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WELCOME TO THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING ON THIS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND.
UH, WE HAVE SOME GREAT INFORMATION COMING RIGHT NOW, SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, WHO WE'RE GONNA BE HEARING FROM, AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT FIRST, LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE ROLE.
UM, MAD CLERK, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER KADA AND CHAIR VIA GRAHAM.
[1. 21-1506 Approval of the minutes from the Economic and Workforce Development Committee meeting on December 8, 2020.]
ITEMS, WE HAVE TWO ITEMS, BUT WE'LL TAKE 'EM ONE AT A TIME.UH, ON THE AGENDA IS FIRST ITEM ONE, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE ECONOMIC WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2020.
UH, THEY WERE IN YOUR PACKETS, AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE MILLION MINUTES FROM AUGUST, DECEMBER 8TH, 2020.
[2. 21-1509 Approval of the minutes from the Economic and Workforce Development Committee meeting on January 12, 2021.]
TWO IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING ON JANUARY 12TH, 2021.I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR ANY DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY GARCIA, A SECOND BY ELIAS.
AND ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO MY COLLEAGUES.
I BELIEVE WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE ON THE LINE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.
[3. 21-1426 Update on the COVID-19 Community Recovery and Resiliency Plan regarding the Workforce Development Pillar. [Carlos J. Contreras, III; Assistant City Manager; Alejandra Lopez, Director, Economic Development]]
WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS OUR BRIEFING AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE UPDATE ON C OVID 19 COMMUNITY RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PLAN REGARDING THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PILLAR.SO I'M GOING TO PASS THIS ON TO OUR FEARLESS LEADER, UM, ALEX LOPEZ TO KICK US OFF.
THANK YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
SO, TODAY'S WORKFORCE UPDATE WILL ACTUALLY BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM, UM, FROM WHAT WE'VE HAD, WHAT WE'VE PROVIDED IN THE PAST.
AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ACTUALLY INCORPORATING SOME FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCES FROM OUR PARTNERS, UM, THAT ARE HELPING US IMPLEMENT THE TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM.
UM, JUST AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL.
AND TO KICK OFF THE CONVERSATION ON THE, THE NEXT SLIDE OR THE FIRST SLIDE OF THE PRESENTATION, ACTUALLY, UM, YOU'RE GONNA SEE JUST OUR ENROLLMENT PIPELINE.
AND THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SHARED WITH YOU EVERY MONTH.
UM, WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE JUST SHY OF 5,000 RESIDENTS THAT HAVE COMPLETED THE PRELIMINARY INTAKE FOR, FOR THE TRAIN FOR JOBS PROGRAM, UM, OVER 3,600 HAVE ALREADY BEEN REFERRED TO ONE OF THE PARTNER AGENCIES THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM.
UM, WE HAVE ALMOST 1800 THAT ARE ALREADY ENROLLED IN TRAINING, AND WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 1400 THAT ARE, ARE STILL PENDING ENROLLMENT.
BUT I THINK TODAY YOU'RE GONNA HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT PHASE AND IN THAT, IN THOSE CASES AND HOW PARTICIPANTS ARE STILL BEING SERVED WHEN THEY'RE, UM, STILL TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT TYPE OF ENROLLMENT THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING TO.
I AM GONNA TAKE A STEP BACK BECAUSE I WANTED TO TRY TO PROVIDE AS MUCH TIME FOR THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THEIR FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCES.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA START, UM, WITH, UM, ROMANITA, UM, WHICH IS WITH SA WORKS BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT O J T, UM, AND HOW THAT PROGRAM HAS ROLLED OUT.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY, UM, IT'LL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR YOU TO HEAR SOME OF THE, WHAT SHE AND HER, HER TEAM ARE EXPERIENCING.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO, AND THEN THERE'S PARTNER.
IT'S FROM PARTNER TO PARTNER AFTER THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON O J T.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE WERE TASKED WITH DIRECTLY LEADING EMPLOYER RECRUITMENT AND ENGAGEMENT FOR IDENTIFICATION, SPECIFICALLY OF O J T OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS JOB OPENINGS.
AND OVER THE CO COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UH, WE HAVE ALSO PARTNERED VERY CLOSELY AND DIRECTLY WITH W S A ON TARGETED JOB FAIRS, MANUFACTURING, AEROSPACE, AND A FEW OTHERS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO EMPLOYER NEEDS.
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I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST LESSONS LEARNED IS THAT AS WE KICKED OFF EMPLOYER RECRUITMENT, WE WERE REALLY AGGRESSIVE IN THAT AND WE LINED UP SEVERAL EMPLOYERS, UM, THAT LED UP TO SEVERAL JOB OPENINGS.BUT THE REALITY OF, OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE FIRST HIT AND IMPACTED, AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, WERE IN THE LEISURE, HOSPITALITY, RESTAURANT, RETAIL SECTOR.
AND YET THE JOBS THAT WERE OPEN WERE THOSE THAT WERE MORE MIDDLE SKILLED JOBS IN EITHER IT, CUSTOMER SERVICE, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN GENERAL, AND MANUFACTURING, WHICH AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS A GROWING SECTOR IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO THERE WAS A BIT OF A, OF A MISMATCH WITH WHAT EMPLOYERS ACTUALLY WANTED AND NEEDED, AND THE SKILL SETS OF THE FIRST POOL OF, OF APPLICANTS.
UH, WHAT I THINK HAS BEEN GREAT ABOUT HOW THIS PROGRAM IS WORKING IS OUR CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE TRAINING PARTNERS AND THE FACT TOO THAT, UM, THE, THE TEAM, ALEX AND HER TEAM AND, AND YOU ALL APPROVING SEVERAL AMENDMENTS SUCH AS KICKING OFF WITH TRAINING THAT LEADS INTO O J T, I THINK THAT WAS REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE A LOT OF THE INDIVIDUALS DID NOT NECESSARILY HAVE THE SKILL SETS NEEDED TO JUMP STRAIGHT INTO A JOB.
AND SO, UM, I'M MUCH MORE HOPEFUL THAT AS THOSE TRAININGS ARE WRAPPING UP, THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACTIVATE TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS AHEAD OF THAT COMPLETION.
A LOT OF THE EMPLOYERS THAT WE'RE KIND OF WAITING IN THE SIDELINES TO BE ABLE TO OFFER O J T AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WHERE REALLY I THINK THE DATA SHARING IS GOING TO REALLY INFORM MAYBE DOING MORE OF A REVERSAL OF WORKING WITH THE CASE MANAGEMENT AGENCIES TO BETTER MATCH WHAT JOB SEEKERS ARE TELLING US, WHAT ARE THEIR INTERESTS, AND THEN PROACTIVELY RECRUITING EMPLOYERS THAT MATCH THOSE INTERESTS AS WELL.
