DELAWARE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD

DELAWARE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD

Minutes of October 11, 2001

OFFICE OF OCCUPATION & LABOR MARKET INFORMATION

9:30 A.M.

Members: John McMahon (Chairman), Bruce Fitzgerald, Nello Paoli, Diane Sole, Valerie Woodruff, Harold Stafford, Fred Sears, Dave Tanner, Judy Cherry, Jeff Bross, Suzanne Moore, Joe Letnaunchyn, Ed Capodanno, Sam Lathem, Robert Marshall, Pete Booker, Duane Wayman, Alice Coleman, Vince Meconi, Tony Felicia, Patricia DiEmidio

Guests: Nancy Pearsall, Ed Toss, Dwight Henderson, Bill Abernathy, Mary Ellen Saunders, Sharon Wellons, Joanne Miro, Jim Burcham, Bob Clarkin, Anne Farley, Tom Smith, Lisa Sylvester, Jim McFadden

Staff: Patty Cannon, Andria Viola, Gwen Jones

CALL TO ORDER - Chairman John McMahon called the meeting to order. There was a moment of silence for the victims of September 11, 2001.

INTRODUCTIONS - Members and Guests introduced themselves. Chairman McMahon thanked Fred

Sears for serving as Chairman for the last two years.

CALL FOR QUORUM - John McMahon

DIVISION OF AGING VIDEO - Shown with comments by Patty Cannon.

WELCOME - Secretary of Labor, Harold Stafford welcomed the Board to this meeting and to the

OOLMI office location.

APPROVAL OF MAY 3, 2001 BOARD MEETING MINUTES. Moved and seconded that the minutes

be approved.

CHAIRMAN'S REPORT

Retail Training Collaboration with the DE State Chamber Of Commerce - Asking the Workforce Investment Board's (WIB) support for a customer service and retail management/hospitality training center. Models have been developed and the Board is being asked for their support. Motion was made and approved by the Executive Committee to approve this concept. Susan Moore confirmed that the program is not seeking federal funding.

Motion was made seconded that the program concept be supported.

New Chair - John introduced the new Chair of the Youth Council, Alice Coleman. The Board welcomed Alice.

Ferris School Out of Youth Program - Eight Ferris students participated in a landscaping and horticultural training program. Their landscaping project was submitted in a landscaping contest in Wilmington and won.

Youth Rehabilitative Services Grant for Ferris School - Nancy Pearsall , Acting Director, spoke to the Board about the Youth Grant Collaboration with Ferris and Work Force Investment Board. This grant will help Ferris with more intensive services and case management in order to successfully return youth to the community.

H1B Grant Collaboration - Patty Cannon shared her experience with H1B Grant collaborations while attempting to partner with the Philadelphia WIB and Inspiritec.

Susquehanna Work Force Investment - Patty also spoke about the 3 million dollar H1B Grant with Chesapeake Area Consortium (Health Care Industry). An agreement is in place that ensures Delaware will get 10% of the grant amount.

Motion made and seconded that the Delaware WIB will participate in the Susquehanna H1B Grant.

Community Audit - John McMahon spoke briefly about community auditing. Handed out DHSS Directory of Human Services for Delaware

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Proposal Review & Certification Committee - Chair Duane Wayman

22 Blue Collar Contracts for upcoming year 7/1/01 - 6/30/02
2.5 million dollars dedicated
Contract orientations in progress. Meetings have been held to discuss contractor issues
Type of reporting has changed - federal government must be provided social security numbers
Performance Reports are expected to begin to run routinely

RFP process has begun

ITA's have been finalized (26 programs provided by 45 providers). We will withhold approving programs if we are not provided the information required by the federal government
Provider Training Forum held on 9/27. Provided training on the certification process to potential and approved providers
WIB implemented a new Provider Agreement which must be signed (Memorandum of Understanding) in order for providers to receive ITA's (due 10/17/01)

Youth Council - Chair Alice Coleman

Six out-of-school contracts and four contract extensions have been approved
Contract orientations have been completed on all contracts
652 Youth have had a summer experience
1,069 in total for the year
750 will receive services in the new contract year
RFP's 2002 - 2003 in process
Will extend out of school youth funding
Sending team to Youth Summit in King of Prussia

Public Relations & Community Outreach - Chair Harold Stafford

Bus signs throughout the city promoting the Workforce Investment Board and the Public Service Announcements on Delmarva Broadcasting
Website - Extension of the State portal providing a single gateway to State information. Goal of the website is to bring people to our partners. (Brief overview by Mike Hojnicki)

(R.O.A.R.) Women in Construction - John McMahon reported for Chair, Pat Creedon

This newly formed committee headed by Pat Creedon realizes the difficulty in getting women into the construction industry. R.O.A.R. (Rosie Opens Alternative Realities) is receiving great support from other organizations.

Performance Measures & Customer Satisfaction - Chair Judy Cherry

Recommended reading "Fish" and "Who Moved My Cheese"
Dual Appeal Process developed and put in place. Approved by the Executive Committee pending grammatical corrections and advice from our Deputy Attorney General.
Results of the Stealth Operation now known as "Unknown Potential Trainee Operations ". We have been putting ourselves in the place of our clients, resulting in change to:

One Stop customer service interaction
Modifications to computer area
Physical changes in the One-Stop layout

Measures

Judy reported that WIB must submit quarterly reports - due dates are 2/14, 5/15, 8/15. First quarter for 2001 due in November.
Low completion rate - Coding errors which distort findings. This has been a beta year for new MIS systems. DET is reviewing the data and processes and will have a solid report by mid-November.
Going to move forward with RFP but will build in some flexibility until the federal regs come out
Looking to collaborate with other agencies that need the same type of survey information that we need.

Motion made and seconded that the committee's report be accepted with modifications to the Appeals document.

Chairman of the Board John McMahon

Reports that the Budget has been approved
$500,000 of Blue Collar money was approved by the Executive Committee to be used for TANF youth

program where previous funding had been cut.

Carry over in excess of $800,000

Duane Wayne - Seeking approval on the Pell Grant Eligibility Announcement Policy. Motion made and seconded to accept the policy.

OLD BUSINESS - None

NEW BUSINESS - Ed Toss from the State Rehabilitation Council and Division of Vocational Rehabilitation is a partner of the WIB and is represented by Harold Stafford on the WIB . They provide services in training opportunities and employment for individuals with disabilities. Federal statute requires joint membership; therefore, Rehabilitative Council is looking to have members join from this Board. The WIB Board was invited to attend their meeting this month on 10/15, 5-8 p.m. at this location (OOLMI offices).

MEETING ADJOURNED