Upskilli Upskilling ng Adult Adult Lear Learner ners s with with Disa Disabilities: bilities: Ho How w Sta State te Polic olicy C y Can an Sup Suppo port t Coll Collabo boration tion be betw twee een n Adult E Adult Edu duca cation, tion, Voc ocationa tional R l Reh ehabili bilita tation, tion, an and d Wor orkf kfor orce ce De Develo elopm pmen ent P t Par artne tners Webinar February 12, 2019
Today’s conversation ✓ Understanding the landscape ✓ Zeroing in: How has one Texas community tackled this issue? ✓ Implications for other states and localities Amanda Ber Amanda B ergson gson-Shilcoc Shilcock ✓ Your questions! Dir Director ector of of Upskil Upskilling P ling Polic olicy
The big picture ✓ Adult learners and jobseekers with disabilities need high-quality services ✓ Three systems set up to serve those individuals are not always well aligned See our new policy brief: ✓ Better policy can help! https://tinyurl.com/RuralCapital
The WIOA puzzle pieces ✓ Title I: Workforce services (~$3 billion; administered through DOL and workforce boards) ✓ Title II: Adult education (~$600 million; administered through ED and a wide variety of education agencies/providers) ✓ Title IV: Vocational rehabilitation (~$3 billion; administered through ED and state agencies)
People are multi- dimensional… …but systems sometimes aren’t.
Zeroing in: An example from Texas
Rural Capital: Workforce partners Montie May, Chris Caballero, WIO WIOA Y A Youth outh Pr Prog ogram am Oper Operations tions Mana Manager ger Program Manager
Rural Capital: VR partners Rober obert A t Ale lexander xander, , Robyn obyn Far arris ris Voca ocational R tional Reha ehabilit bilitation tion Voca ocational R tional Reha ehabilit bilitation tion Manager Mana ger Counselo Counselor r IV IV
Rural Capital: Adult Ed partners Francesca Ramirez, Doug Mud Doug M udd, d, Car Career eer Couns Counselor elor and and Adult Ed Adult Ed Dir Director ector Colle College ge Pr Prep ep Coor Coordina dinator tor
At the state level Anson Green Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) Director Texas Workforce Commission
Recommendations for other states • Provide technical assistance • Support cross-system professional development • Implement shared data systems (or at least common data standards) • Capitalize on Spring 2020 WIOA planning process to spark alignment
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