AND HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS NOW OR AT THE END, ALEX, WE'RE GONNA KIND OF KEEP GOING THROUGH THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION, IF THAT'S OKAY.
I BELIEVE, UM, OUR NEXT PRESENTER.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE, AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU.
I KNOW, UH, ACTUALLY LAST YEAR WE WERE IN THE THROES OF ACTUALLY, UH, DISCUSSING WHAT COULD HAPPEN WITH THE POSSIBILITIES.
CHAMPIONING, UH, WE HAVE TWO, WHAT WE CALL AN EDUCATION TEACHABLE MOMENTS, RIGHT? AS WE REFLECT ON THIS SPACE.
UH, MOST IMPORTANT, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP ETHOS WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO AS ONE OF THE, UM, AS ONE OF THE PARTNERS WITHIN THIS INITIATIVE, ONE IS IN PARTICULAR RELATED TO CAREER, UH, AWARENESS AND EXPLORATION.
WE KNOW THAT MANY OF THE DISPLACED WORKERS ACTUALLY HAD BEEN PERHAPS OUT OF AN EDUCATIONAL OR TRAINING SETTING SETTING FOR, UM, UM, A NUMBER OF YEARS.
SO IT'S BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, THEM WITH THAT EXPOSURE TO NOT ONLY A, UH, PERHAPS A NOTION OR A SENSE OF WHAT EMERGING INDUSTRIES LOOK LIKE, BUT ACTUALLY WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE ON THE CUSP? AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, MS, UH, ROMAN BARTA MENTIONED, RIGHT? SO HOW DO WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A SENSE OF WHAT HEALTHCARE, IN PARTICULAR, IN-DEMAND JOBS IN HEALTHCARE LOOK LIKE NOW, WHAT, UH, AS WELL AS IT, OR PERHAPS EVEN MANUFACTURING.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE, UH, OUR TAKEAWAYS IN PARTICULAR WITH ALAMO.
AND I KNOW THAT'S ALSO BEEN PART OF OUR WEEKLY CASE MANAGEMENT CONVERSATIONS, UH, WITH THE PARTNERS LED BY, BY ALEX AND THE STAFF.
UH, THE OTHER, UH, TAKEAWAY FOR US IS JUST, UM, THE WHOLE ECOSYSTEM WITH REGARD TO WORKFORCE DELIVERY.
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST INVESTMENTS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS MADE IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
SO IN PARTICULAR, HOW CAN WE MOVE TO REALLY A SEAMLESS HANDOFF AND IN PARTICULAR BE ABLE TO WORK IN CONCERT WITH OUR, UH, PARTNERS WITHIN THIS SPACE ON THE WHOLE NEEDS, THE HOLISTIC NEEDS OF EACH ONE OF THE PERSPECTIVE, UH, CLIENTS, BUT EACH ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN TRAINING.
SO HOW DO WE MEET ALL OF THOSE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE OUTSIDE OF THE TRAINING SPACE? I KNOW THAT, UH, THAT MY COLLEAGUES, OUR COLLEAGUES ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT FEW PRESENTATIONS.
BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO TAKEAWAYS FOR US WITHIN ALAMO COLLEGES IS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE A SENSE OF WHAT JUST IN TIME, HIGH DEMAND, HIGH WAGE OPPORTUNITIES LOOK LIKE NOW.
AND THE OTHER IS ALSO REFINING AND ENHANCING, UM, TO MEET ALL THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS WITHIN THE WORKFORCE DELIVERY SPACE.
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AND ACTUALLY FOLLOWING VERY MUCH ALONG THAT THEME, UM, ADRIAN LOPEZ IS GONNA BE NEXT WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.UH, THANK YOU, UH, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, WE JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
I THINK FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE ISSUE ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, PROVIDING SERVICES VIRTUALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY TRIED TO IMPROVE THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT HAS BEEN BOTH A, A BLESSING AS WELL AS, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF A CURSE, UM, IS THAT MY BOARD AND I HAVE MADE A DECISION TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE OUR CENTERS EVEN DURING THIS TIME, UH, OF COVID.
AND SO WE'VE HAD TO FLUCTUATE AND ADJUST EVERY TIME THAT WE'VE HAD AN OUTBREAK, AND WE'VE HAD TO DO DEEP CLEANING AND, AND CLOSING OF CENTERS, AND THAT'S A GUT WRENCHING DECISION THAT, UH, OF COURSE THIS BOARD AND AND MYSELF HAVE MADE.
UH, BUT WHAT WE'VE, UH, HAD THAT SORT OF, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, DROP OFF OF SERVICES WE PICKED UP ON THE, ON THE VIRTUAL SIDE, AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SORT OF WHAT WE DO IN TERMS OF, UH, HOW WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE, BUT EVEN THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE MADE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND WIFI IN OUR, UH, CAREER CENTERS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DRIVE UP TO THE PARKING LOT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GET THAT.
UM, THE OTHER IS, UH, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE IS UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM IS NOT A SORT OF, UH, BASIC SERVICE, RIGHT? AND THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT, IT'S ONE THING TO SIGN UP FOR, UH, FOOD, YOU KNOW, A FOOD BAG OR A FOOD, UH, BOX, AND YOU SIGN UP AND YOU DRIVE UP AND GET YOUR FOOD, UH, BOX, RIGHT? UM, IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE, UH, ADDRESSING IS, UH, INTAKE ASSESSMENT, COACHING, AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH, UM, CLIENTS TO BASICALLY COME UP WITH LONG-TERM OUTCOMES.
I CAN'T EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH THAT THAT PROCESS TAKES SOME TIME TO ACTUALLY GET DONE.
UM, IT'D BE GREAT IF WE WERE JUST PROVIDING SORT OF, KIND OF THESE BASIC SERVICES, BUT THE REALITY IS THERE'S A LOT OF SORT OF INTERACTION BACK AND FORTH.
AND THEN, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, LIKE WHEN PEOPLE COME TO US WITH, UH, LACK OF IDEAS OR TRANSCRIPTS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, AND THEY NEED TO GET THOSE FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE ALSO STRESSED, THAT ALSO KIND OF PRESENTS A, A, A BIT OF A CHALLENGE.
SO, UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AS, AS DR.
FLORES MENTIONED, IS THE SORT OF BALANCING OF THE AVAILABLE JOBS AND THE TRAINING PIPELINE OR TRACKING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH WHO WE HAVE IN PARTICULAR TYPES OF, OF TRAINING AND WHERE THE, UH, THE JOB MARKET IS TODAY.
AND THAT MAY REQUIRE SOME ADJUSTMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
'CAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANNA DO IS FLOOD THE MARKET, UH, IN A PARTICULAR AREA WHEN THERE MAY NOT BE JOBS IN THE, IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO, UH, THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UH, UH, WE CERTAINLY HAVE A TON MORE IN TERMS OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING, UM, ON A DAILY BASIS WITH THIS PROGRAM, WITH OTHERS.
