1. $200M Strong Workforce Program
Debra Jones, Ed.D.
August 5, 2016

2. Requirement: labor market demand!
Use of $200M Strong Workforce Program
More and Better…
Increase quantity of CTE
Improve quality of CTE
Courses, programs, pathways, credentials (licensure), certificates, degrees
Requirement: labor market demand!

3. Flow of Funds 60% Local Shares 40% Regional Shares 5%
Goes to districts to invest in CTE at colleges
40%
Regional Shares
Invests in CTE at colleges
upon coordinated action 5%
Statewide Activities

4. Allocation Model for the Funds
Unemployment rate
Proportion of CTE FTES
Projected job openings
Successful workforce outcomes ( )*
* Launchboard has already been updated for WIOA alignment.

5. Local Share - Timeline Local Share allocations by 8/5
Board of Governors approval 9/18
Local Share Template goes live on 9/19
Ok to spend Local Share as of 9/19
Report on uses of funds via Local Share Template
Evidence of labor market demand
Increase quantity/improve quality
District certification
Final date to submit Local Share Template 1/31

6. Evidence of Labor Market Demand
Local Share:
Evidence of Labor Market Demand
Centers of Excellence
Supply and Demand Tables
Curated Library

9. Submit 3-Year Projections Based on Strong Workforce Metrics
INCREASE QUANTITY
CTE enrollment
IMPROVE QUALITY
Skills gains
Completion
Transfer
Employment rates
Employment in field of study
Earnings
Median change in earnings
Proportion of students who attained living wages
Kathy Booth will be talking more about the metrics and the data planning tools.

10. Allowable CTE Portfolio
Use reasonable standard
Focus on Strong Workforce outcomes
Supplement not supplant
CTE Portfolio
“The percentage of that community college district’s total full-time equivalent students enrolled in career technical education courses relative to the total full-time equivalent students enrolled in the district shall not be reduced from the percentage computed for the 2015–16 fiscal year.”

11. Regional Planning http://doingwhatmatters.cccco.edu/
Templates coming soon…
Tools will be available
GIS Mapping
Skill Gaps Differ Across California Regions
To close this skills gap and get our communities into these jobs, we need to work with the different industry sectors that drive our regional economies.

13. Questions http://doingwhatmatters.cccco.edu/StrongWorkforce.aspx