1. Assessing Your Progress at the Mid-Point of Your America’s Promise Grant: Part 1
High Impact Partners on behalf
of the Employment and Training
Administration, DOL
January 24, 2019

3. Greg Scheib
America’s Promise Federal Lead
U.S. DOL/OWI/Division of Strategic Investment
Bruce Rankin America’s Promise Coach American Association of Community Colleges
Heidi Sheppard HIP Project Lead, America’s Promise High Impact Partners

4. Introduce the Mid-Point Assessment Tool
Quantitative and qualitative measures
Describe a process you and your AP TA Coach may follow to document your progress
Help you understand how this information may be used to assess your progress
Answer any questions

5. The Self-Assessment Tool (Excel Spreadsheet)
Captures quantitative and qualitative data to self-assess progress
Quantitative metrics pulled from the FOA
Qualitative elements align with the Success Factors
Provides a “snapshot” of your grant’s progress at the mid-point of this program
Intended to be a collaborative effort between the AP Project Director and TA coach
Can help guide project plan modifications and fine-tune technical assistance

6. The Assessment Tool – Quantitative Metrics

7. The Assessment Tool – Success Factors

8. The Process
TA Coach will mine your QNRs and monthly call notes to assemble a first draft
To be completed by Feb 19th
Project Directors will be asked to review the data and assessments to verify or edit the input
We’d like the PD’s feedback NLT February 25th
DSI and TA Coaches will review the completed assessment tools and identify notable observations
Coaches will reach out to PDs to share lessons learned
Selected outcomes and strategies will be highlighted during the second session in March

9. Why Conduct a Mid-Point Assessment?
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning. ~ Winston Churchill 
It's a bad plan that admits of no modification. ~ Publilius Syrus 
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised. ~ Denis Waitley 
We understand things change over time. The mid- point offers the opportunity to reflect on successes and challenges and use that knowledge to guide our work over the next two years.

10. The Role of your America’s Promise Coach and FPO
Federal Project Officer’s Guidance
TA Coach’s Guidance
Clarification of H-1B FOA, including definitions
Organizational structure: staffing, systems, and processes
Statement of work modifications
Participant outreach and recruitment strategies
Fiscal questions, including allowable expenditures and budget
Participant services, including case management, supportive services, and job placement
Quarterly performance outcomes against target outcomes
Training design and implementation
Other policy questions, as they arise
Employer engagement and participant placement

12. https://h1bap.workforcegps.org/
Assessing Your Progress at the Mid-Point of Your America’s Promise Grant: Part 2
Early March, 2019
Data Driven Decision Making Webinar
Spring 2019
Grantee Infographic Template
Released to each Grantee in February
Community of Practice

13. America’s Promise phone and mailbox
U.S. Department of Labor