I THINK WITH THIS ONE, UH, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OVER, UH, TWO PL, $2 MILLION OR SO OF, UH, INVESTING INTO TUITION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM.
BUT WE HAVE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ARE, UM, LEVERAGING AS WELL, SUCH AS OUR THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS INVESTMENT IN DISASTER, UH, DISLOCATED WORKER, AND ABOUT ANOTHER $3 MILLION INTO AA.
THOSE ARE JUST A, A SAMPLE OF, OF THAT.
AND SO I THINK WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PROGRAM, WE ALSO HAVE TO KIND OF LOOK AT WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S HAPPENING.
AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA MOVE OVER TO PROJECT QUEST WITH DAVID ZANIELLO.
MADAM CHAIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A FEW THOUGHTS AND, UH, ECHOING A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT DR.
AS I THINK ABOUT THE THREE POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE AS OUR LESSONS LEARNED AND LOOKING AT, UH, THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS THAT OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS, WE'VE ALL LEARNED A LOT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING I COME BACK TO THAT WHEN I THINK ABOUT COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND RESPONSE.
WE HAD, I THINK, AN IDEA ABOUT THE INITIAL INTAKE AND THE INTEREST FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR THE SERVICES.
AND WHAT WE LEARNED ALONG THE WAY WAS WE REALLY HAD TO BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE IN REACHING OUT AND ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN HOW YOU PROCESS PEOPLE.
AS ADRIAN SAID IN THE INTAKE ASSESSMENT, THERE WAS A WHOLE LEARNING COMPONENT TO THAT.
AND WE, WE REALLY HAVE DONE, I THINK, A NICE JOB AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP OF AGENCIES TO BUILD MOMENTUM AND SEE NOW THAT IN THE, I LOOK AT THE MONTHS OF DECEMBER AND JANUARY, WE'VE HAD OUR BEST MONTHS OF ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY, LEARNING HOW TO INTAKE THEM AND PROCESS THEM, AND THEN HELP THEM SORT THROUGH WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL PIVOT POINTS IN THEIR CAREERS.
THE SECOND POINT THEN IS WE LEARNED ALONG THE WAY, WHICH IS A REALLY POSITIVE THING, WE WENT INTO THE, UH, IDEA THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A HIGH DEMAND FOR SHORT TERM TRAINING.
AND AS WE WORKED WITH INDIVIDUALS AND THEY SOUGHT THROUGH WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THEIR CAREERS, WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A MORE STRONGER DEMAND FOR THE LONGER TERM TRAINING.
AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THAT IS THE LONGER TERM TRAINING USUALLY TAKES TO BETTER
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OUTCOMES.MORE, UH, HIGHER WAGE TYPE AND DEMAND OCCUPATIONS ARE MEANT THROUGH THE LONGER TERM TRAINING.
SO AGAIN, AS WE'VE LEARNED, WE'VE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY WITH THE CURRICULUMS AND THE OFFERINGS TO MAKE SURE THERE IS AN AVAILABILITY OF LONG-TERM TRAINING.
SO YOU COUPLE THAT WITH PEOPLE COMING INTO THE PROCESS, REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ACCOMPLISHED, AND THEN DETERMINING THAT A LONG-TERM TRAINING PATH IS BETTER.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE LEARNED AND ADJUSTED ALONG THE WAY.
AND MY LAST POINT THERE AROUND CLEAR CAREER EXPLORATION NAVIGATION, WHAT HAS ALSO BEEN, I THINK, A REALLY POSITIVE POINT HAS BEEN THE CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION THAT HAS COME ABOUT.
AND AS A RESULT OF NEW PARTNERSHIPS, THE ONE I WOULD HIGHLIGHT HERE IS AS WE'RE WORKING WITH PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTAKE PROCESS, AND THEY WERE UNCERTAIN WHAT TYPE OF CAREER PATH THEY WANTED TO TAKE, WE FORGED A PARTNERSHIP WITH ST.
MARY'S UNIVERSITY AND CREATED TWO PROGRAMS, ALMOST CALLED RATTLER FOCUS WAS CALLED RATTLER READINESS, BOTH DESIGNED TO BRING PEOPLE IN AND HELP THEM SORT THROUGH AND NAVIGATE WHAT IS THE CAREER PATH THAT WOULD BE BEST FOR THEIR SITUATION.
SO AGAIN, NEW PARTNERSHIPS EMERGING, REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE, THE TRUE BENEFITS OF THE TRAINING DEMANDS LONG-TERM, SEEMS TO BE THE PREFERRED APPROACH FOR MOST RESIDENTS.
AND THEN LEARNING HOW TO WORK WITH THEM IN AN INTAKE PROCESS IN A VIRTUAL SETTING, ALL HAVE SHOWN GREAT SIGNS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
UM, AND NEXT WE'VE GOT NINO TARANTINO FROM CHRYSALIS MINISTRIES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, AS MOST OR ALL OF YOU KNOW, CHRYSALIS SUPPORTS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INCARCERATED OR HAVE FORMALLY BEEN INCARCERATED ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
SO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED THROUGH COVID WITH THE COURT CLOSURES, UM, AND SOME OF THE, AND, AND SOME OF THE RELEASES, UM, UH, THE EARTH, EXCUSE ME, THE JAIL RELEASES COMING DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY HAS PRETTY MUCH IMPACTED WHAT WE DO AS AN AGENCY.
SO WE'VE BEEN FORCED TO DO SOME PIVOTING AS WELL, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS.
ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS BEEN ABLE TO, UH, FORM A PARTNERSHIP WITH BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF SO THAT WE COULD DO SOME VIDEO VISITATION AND TELEPHONE, UH, VISITATIONS, UH, WITH THE INMATES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY REMEMBER WHO CHRYSALIS IS AND THAT WE ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY ARE RELEASED.
WE STILL STAY CONNECTED, OF COURSE, TO THE PAROLE OFFICE AND OTHER AGENCIES AROUND TOWN, UH, THAT SERVICE OUR CLIENTS, UH, IN PARTICULAR.
AND TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ONTO WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON ACROSS THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALL HAVE OUR REQUIREMENTS, UM, FROM OTHER FUNDING SOURCES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATA THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE REQUIRED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND BY THIS SPECIFIC, UH, PROGRAM.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT HOW DO WE COLLECT EVERYTHING FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH HAS BEEN, UH, HANDLED VERY EFFICIENTLY BY CREATING A FORM FOR ALL OF US TO FILL OUT THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH EACH OF THE CLIENTS THAT ENTER THIS PROGRAM.
BUT THEN HOW DO WE GET THAT ADDITIONAL DATA AS WE'RE REFERRING CLIENTS OFF TO DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS? AND SO THAT'S BEEN A FOCUS OF OURS, IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ASK EACH OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES WHAT IT IS THEY NEED TO QUALIFY PEOPLE FOR THEIR PROGRAMS SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO A REIN INTAKE.
