1. Harnessing the Power of Data-Driven Innovations
Webinar Date: August 20, 2014
Presented by:
Office of Workforce Investment (OWI)
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration

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3. Employment and Training Administration
Welcome!
Andrala Walker
Workforce Analyst
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration

4. About ETA’s Workforce Innovation Fund Engagement Series
Provide a national forum to discuss the power and promise of innovation
Share lessons learned and promising practices from the Workforce Innovation Fund grantees in three key areas:
Innovating at the Speed of Business
Advancing Career Pathways Innovations
Harnessing the Power of Data-Driven Innovations

5. Today’s Agenda Introduction of Today’s Moderator and Presenters
Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership’s WIF Project Overview
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services’ WIF Project Overview
Utah Department of Workforce Services and Montana Department of Labor and Industry’s WIF Project Overview
Dialogue with Presenters
Wrap Up and Closing

6. Ways to Engage With Us NOW
Questions? You can enter questions directly into the chat room during the webinar. On Twitter? You can tweet questions to account. Don’t forget to use our hashtag for this event - #workforceinnovation

7. Moderator Robert Kight, Director
Division of WIA Adult Services and Workforce System
Employment and Training Administration

8. Harnessing the Power of Data-Driven Innovations
47, 680,920 adults in the U.S. need better skills and wages to join the middle class
25% of adults have a license, certification or educational certificate, but we have limited data on non-degree credentials.
Approximately $42M of federal grant funding supported the development of state data systems in 2013.

9. Harnessing the Power of Data-Driven Innovations
Good Data Matters!
To Policymakers
To Students, Workers, and Job Seekers
To Business Leaders

10. Presenters
Presenter: Dena Al-Khatib, Program Development Specialist, Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
Project Name: Integrated Workforce Information System
Presenter: Mark Birnbrich, Project Director, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) and Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation
Project Name: Electronic Ohio Means Jobs (e-OMJ)
Presenter: Elizabeth Carver, Grant Manager and Program Manager for the Labor Exchange and Case Management Computer System, Utah Department of Workforce Services
Project Name: Utah’s Next Generation Labor Exchange (GenLEX)

11. Harnessing the Power of Data-Driven Innovations
Integrated Workforce Information System
Dena Al-Khatib
Program Development Specialist, Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership

12. Integrated Workforce Information System
New digital information system will improve service to job seekers, employers, and public and private workforce funders:
Better connect job seekers to job openings
Create efficient tools for workforce service providers to assist their clients
Capture information on clients and services across the workforce system
Enable informed decisions about program and strategy investment

13. Cook County Workforce System
130+ Workforce Service Providers UI
Blended Funding Sources
WIA
TANF
CDBG / CSBG
Voc Rehab
Private Grants
Siloed Data Systems
IBIS & JobLink
IWDS
WebCM
EdLink
IES
ECM
Separate Data Owners
IDES
DCEO
The Partnership
IDHS
DFSS
Various
Private Funders
TAA

14. State System Interfaces
IWIS Vision
130+ Workforce
Service Providers
IWIS
Case Management, Employer Services & Workflow Functionality
State System Interfaces
JobLink (Employer Services)
IWDS (WIA)
WebCM (Voc Rehab)
Data & Reporting
Performance Management
Funders
Program
Evaluation

15. Harnessing the Power of Data-Driven Innovations
Electronic Ohio Means Jobs (e-OMJ)
Mark Birnbrich
Project Director, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) and Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation

16. Challenges - why Ohio submitted WIF proposal
OhioMeansJobs
Challenges - why Ohio submitted WIF proposal
Reduced Resources
Funds (State/Local)
Staff
Serve more
Employers
Individuals
Increase Quality/Quantity/Standards of Services
Communicate/Interface with more Workforce programs

17. OhioMeansJobs WIF Solution: Virtual Self Services
Easy to find/use icons
Customized outreach
Connections with back- end Case Management systems
Using proven third party products

18. OhioMeansJobs Current Project Status
Random Assignment participants to date
Evaluation operates in 11 of 88 counties (4 onsite; 7 electronic, just got approval to expand mid- July)
System is deployed Statewide

19. OhioMeansJobs Lessons Learned: Support from Executive Management
If you build it, they may come!
Partners
K-12, Veterans, SNAP, Child Support, TANF, Unemployment Insurance, BWC, etc
Centralized Services Support
Outreach strategy
Training
Communication
Business Re-Engineering

20. Harnessing the Power of Data-Driven Innovations
Utah’s Next Generation Labor Exchange (GenLEX)
Elizabeth Carver
Grant Manager and Program Manager for the Labor Exchange and Case Management Computer System, Utah Department of Workforce Services

21. Utah & Montana Next Generation Labor Exchange
Service Delivery Challenges:
One stop locations
Large geographic areas
Limited transportation
Limited staff
Out dated Labor Exchange system
Few system updates
Lack mobile friendly versions

22. Utah & Montana Next Generation Labor Exchange

23. Harnessing the Power of Data-Driven Innovations Presenter Chat
Presenter: Dena Al-Khatib, Program Development Specialist, Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
Project Name: Integrated Workforce Information System
Presenter: Mark Birnbrich, Project Director, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) and Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation
Project Name: Electronic Ohio Means Jobs (e-OMJ)
Presenter: Elizabeth Carver, Grant Manager and Program Manager for the Labor Exchange and Case Management Computer System, Utah Department of Workforce Services
Project Name: Utah’s Next Generation Labor Exchange (GenLEX)

24. Please enter your questions in the Chat Room!

25. Speakers’ Contact Information
Presenter: Dena Al-Khatib, Program Development Specialist, Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
Phone: (312)
Presenter: Mark Birnbrich, Project Director, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) and Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation
Phone: (614)
Presenter: Elizabeth Carver, Grant Manager and Program Manager for the Labor Exchange and Case Management Computer System, Utah Department of Workforce Services
Phone: (801)

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