Real learning for real life
Providing quality, relevant outreach and
continuing educational programs
and services to the people of Texas
March 2003
Overwhelming citizen/community
response to address workforce
development for youth and adults.
Extension’s Response ?
March 2003
March 2003
Extension works …
• Process for programming
– Locally identified assets /
needs / opportunities
– Develop collaborations
– Training
– Educational program delivery
– Evaluation
March 2003
Funding opportunities
• WIA
• WFB
– Employee services
– Employer services
Adults * Youth * Business * Community
TANF Choices * Skills development * Self –
sufficiency * Food Stamps
March 2003
Primary Populations Served
• Welfare Recipients
• Needy Families
• Youth
• Dislocated Workers
• Special Populations
March 2003
28 Texas Workforce Boards
Plus
254 Extension partnerships
Creating
potential
for success
March 2003
Real learning for real life…
• Entrepreneurship:
– self-employment options
– Ca$hing in on Business
Opportunities
– E-commerce for Rural Texas
March 2003
West Central Texas WFB - Concho Valley WFB - Lower Rio
Grande Valley WFB
Certification for pre-service child
care training
Family day home child care business
Involvement in other TCE
programming
Fathering skills
Money management
ESL / GED
March 2003
West Central Texas WFB
& Brazos Valley WFB - Asset Mapping
• Workforce identified and organized
leaders
• Extension provided training / or
hired CEA
March 2003
West Central Texas WFB
& Brazos Valley WFB - Asset Mapping
• Conducted skills inventory of
citizens, including marginalized
groups/citizens/youth/adults
• Matched skills/training with
business’s needs
March 2003
West Central Texas WFB
& Brazos Valley WFB - Asset Mapping
• Created collaborative efforts
between
communities/citizens/businesses
March 2003
Eastland County GED Study
Classes
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37% of residents 25> no H.S. diploma
Economic and family impact
12 weeks
Volunteers from community
organizations
Promotion: Welfare-to-work, VISTA, WIC, DHS,
media
March 2003
Eastland County GED Study
Classes
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Test in 5 areas
Individual study plans
Diagnostic testing $$
Computers and
resources
March 2003
Eastland Co. GED Study Classes
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20% of 30 students took GED test
13% passed test
7 volunteer tutors/185 hrs
5 collaborators
TWDB $ for part-time
employee
March 2003
Workplace Ethics Pilot
Runnels County
Building character in the
workplace…through
business and government:
multiple approaches and
topics
March 2003
Trust * Reliability *
Commitment * Tolerance *
Integrity * Self-control *
Reliability
T-TEEM
• Texas Teens Explore Entrepreneurial Minds
• Preparing youth to start businesses
• At-risk youth and communities
RESULT: Prepared FUTURE workforce
http://tteems/tamu.edu
March 2003
Extension approaches in workforce
training
Building collaborative
VISION to solving
workforce challenges
March 2003
WHO ARE WE REACHING?
151, 900 groups and
individuals
In 2001-2002
March 2003
Barriers Or
Opportunities
• Quick response - funding and
implementation
• Learning curve - recognize and mobilize
potential for synergy
• Connectivity for electronic information
exchange
• Local perceptions of possibilities and
realities
March 2003
Barriers Or
Opportunities
• Employer frustration - multiple
• Unidentified employee assets for training,
transportation, and child care
• Desire to develop jobs versus transportation,
location
• Readiness to respond to funding opportunity
March 2003
Success…
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Creating partnerships
Accessing funding
Reaching new clientele
Applying technology
Creating jobs
Improving work ethic
Developing rural community
vision / action
• Training youth for tomorrow’s
workforce
March 2003