AND SO WE CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH INFORMATION, UH, THAT THEY NEED FOR THEIR PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY ON TOP OF THE NEEDS FOR THE SA TRAIN, FOR JOBS SA PROGRAM, UH, TO MAKE THE ENTIRE PROCESS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT FOR ALL OF US.
AND OUR EXPECTATION, AND OUR HOPE, OF COURSE, IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY AS PARTNER AGENCIES, UM, MOVING FORWARD EVEN BEYOND THIS PROGRAM.
AND THAT'LL HELP STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND MAKE EVERYTHING FOR OUR CLIENTS MUCH MORE, MUCH MORE EFFICIENT MOVING FORWARD.
AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO FAMILY SERVICES AND MS. MARY GAR.
UM, WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING HERE TO HELP OUR CLIENTS IMPROVE, INCREASE THEIR EDUCATION LEVEL.
WE WANNA HELP THEM CLOSE THAT EARNINGS GAP THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED AND REALLY HELP TO WORK WITH 'EM TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE LIVING PAY WITH BENEFITS FOR THEM TO SUSTAIN THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.
OVER 70% OF OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE FEMALE, MANY OF THEM SINGLE MOMS. WITH ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT COME WITH THAT, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT EDUCATIONAL EQUITY, WE REALIZE THAT A NUMBER OF OUR CLIENTS ARE COMING IN, LACKING A HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE, SOMETIMES NEEDING CLASSES FOR ENGLISH TO HELP PUT THEM ON PAR TO BE PREPARED FOR FUTURE EDUCATION.
WE KNOW THAT EVEN IF THEY'VE BEEN OUT OF THE WORKFORCE FOR A WHILE NOW, A LOT OF THEM ARE COMING IN NEEDING HELP WITH BASIC MATH AND READING SKILLS.
AND SO WE WORK WITH PARTNERS TO HELP OUR CLIENTS GET TO THAT BASIC LEVEL
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SO THEY CAN THEN MOVE INTO ADEQUATE JOB TRAINING AND EDUCATION.AND WITH THAT, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT.
WE'VE GOT TO HELP THEM ADDRESS THE BARRIERS IN THEIR LIVES CAUSED BY THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH THAT HAVE AFFECTED THEM, USUALLY FOR THEIR ENTIRE LIVES, AND HELP TO IMPROVE AND INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM, WHETHER IT'S HELPING TO IMPROVE THEIR SAFETY IN THEIR HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, OR TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
ALSO TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH AND WELLBEING SO THEY'LL BE HEALTHY ENOUGH TO WORK IN THE WORKFORCE.
AND THEN TYING THAT IN WITH ECONOMIC STABILITY AND OPPORTUNITY.
AND THESE PROGRAMS TAKE TIME AND, AND YOU CAN'T JUST ADDRESS ONE WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE OTHER.
SO YOU'RE JUST PLAYING THE WHACK-A-MOLE GAME WITH 'EM, AND THEY WON'T MOVE FORWARD IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY.
SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HELP REMOVE THESE BARRIERS AND INCREASE THEIR OPPORTUNITIES, ONE OF OUR CORE COMPONENTS IS THROUGH OUR FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTER, WHERE WE WORK WITH 'EM SYSTEMATICALLY ON FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT AND COACHING, BUT TYING INTO ALL OF THESE OTHER COMPREHENSIVE WRAPAROUND SERVICE SUPPORTS SO THAT WE CAN HELP THEM FOCUS ON THEIR TRAINING AND EDUCATION, ENSURE THAT THEY, ONE, ARE READY TO BE ENROLLED, HELP 'EM GET ENROLLED ONCE THEY'RE ENROLLED, HELPING THEM TO STAY IN THEIR PROGRAMS, COMPLETE THEIR TRAINING OR EDUCATION, AND THEN HELPING TO WORK WITH THEM TO OBTAIN A JOB, AND THEN NOT JUST OBTAIN IT, BUT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THAT JOB SO THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD INTO SUSTAINABLE INDEPENDENCE AND FUTURE LIFE SUCCESS.
AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE'VE GOT, UM, KELLY RHODES FROM RESTOR EDUCATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE TODAY.
UH, OUR FIRST CHALLENGE OR LESSON LEARNED WAS REALLY WORKING TO ADDRESS THE ACADEMIC BARRIERS TO ENROLLMENT THAT WE'RE SEEING, UH, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME BALANCING THE HIGH DEMAND FOR OUR G E D AND SHORT-TERM TRAINING PROGRAMS. WE NOTICED EARLY LAST FALL THAT MANY OF THE APPLICANTS FOR OUR PROGRAM HAD SIGNIFICANT ACADEMIC NEEDS.
IN FACT, 75% OF THE PARTICIPANTS THAT WERE COMING TO US HAVE A READING LEVEL OF EIGHTH GRADER BELOW.
SO BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THIS POPULATION, UH, WE KNEW THAT WE REALLY HAD TO PIVOT AND QUICKLY ADDRESS THESE GAPS, UH, SO THAT THEY'D BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR TRAINING PROGRAMS. UH, WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE SEVERAL ON-RAMPS TO TRAINING, INCLUDING A G E D, TO A SHORT-TERM TRAINING PATHWAY, UH, AND OFFER EXTRA TUTORING TO STUDENTS WHO NEEDED SUPPORT, BOTH BEFORE AND DURING THEIR TRAINING PROGRAMS. UH, AND WE WERE ALSO, UH, YOU KNOW, COGNIZANT OF THE DIVERSE STUDENT POPULATION THAT WE SERVE, AND ADDED A FLEXIBLE SPANISH G E D CLASS AS PART OF OUR PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
SECONDLY, WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH FAMILY SERVICES IN, UH, AUGUST TO CREATE AN INTENSIVE REMEDIAL COURSE, AGAIN, ADDRESSING THOSE ACADEMIC BARRIERS, UH, FOR THEIR ELECTRICAL PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.
AND SO THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER, UH, AND BRING OUR RESPECTIVE STRENGTHS TO THE TABLE, UM, TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR STUDENTS, UH, AN APPROACHABLE PATHWAY INTO THE SKILLED TRAITS.
AND FINALLY, UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS THAT WE'VE SEEN AND WE'RE WORKING TO ADDRESS IS INTENSIVE SUPPORT TO JOB PLACEMENT.
UH, A LOT OF THE PARTICIPANTS THROUGHOUT THEIR TRAINING AND UPON COMPLETION WHEN WE WORK WITH THEM, UM, HAVE SUCH A GAP, UH, IN TERMS OF JOB READINESS.
