1. Subject Matter Expert: Suzanne Simonetta, Chief, U.S. Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Office Speakers: Heather Henry, Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation Sivaraman Anbarasan, NJCC Consortium for Workforce & Economic Development Stan Odenthal, Nebraska Department of Labor H-1B Ready to Work Conference October 15, 2015

2. UI Partnership Heather Henry, MTC Project Director Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation

3. Purpose Behind the Partnership UI Office in a unique position to make contact 43% of claimants exhaust in MD Catch long-term unemployed before they separate with the system

4. Developing an MOU Commitment from Secretary Mailings to individuals 19+ weeks or more MOU to share UI recipient contact information MOU Requirements Pay UI office for the cost to send mailings Include confidentiality policies Approved by the Attorney General’s Office

5. What We’ve Learned… UI Office is Highly Regulated Must be patient yet persistent Must take the confidentiality protocols seriously Leverage Current Agreements 19 weeks is Not Black and White Include Wage Verification Access in MOU Contact Sharing is an Important Element Explore Other Partnership Possibilities

6. Strategic Partnerships Daniel Lim Program Coordinator Daniel Lim Program Coordinator Sivaraman Anbarasan Executive Director/CEO Sivaraman Anbarasan Executive Director/CEO Presented By:

7. NJCCC awarded $12M grant funding United States Department of Labor - $10M NJ Dept of Labor & Workforce Development -$2M Advanced Manufacturing Information Technology Life Sciences 3 Key Sectors Visit us at www.rtwnj.org

8. Launch Date of April 1, 2015 In the past 6 months….. 2,458 Registered job seekers (LTU) 731 NEW employer relationships 209 Job seekers back to work! Target of 1,000 Placements in 4 Years Visit us at www.rtwnj.org

9. Value of a Strong UI Partnership Having a long-standing relationship with the State’s UI Offices is invaluable resource to the Ready to Work program. Conduit to NJ’s 130,000 Long-Term Unemployed Outreach through central & field offices OIT Developed scripts providing a running tally of 6+ month LTU Initial email campaign reach more than 50,000+ LTU (more scheduled) Six months in the making; no data sharing agreement

10. NJ Dept of Labor & One Stop Career Centers -Mass email campaigns by UI Office -Career Center foot traffic -GSETA (Statewide WIB and One Stop managers) NJ Colleges -Admissions & Career Services -Media/Press Releases -Job Fairs Industry Partners -Neighbors Helping Neighbors -Industry Associations (NJ Chambers, NJBIA, NJTC, NJTMA, SNJDC, etc…) -Previous H1B Grantee (NJIT) -Libraries -Goodwill, Labor Ready, & Other Non-Profits Minimal Marketing Expenses Attracting Job Seekers Visit us at www.rtwnj.org

11. 2,458 Registered Job Seekers Visit us at www.rtwnj.org

12. Value of a Strong UI Partnership Having a long-standing relationship with the State’s UI Offices is invaluable resource to the Ready to Work program. Conduit to NJ’s Employers NJ’s Industry Talent Networks NJ Dept of Labor Business Service Representatives Employer referrals from local One-Stops & Workforce Investment Boards Marketing Ready to Work’s OJT program to compliment/supplement their own

13. Job Placement Assistance -TAPO®: -Portal with targeted job postings -Data repository -Customized CRM (see attached flyer) -Daily Job Leads, Hot Jobs, Weekly Job Byte e-newsletter -Employment Development Plan & Career Pathway Information -Accounts for 126 of 209 Job Placements (60%) Employer Referral (Reverse Recruiting) -Informing Employer of OJTs & Eligibility Criteria -Regular emails/newsletter campaigns -Customized Training Programs -Accounts for 78 of 209 Job Placements (37%) Connecting Employers & Job Seekers Visit us at www.rtwnj.org Job Placement Assistance Employer Referral Other

14. 209 Placements by Efforts Connecting Employers & Job Seekers Visit us at www.rtwnj.org

15. Sivaraman “Anbar” Anbarasan Executive Director/CEO NJ Community College Consortium Phone: 609-964-0800 Email: sanbarasan@njworkforce.org Daniel Lim Program Coordinator NJ Community College Consortium Phone: 609-503-4654 Email: dlim@njworkforce.org Visit us at www.rtwnj.org

16. Building Relationships with UI Stan Odenthal Nebraska Department of Labor Visit us at www.rtwnj.org

17. Issues Very few claimants are entitled to 26 weeks of benefits, thanks to Nebraska’s somewhat harsh disqualifications The maximum number of weeks can also vary depending on prior income Low base period earnings usually means fewer weeks of benefits available disqualifications can take down the maximum benefit weeks to less than 10. Sometimes less than 2

18. Parameters Using UI wage match Claims filed in a previous quarter with no employer wages reported through wage match in the following quarter – will include more individuals than simply going after everyone at 27 weeks or greater. Localized info (Omaha Metro Area)

19. Info Received from UI Agreed to quarterly reports First report had 125 names Info included: Exhaustion of UI benefits (Yes or NO). Contact Info (name, address, phone number home and cell) City, County, State Info Education Level (by grade) O-NetCode of last job Paid weeks of UI No email addresses (but we find these by cross referencing with another system – Neworks) Manual info/staff time required: We checked the wage file and New Hires on each one. No one is back to work, at least according to our systems. We also made sure that none of the people on the list are in Approved Training or have a recall date with an employer or are union attached. Since we don’t have a direct match with the wage file or New Hires in the Data Warehouse, we can’t really schedule this to run automatically. However, we have most of the core information. We can provide a listing like this to you quarterly, since it involves some staff time.

20. Neworks Data State’s MIS system for most programs (WIOA, Trade, Grants,) State’s labor exchange UI required all recipients to post an active resume on Neworks and actively job search Utilize in house data search to approximate when job seekers (both UI recipients and others) may have been out of work for close to 27 weeks. (doesn’t always work as many don’t update jobs in system).

21. NEres Program in place for last 14 months UI Profiling requirements Orientations at NDOL offices Inclusion of info about our program Launching requirement for all UI recipients beginning next week (first state) Statewide Training of staff took place two weeks, we presented info about our program and will be partnering with this program as we go forward.

22. Pulled Data to Present Generalized Participant Profile Data for Partners Using UI Data and Neres workshop data, we present generalized info to partners. 54% of the sample group with Associates Degrees completed programs relevant/transferable to an IT program curriculum (Business, I.T., Gen-Ed, etc.). 64% for the sample group with Bachelor Degrees. 60% for the sample group with graduate and post- graduate degrees Source: NEworks Region 7 Participants as of 5-11-2015

23. Additionally Participant Data Additional Notes: 49% male. 51% female. 11% of the long- term unemployed sampled in the Omaha-Metro area are veterans. Source: NEworks Region 7 Participants as of 5-11-2015

24. How to make it happen Contact them Sharing of info Look for outreach programs

25. Going Forward with Partnership Looking at underemployed individuals who lost a job during the great recession Looking to potentially reach out to individuals who received extended unemployment benefits during this period after cross referencing info available in MIS system to find potentially underemployed info.