, etc.

7 Initiatives (continued)  Managed the Mapping Career Ladders in Aerospace Project, which has been named as a “promising practice” by The National Performance Institute, resulting in an invitation to present at the Institute’s national conference in Washington, D.C.  Assisted in the planning of a Mechatronics Training Center  Brokered a partnership between Winthrop University Hospital and LIFT that brought Lean Manufacturing Training to the health care industry

8 Initiatives (continued)  The Team has developed or supported applications for funding from the following sources: United States Department of Commerce Technology Opportunities Program (TOPS) Grant; United States Department of Labor (USDOL) High Growth Job Training Grants, Community- Based Job Training Grants; Limited English and Hispanic Worker Initiative Grants; Building Skills in New York State (BUSINYS) Grants; WIA Statewide Skilled Manufacturing Resource Training (SMART) Grants; Empire Zones; Perkins III Grants, the Nassau County Tech Prep Consortium Grant; the BioPartners Emergent Worker Training Program Federal Earmark, etc.

9 Mapping Career Ladders in Aerospace Project Findings Under a Workforce New York Grant, local consultants have conducted a Mapping Career Ladders in Aerospace Project on behalf of the Workforce New York Long Island Business Services Team (described below). Based upon their research, The Alliance for Defense Diversification in Peacetime Transition, Inc. (ADDAPT) and Stony Brook Research Foundation have submitted the findings listed below:  “There is an immediate need to inform educators of the state-of-the-art workforce demands of employers in the aerospace industry

10 Mapping Career Ladders in Aerospace Project Findings (continued)  Employers in this industry have consistently found that the vast majority of new employees and incumbent workers lack the mathematics and science foundation to enter and advance along career ladders in this field  Major manufacturers are no longer buying just component parts or just machined components, they are buying major subassemblies  Small manufacturers must grow to be “mini” prime contractors or be acquired by larger companies

11 Mapping Career Ladders in Aerospace Project Findings (continued)  These changes will result in the need for completely different manufacturing processes and management techniques that the typical small company does not currently have, resulting in extensive re-training of the incumbent work force” Mapping Career Ladders in Aerospace, Final Report, David Bottomley, Executive Director, ADDAPT

12 Long Island Life Science Career Pathway Mapping Initiative Findings  “Long Island employers consistently request that applicants and incumbents alike have more hands on experience either through internships, previous work experience or working in a college laboratory  Employers also have responded that the new workforce entrants from colleges and universities have solid theoretical skills and knowledge, but need experience with writing technical documents and understanding regulatory affairs  In the second tier of the career pathway, employers note that senior level employees may lack the business acumen, interpersonal skills, and knowledge of regulatory affairs to take on leadership and managerial roles” Workforce Strategy Center

13 The Workforce New York Long Island Business Services Team Offers  Assessment of the needs of business and marshalling of resources in response to those needs  Recruitment of new workers, including free space for on-site interviewing at our Career Centers  Assistance in accessing grant funds to train new and current employees  Development of On-The-Job Training and Customized Training programs  Information regarding tax credits and financial incentives  Rapid response aversion

14 New York State Department of Labor Request For Applications (RFA) Number 37-L Building Skills in New York State (BUSINYS)  The New York State Department of Labor has issued Request For Applications (RFA) Number 37-L, entitled “Building Skills in New York State (BUSINYS).” The purpose of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to support employer strategies and local efforts for lifelong learning for the development of the incumbent (employed) worker by providing funds for upgrading the skills of those workers.

15 New York State Department of Labor Request For Applications (RFA) Number 37-L Building Skills in New York State (BUSINYS) (continued)  Awards may not exceed $50, per company per federal program year (July 1st – June 30th), subject to funding availability.  There is no minimum award amount.  Additional information can be found at

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