UH, A LOT OF PARTICIPANTS THAT COME TO US DON'T HAVE A RESUME, OR THEY HAVE LITTLE TO NO EXPERIENCE IN ONLINE JOB SEARCHES OR APPLICATION PROCESSES, UH, AND EVEN HAVE SIGNIFICANT GAPS IN DIGITAL LITERACY.
SO OUR STAFF, UH, HAS WORKED TO CREATE SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP WORKSHOPS, UH, TO REALLY ADDRESS THOSE GAPS, TO GET THEM READY, NOT ONLY FOR TRAINING, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'LL BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE JOB.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE PARTNERS FOR, FOR SHARING THIS PERSPECTIVE.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE THIS INSIGHT TO THE COMMITTEE TODAY.
LIKE SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE PARTNERS MENTIONED, WE DO MEET WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND SO WE HEAR A LOT OF THESE STORIES AND, UM, I, I THINK THEY, WE, WE THOUGHT IT WAS VALUABLE TO, TO HAVE AND TO PROVIDE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO THE COMMITTEE TO HEAR 'EM DIRECTLY AS WELL.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE SUMMARIZE JUST A FEW OF THE MAIN THEMES THAT YOU HEARD THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION.
UM, YOU, YOU, WE HAD SEVERAL PARTNERS ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR CAREER EXPLORATION AND HOW PARTICIPANTS ARE REALLY NEEDING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME UNDERSTANDING WHAT CAREER FIELD THEY WANT TO, THEY WANT TO PURSUE, UM, THE ABSOLUTE CRITICAL VALUE OF THE WRAPAROUND SUPPORT THAT PARTICIPANTS NEED.
UM, WE, WE HAD IDENTIFIED THIS AS A, AS VERY MUCH A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO PROGRAMS LIKE THIS EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
UM, BUT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE CREATED HAS REALLY, UM, ALSO PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT.
UM, YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE, THE ALIGNMENT
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BETWEEN, UM, THE AVAILABLE JOBS BETWEEN THE SKILLS, UM, THAT PARTICIPANTS THAT ARE ENTERING OUR PROGRAM HAVE, AND THE INTEREST LEVEL ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.AND THIS KIND OF TIES BACK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE CAREER EXPLORATION AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT RAMA MENTIONED EARLY ON.
UM, BUT THEN ALSO, UM, SOME OF THE WORK THAT ADRIAN AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO MENTIONED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, TRAININGS ARE, ARE ALIGNED WITH THOSE AVAILABLE JOB OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY ANY, YOU KNOW, A, A LARGE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES THAT ARE TRAINED FOR, FOR A VERY, VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, YOU ALSO HEARD ABOUT, UM, ONE OF THE, THE INTERESTS THAT WE'VE SEEN ABOUT LONG-TERM TRAINING AND, AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE FACT THAT THIS HAS BEEN WHAT PARTICIPANTS HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN REQUESTING, AND, AND ALSO THE FACT THAT THIS IS, THIS IS IN FACT BENEFICIAL WHILE IT'S TAKING LONGER TO COMPLETE.
UM, IT STILL PROVIDES THE, THAT ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGE FOR PARTICIPANTS, UM, GETTING THAT, THOSE ADDITIONAL TRAINING SKILLS, UM, SKILLS.
AND THEN LASTLY, I THINK YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE IMPACTS THAT IT CAUSED.
UM, BUT I BELIEVE, UH, BOTH NINO AND, AND, UM, ADRIAN MENTIONED THE, THE CONCEPTS OF BRAIDED FUNDING, WHICH, UM, YOU'LL RECALL, THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF OUR RECOVERY PLAN.
SO YOU'VE GOT PARTNERS THAT ARE LOOKING AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, THE OTHER PROGRAMS AND THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT THEY HAVE, UM, TO, TO FIND THAT COMPREHENSIVE, UM, SERVICE LEVEL FOR PARTICIPANTS.
UM, IN SOME CASES, THEY'RE NEEDING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAPTURE THE INFORMATION THAT'S NEEDED FOR THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. BUT ALL OF THESE PARTNERS ARE BEING VERY CREATIVE AND COLLABORATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT PARTICIPANTS, THAT THAT IS ALSO INCORPORATED INTO, INTO HOW THEY'RE SERVING OUR, OUR TRAINED FOR JOBS PARTICIPANTS.
I SAY ALL OF THAT JUST IN SUMMARY, UM, BECAUSE THE FACT OF THE MATTER, SOMETHING THAT YOU PROBABLY CONSISTENTLY HEARD IS ALSO THAT THIS TAKES TIME.
UM, AND, AND, AND I JUST KIND OF WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE REMEMBER THAT WE'RE, WE'RE YOU ABOUT A THIRD OF THE WAY INTO THE, UM, A LITTLE OVER A THIRD PERHAPS.
THIS PROGRAM DOES CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
AND SO THAT, I THINK KEEPING THAT IN PERSPECTIVE AND HEARING SOME OF THE SPECIFIC STORIES ABOUT WHAT PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPERIENCING AND HOW THEY'RE MOVING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE THOUGHT WAS A GOOD CHECKPOINT RIGHT NOW IN THE PROGRAM.
AND, UM, I, I, I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND WE ARE ALL OPEN FOR QUESTIONS NOW, UM, FROM FOR MANY OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
AND THANK EVERYONE FOR, UH, GIVING THE INSIGHTS AND THE INFORMATION THAT YOU DID SHARE A REMINDER TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UH, USE THE PARTICIPANT BUTTON TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
ROSA GARCIA HAS ALREADY DONE IT, SO IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE THEIR HAND, PLEASE BE SURE TO USE THE PARTICIPANT ICON.
UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION TO, UH, KELLY RHODES, THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT RESTORE EDUCATION.
SO YOU SAID 75% OF THE PARTICIPANTS ARE AT A READING, UH, AT EIGHTH GRADE LEVEL OR BELOW, CORRECT? YES.
SO WHAT IS THE AVERAGE AGE OF YOUR, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THE AVERAGE AGE OF YOUR PARTICIPANTS? WELL, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UH, IT USUALLY HOVERS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 30 AND 35, SO A LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT OLDER.
AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT YOU HAD, UH, A INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP.
UM, WHO DID YOU NAME THAT YOU WERE PARTNERING WITH? UH, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, FAMILY SERVICE WITH MARY GAR.
AND SO GOOD, BECAUSE THAT ALIGNS WITH MY MY NEXT QUESTION, UH, FOR, FOR MARY, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING TOO, UH, WITH FAMILY SERVICE.
UH, DO YOU ALL HAVE, AND I GUESS TO CHRYSALIS AS WELL, DO YOU THREE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE A JOB BANK ALREADY WITH JOBS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT ONCE INDIVIDUALS GO THROUGH YOUR PROGRAM, THAT YOU CAN SAY, OKAY, HERE IS THE EMPLOYEE READY TO FILL THAT JOB HERE AND, AND CONNECT THEM.
