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North Carolina’s Workforce Development System Catherine Moga Bryant Director of Governance and Strategic Planning Division of Workforce Solutions, Department of Commerce

What is workforce development? Programs, systems, and networks primarily designed: • to enable individuals to succeed in the workplace by providing skills assessment, skills development, training, or employment services • to help businesses obtain a skilled workforce by providing recruitment assistance, customized training, or structuring work- based learning opportunities

N.C.’s Workforce Development System 2011 Administrative Agency Community College Dept. Heath and Dept. Administration Dept. Labor Dept. Commerce Dept. Public Instruction N.C. Rural Center System Office Human Services Commission on Workforce Development Division Technology Commission Div. Academic Aging and Career and Apprenticeship Council Office of the and Div. Social Vocational Services for Div. Workforce Civic of Indian Workforce and Student Adult Technical and Training forWomen President Workforce Services Rehab. the Blind MHDDSAS Development Infrastructure Bureau Affairs Solutions Services Services Education Development Programs ● BioNetwork Displaced American Apprenticeship ● Workforce ● WorkFirst Employment Senior Career and Occupational Technical and Employment Long-Term Rural Community Opportunities Homemakers ● Customized ● Food and Community Indian Investment Act Services Vocational Technical Mobilization Industrialization Continuing Vocational Services ● Employment Services Training Service Education Workforce Nutrition Services Support Services Centers Education Education ● Community Development (Wagner-Peyser, ● Small Business Employment Center Program Trade Adjustment Service Block Assistance, Veterans) Network Grant Service Provider 23 Local 23 5 115 2 58 100 41 33 7 34 Workforce 90 Local Area Local 12 4 Regional Community County DSS Community Regional Regional Non-profits Development Local Offices Management Agencies on Education Local Entities OICs Offices housed at some Colleges Offices Action Agencies Offices Offices Areas Entities Aging Agencies local ESC offices, Community Colleges, DSS offices, or other entities Service Population High School Dislocated Low-income, Displaced Low-income, People with Low-income People with People with Low-income, un- or Workers Students unemployed unemployed homemakers adults disabilities visual mental health or underemployed seniors (55+) members of tribes developmental impairment rural adults disabilities Employers Job seekers Source: Program Evaluation Division. State and Local Improvements Needed for Workforce Development System Integration and Accountability (March 2012).

NCWorks

What is NCWorks? • North Carolina’s strategy to ensure we have the best workforce in the country • Alignment and coordination of workforce development programs in Department of Commerce, Community Colleges, Department of Public Instruction • Customer focused system, responsive to the needs of the economy • System that prepares workers to succeed in the North Carolina economy and continuously improve their skills

NCWorks System 2015

NCWorks Commission Membership Chair Business and Industry State Agencies Labor Commerce Business and Education Community Colleges Industry Community Public Instruction Health and Human Services Majority of Members Based Administration Organizations Labor

NCWorks Commission To ensure North Carolina has an innovative, relevant, effective, and efficient workforce development system that develops adaptable, work-ready, skilled talent to meet the current and future needs of workers and businesses to achieve and sustain economic prosperity.

NCWorks Commission Strategic Plan Goals • Create an integrated, customer-centered, and seamless workforce system. • Create a workforce system that is responsive to the changing needs of the economy. • Prepare workers to succeed in the North Carolina economy and continuously improve their skills. • Use data to drive strategies and ensure accountability.

NCWorks Commission Strategic Plan • Strategic Action Plan – defines how the state will achieve its workforce goals and objectives • Strategies fall into four key areas • System alignment and transformation • Strengthen customer service • Career pathways • Accountability

NCWorks Commission Performance Measures FY2009-10 1 Year 2 Years Base Year Later Later Employed – the percentage of individuals in the cohort who did not participate in the original program after the base year that 82% 76% 73% were employed. Earning wages – the average earned wage for individuals in the cohort who did not participate in the original program after the $33,561 $35,129 $37,090 base year. Enrolled in North Carolina Public Higher Education and/or Workforce Development – the percentage of individuals in the cohort who did not participate in the original program after the base year that enrolled in North Carolina’s Public Higher 47% 44% Education system which includes all colleges and programs of the UNC system and all colleges a nd programs of North Carolina’s Community College system and/or a different workforce development program as defined in this report. Enrolled in University of North Carolina System 1% 2% Enrolled in North Carolina Community College System 37% 33% Enrolled in Other Workforce Development Programs 14% 14% Not found in available records – the percentage of individuals in the cohort who did not participate in the original program after 16% 19% the base year and are not found in other data including higher education or wage records.

Will Collins Assistant Secretary Department of Commerce Vice President Community College System Executive Director NCWorks

NCWorks – Commerce

NCWorks – Commerce Connecting Talent to Jobs Employer Engagement Talent Identification and Development

NCWorks Promise Our pledge to companies, both new and existing, that we will recruit, assess, and train our citizens to meet or exceed their workforce needs.

NCWorks – Commerce Employer Engagement • Meet with employers, current and future • Understand employer needs • Provide labor market information • Identify and develop pipeline of talent • Structure work-based learning opportunities • Connect talent to jobs

NCWorks – Commerce Talent Identification and Development • Meet with job seekers • Assess skills • Provide information on high demand jobs • Plan a career • Develop skills (training, work-based learning) • Connect talent to jobs

NCWorks Career Centers

NCWorks Online www.ncworks.gov

NCWorks in Action • First facility outside of Japan 750 people attended two day • job fair Morinaga President Toshiaki • Fukunaga is able to find the workforce needed for the new facility

NCWorks Will Collins Executive Director, NCWorks