UM, SO ON OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PATHWAY, YES WE DO, WE'VE GOT PROGRAMS THAT CREATE HIGH QUALITY SUBSTITUTES FOR CLASSROOMS, AS WELL AS HELPING PARTICIPANTS EARN THEIR CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE CERTIFICATION, WHICH THEN PUTS THEM ON A PATH IN TO GO ON THEIR ASSOCIATES, EARN THEIR ASSOCIATES, AND THEN EARN THEIR, UM, BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN TEACHING AND MOVE FORWARD.
SO ONCE THEY HAVE THE, THE ANGELS AND C D A CERTIFICATIONS, WE HAVE, UH, JOBS LINED UP FOR THEM EITHER INTERNALLY OR WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS.
AND FRANKLY, WE'RE AN INCUBATOR FOR OTHER AREAS, NOT JUST IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT
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OUT IN SOME OF THE RURAL COUNTIES WHERE WE ALSO PROVIDE THIS TRAINING THAT MOVES THEM INTO THAT CAREER PATH.AND AS KELLY MENTIONED, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO CREATE A PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM WITH SOME OF THE TECHNICAL SKILLS, TRADE, UH, TRAINING, UH, TRADE SKILLS OUT THERE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IS A VIABLE CAREER PATHWAY FOR MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO DON'T WANT TO, OR, OR CAN'T, DON'T PLAN TO GO ON TO COLLEGE.
BUT IT'S A GREAT SUSTAINABLE CAREER PATH.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH RESTORE EDUCATION AND AS KELLY NOTED, SOME OF THE PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN READY TO GO INTO A PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY HAVE BASIC SKILLS, UM, REMEDIAL TRAINING THAT THEY NEED FIRST TO HELP CATCH THEM UP.
WE KICKED OFF OUR FIRST, UH, PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IN DECEMBER, WAS AN ELECTRICIAN TRADE ONE.
AND, AND THE FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT ARE NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE OSHA TRAINING AND THEY'RE READY TO START A FIVE YEAR APPRENTICESHIP IN ELECTRICAL TRADE SKILLS, THIS, UM, SUMMER FALL TIMEFRAME.
AND ALL OF THIS IS, THEY'RE PAID DURING THIS TIMEFRAME.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TEED UP WORKING WITH THE CITY'S OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION ON THE 15TH OF FEBRUARY FOR WINDOW RESTORATION COURSE, WHICH IS JUST THE FIRST AND SERIES OF COURSES TO HELP PEOPLE LEARN NOT JUST NEW CONSTRUCTION SKILLS, BUT RENOVATION OF EXISTING HOUSING STOCK TO HELP OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS BE ABLE TO HELP IN, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINING THE, THE, UM, CONSTANCY OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT COMMUNITY CONTEXT THAT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING, NOT JUST WITH KELLY, BUT WITH, UM, OTHER, UM, ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK AT THE TRADE SKILLS TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIPS FOR SEVERAL OTHER PROGRAMS TO INCLUDE SHEET METAL AND PLUMBING AND OTHERS.
ALL OF THIS TRAINING BEING DONE OUT ON THE NEAR WEST SIDE, BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM GET THEIR FOOT IN THE DOOR THEN TO GO INTO THESE BROADER AREAS.
THERE, A LOT OF THEM AREN'T EVEN ABLE TO GET OUT TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
SO WE'RE BRINGING THESE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO THEM.
SO THOSE ARE, ARE TWO OF OUR AREAS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH JOHNNY HERANDEZ, WHO'S BROUGHT IN A KITCHEN CAMPUS TO OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, WORKING ON THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, HELPING TO TEACH YOUTH NOT JUST HOW TO COOK, NOT JUST HOW TO BE CHEFS, BUT THE BUSINESS OF THAT INDUSTRY AND THEN BEYOND.
AND THEN OUR FOURTH AREAS IN OUR TECHNICAL SKILLS, I MEAN, OUR STEAM TRAINING, WHICH WE'RE WORKING PRIMARILY WITH YOUTH ON TO HELP PREPARE YOUTH FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND OTHER STEM AND STEAM, UM, CAREER OPPORTUNITIES ONCE THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT'S VERY ENCOURAGING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RENOVATION AND THE PRE-APPRENTICESHIP.
I HOPE THAT CONTINUES TO GROW.
I DID WANNA GIVE A MOMENT TO CHRYSALIS MINISTRIES.
DO YOU ALL HAVE EMPLOYERS WHO ARE READY LINED UP ONCE INDIVIDUALS GO THROUGH YOUR TRAINING? YES.
AS, AS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE ON THIS PHONE CALL, THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, OUR CLIENTS ALL NEED WORK.
OUR CLIENTS UNFORTUNATELY, ALSO HAVE THAT OTHER STIGMA.
AND SO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH EMPLOYERS THAT ARE WILLING TO DO SECOND CHANCE HIRING.
SO WE WORK WITH LITERALLY HUNDREDS, A LITTLE OVER 400 EMPLOYERS THAT WILL HIRE PEOPLE WITH BACKGROUNDS.
I HAVE A PERSON SPECIFICALLY ON STAFF THAT WORKS DIRECTLY WITH EMPLOYERS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE VET THEM BEFORE WE START SENDING THEM CLIENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY IN FACT, WILL HIRE PEOPLE WITH BACKGROUNDS.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THAT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND WHICH BACKGROUNDS EACH OF THOSE EMPLOYERS WILL ACCEPT.
'CAUSE NOT ALL OF THEM WILL ACCEPT EVERY BACKGROUND.
SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CURRENT JOB LISTING FROM ALL OF THOSE EMPLOYERS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LIST OF CRITERIA THAT SAYS EACH CLIENT THAT WE SEND TO THEM HAS TO FIT THIS KIND OF, UH, MOLD WITHOUT THESE, UH, PARTICULAR BACKGROUND, UH, OFFENSES.
AND SO THAT MAKES THE PROCESS MUCH EASIER FOR OUR CLIENTS.
OF COURSE, WITH COVID LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, A LOT OF THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE SLOWED DOWN.
SOME OF THEM HAVE STOPPED HIRE JUST BECAUSE OF THE, SOME OF THE SHUTDOWNS AND THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
BUT WITH EVERYTHING OPENING BACK UP AGAIN, NOW WE'RE FINDING THAT THE JOBS ARE OUT THERE.
UH, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE CLIENT FLOW.
UH, I'M GONNA GIVE ONE MORE COMMENT THAT I'M GONNA OPEN IT TO THE FLOOR TO MY COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE I MEAN, I THINK OUR, ALL OF OUR MAIN ISSUE IS TO GET INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED A JOB, A JOB.
AND I KNOW THAT WITH OUR, ON THE JOB TRAINING, UH, PROGRAM, WE HAVE OVER 200 SLOTS.
THERE ARE OVER 200 SLOTS WITH THE O J, WITH THE O J T AVAILABLE.
SO WITH ALL OF THIS, I WANNA KNOW HOW WE CAN GET INDIVIDUALS
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INTO THOSE SLOTS, RIGHT? UM, BECAUSE THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING WE WANT TO DO.AND I KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE ALL WANT TO DO, UM, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE REALLY, UM, STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW AND JUST, I HEAR ALL OF THE CONCERN, I HEAR ALL OF THE THEMES THAT ARE, ARE HERE, BUT I JUST, UM, THOSE ARE MY, MY THOUGHTS.
AND MAYBE YOU ALL, SOMEBODY CAN TALK ABOUT ALEX OR, OR ROMA BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, SAN ANTONIO MANUFACTURER'S ASSOCIATION HAS THEIR APPRENTICESHIP.
WE KNOW THAT WAS MENTIONED BY KELLY AND MARY.
THERE ARE TRAINING PROGRAMS, APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. SO WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THAT? AND ARE WE GETTING PEOPLE INTO THOSE O J T JOBS? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'LL, I'LL START OFF.
UM, BUT I WELCOME ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, ARE PART OF THIS AS WELL.
TO JUMP IN, BECAUSE THIS IS A CONVERSATION WE HAD OVER THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS ABOUT HOW CAN WE, UM, ADJUST THE PROGRAM ASIDE FROM, FROM WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY APPROVED AND KIND OF CONSIDERED, AND THE ITEMS THAT RAM MANTA MENTIONED.
UM, REALLY, UM, KIND OF I, I GUESS HER CLOSING POINT OF UNDERSTANDING WHO THE PARTICIPANTS ARE AND WHAT THOSE SKILL LEVELS ARE SO THAT WE CAN PROPERLY IDENTIFY THE ON-THE-JOB TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU REFERENCED THE NUMBER OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST.
I THINK THE, THE LESSON, THE, OR NOT THE LESSON LEARNED, BUT THE, THE KEY FINDING HERE WAS THAT HOW WELL DO THEY ALIGN WITH PARTICIPANTS EXISTING SKILL LEVELS? WE'RE SEEING THAT SOMETIMES THERE DOES NEED TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL TRAINING BEFORE THEY COULD MEET THE, THE, THE MINIMUM LEVELS THAT SOME OF THOSE O O J T OPPORTUNITIES WERE REQUESTING.
BUT I'LL STOP THERE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PARTNERS HAVE FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE ON THIS AS WELL.
ALEX, I AND, UM, CHAIRWOMAN, I'LL JUST ADD THAT I THINK WHAT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO US IS THIS TYPE OF INTEL FROM OUR WORKFORCE PARTNERS TO INFORM, YOU KNOW, AT WHAT SKILLS LEVEL ARE THE PARTICIPANTS THEY'RE SEEING AT.
AND THEN SECONDLY, WHAT ARE THE TRAININGS THAT THEY ARE PUTTING THEM INTO.
FOR EXAMPLE, WITH MARY'S PROGRAM AND KELLY'S PROGRAM, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE BOTH REACHED OUT TO GET A BETTER SENSE OF, WELL, DO YOU HAVE EMPLOYERS LINED UP? AND WE WANNA BE MORE PROACTIVE IN TERMS OF GETTING THOSE EMPLOYERS INTO THE CLASSROOM, EITHER PHYSICALLY IF POSSIBLE, WITH SAFE SOCIAL DISTANCING OR VIRTUALLY TO ALSO ENCOURAGE THOSE PARTICIPANTS.
SO I THINK THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY IF WE CAN HELP WITH CAREER EXPLORATION AND REALLY PERSUADING FOLKS OR, OR AUGMENTING INTERESTS.
THEY MAY NOT BE THINKING ABOUT MANUFACTURING BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT KNOW WHAT MANUFACTURING LOOKS LIKE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THEY MAY HAVE NOT, NOT COME FROM A JOB LIKE THAT.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR US TO, TO FIND MORE CREATIVE WAYS TO ALSO BRING EMPLOYERS INTO THE CONVERSATION, MAYBE DIRECTLY INTO THE CAREER ADVISOR ROLE.
'CAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS THAT, THAT THOSE ARE IMPORTANT, BUT IT NEEDS TO TRICKLE DOWN TO THE FOLKS WHO ARE ACTUALLY PROVIDING THAT CAREER GUIDANCE.
AND SO WE'RE WILLING TO PROVIDE ANY CREATIVE WAYS, WHETHER IT'S EMPLOYER VIDEOS, TESTIMONIALS, ET CETERA, THAT WILL REALLY HELP A PERSON WHO'S GOING TO CONTEMPLATE A COMPLETE CAREER TRANSITION AS TO WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT GOING INTO A NEW ROLE.
SO I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT, UH, THAT, UM, PART OF IT IS TO, TO LOOK AT THE DATA, RIGHT? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WELL RECENTLY IN OUR, UH, UH, INTERNAL OPERATIONS IS WE LOOKED AT WHERE PEOPLE WERE SELECTING CAREER TRACKS.
AND NOT ALL INDUSTRIES ARE, UM, ARE REFLECTED.
NOT ALL OF THE TARGET OCCUPATIONS THAT WE, UH, PROMOTE, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE THAT WE HAVE CLIENTS ENROLLED INTO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND SO I THINK IT SPEAKS TO A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UH, IT SPEAKS TO WHAT RAM WAS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF A CAREER EXPLORATION, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY THAT HAS BEEN WORKING FOR SO MANY YEARS IN ONE PARTICULAR INDUSTRY, THE JOB MARKET AND THE INDUSTRIES HAVE CHANGED DRASTICALLY FROM PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY WENT INTO THE, THE PREVIOUS JOB THAT THEY GOT RELEASED FROM, RIGHT? SO THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT CAREER EXPLORATION.
THE OTHER IS ABOUT, UM, WHAT PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING.
AND WE STARTED TO, UH, A COUPLE OF PARTNERS STARTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME FOLKS ARE, ARE CHOOSING LONG-TERM TRAINING VERSUS SHORT-TERM TRAINING.
AND THE REASON THEY'RE DOING THAT IS THEY SEEM MORE VALUABLE AND STACKABLE CREDENTIALS AND THE ABILITY TO BE MARKETABLE AT THE END OF THIS, UH, JOURNEY, RIGHT? AND, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY SECURE, UM, NOT ONLY ONE JOB, BUT POTENTIALLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR MULTIPLE JOBS, RIGHT? WHEN YOU GO TO O J T, AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE MAKING A CONSCIOUS DECISION AS WELL, IS IF THEY GO TO O J T, YES, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'LL GET PAID, BUT THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A JOB.
AND FOR THAT MATTER, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY'LL HAVE ANY KIND
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OF CREDENTIAL THAT THEY CAN CARRY WITH THEM BEYOND THAT PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE.SO, UM, SO THERE IS SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT PEOPLE MAKING A CONSCIOUS CHOICE ABOUT SAYING EITHER GOING INTO SHORT-TERM OR LONG-TERM TRAINING, POTENTIALLY RECEIVING A STIPEND AND GETTING PAID AT THE SAME TIME, AND THEN UNDERSTANDING FROM, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE THAT THEY MAY, UH, BE MORE MARKETABLE.
SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS THAT ARE, THAT ARE HAPPENING.
TWO OTHER THINGS, UH, THAT HAPPENED ON THE O J T SIDE IS THERE'S A BACKGROUND CHECK AND THEN THERE'S A DRUG TEST, AND THE EMPLOYER IS THE ULTIMATE PERSON THAT SELECTS THAT PERSON.
SO THERE HAVE BEEN REFERRALS, THERE HAVE BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, CLIENTS THAT HAVE, UH, GONE TO POTENTIALLY INTERVIEW WITH, UH, SOME OF THE EMPLOYERS THAT ROMANITA HAS LINED UP, BUT THERE'S A MISMATCH THERE.
AND SOME OF THAT IS ABOUT SORT OF PEOPLE NOT PASSING BACKGROUND CHECKS OR DRUG TESTS AND, AND THEN THAT RENDERS THEM INELIGIBLE TO GET INTO THAT O J T S UH, SLAP.
SO IT'S A COMBINA, UH, COMBINATION OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA CHAIR, AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY.
UM, GREAT PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
UM, UH, SO I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND, AND FIRST I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO RESTORE EDUCATION.
I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR GRADUATION, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEKEND, AND YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB WITH A SOCIALLY DISTANCED CELEBRATION.
AND IT WAS SO COOL TO SEE THE, THE FACES AND ON THE FAMILIES, UM, JUST, THEY WERE SO PROUD.
THE FOLKS THAT RECEIVED THEIR G E D THAT BECAME CNAS, UH, THE PHLEBOTOMIST.
I MEAN, EVERYONE WAS JUST SO EXCITED.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE A PART OF THAT.
UM, UM, MS. RHODES, I APPRECIATE IT.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED IN YOUR SLIDE, I'LL JUST START, START WITH YOU SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT, AND THEY ANSWERED THE PRE PARTNERSHIP, OR SORRY, PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM QUESTION, BUT ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD IS, DO YOU ALL SHARE THE MODEL? I THINK THAT YOU ALL HAVE AN EXCELLENT MODEL.
UM, AS FAR AS, UH, LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN INTENSIFY THE SUPPORT FOR JOB PLACEMENT, YOU ALL OFFER HOTSPOTS, LAPTOPS, ET CETERA, UH, RESUME BUILDING.
UM, DOES, DO YOU ALL SHARE THAT MODEL WITH EVERYONE ELSE? OR HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE OTHER ENTITIES ARE DOING THAT AS WELL FOR THEIR CLIENTS? GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK A, A LOT OF THE PARTNERS ARE ALREADY DOING A LOT OF THAT THEMSELVES, RIGHT? I THINK IT LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT FOR THE POPULATIONS THAT WE SERVE.
UM, UH, AND WE, WE DO COLLABORATE A LOT, ESPECIALLY WITH, YOU KNOW, FAMILY SERVICES AND CHRYSALIS, ESPECIALLY FOR PARTICIPANTS THAT DO HAVE A BACKGROUND.
WE ARE VERY, UM, AWARE AND CONNECT THEM TO NINO AND HIS TEAM, UH, AND TO MARY AND HER TEAM AS WELL, IF, IF WE DON'T HAVE EMPLOYERS OR CONNECTIONS FOR THOSE DIFFERENT TRAININGS.
SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF COLLABORATION GOING ON THERE, BUT YOU'RE SO RIGHT.
I THINK IN, IN CREATING A, A STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE ALL OFFERING THOSE SERVICES, SO.
AND I KNOW, UH, AND, AND CHRYSALIS, UH, MR. TARANTINO MENTIONED THIS, UH, A LITTLE BIT ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER, BUT EARLIER TODAY I FOUND OUT THAT THE TOP TWO QUESTIONS THAT OUR CITY'S HR STAFF RECEIVE ARE, CAN WE WORK FROM HOME? AND, UM, DOES MY PREVIOUS RECORD PER KEEP PREVENT ME FROM APPLYING? SO I KNOW THAT IT'S HUGE, RIGHT? AND SO, UM, THE FIRST QUESTION, AND YOU HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED THE SECOND ONE, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT BE PREVENTED FROM PARTICIPATING ON SOME OF THESE BECAUSE OF A, A RECORD.
BUT CAN YOU ALL JUST IN GENERAL, HELP ME ADDRESS HOW YOU'RE WORKING THE ANSWER OF CAN WE WORK FROM HOME? ARE WE PARTNERING WITH ENTITIES THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO WORK FROM HOME RIGHT NOW? IS IT MORE HANDS-ON? CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BETTER? I I CAN JUMP IN FROM FAMILY SERVICE SAYING THAT DEPENDING ON OUR PROGRAM AND THE TIMING, OUR TRAINING, WE'VE HAD SOME THAT ARE COMPLETELY IN PERSON WITH APPROPRIATE SOCIAL DISTANCING PROTOCOLS CONTINUING IN PLACE.
WE'VE HAD SOME THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PIVOT TO ALL REMOTE.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME WHERE WE'VE DONE A MIXTURE WHERE WE DO BOTH IN PERSON AND REMOTE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF OUR CLIENTS.
BECAUSE AT THE BOTTOM, YOU KNOW, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS WE NEED TO MEET OUR CLIENTS WHERE THEIR NEEDS ARE AT AND, AND BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THEM IN THIS JOURNEY WITH THEM.
SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, BUT BASED ON WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
AND, AND, UH, BY THE WAY, I'M ON THE BOARD FOR KITCHEN CAMPUS, SO I LOVE THE KITCHEN THAT YOU ALL HAVE OVER THERE, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND WE NEED A LOT OF THAT FOCUS ON THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP THERE.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR ADRIENNE.
ADRIENNE, CAN YOU HELP ME? UH, AND ACTUALLY IT MIGHT BE FOR ALL OF YOU ALL, I'D LOVE TO SEE YOUR AGE DEMOGRAPHICS.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE ENROLLING IN LONG TERM VERSUS SHORT TERM.
I WOULDN'T SAY WHAT THE AGE GROUPS THAT ARE ENROLLING IN THIS LONG TERM VERSUS THE SHORT TERM IS.
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HAVE THEM.UM, I, I KNOW ADRIAN SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, SO I'LL LET HIM ANSWER FOR W S A, BUT IF, MAYBE ALEX, MAYBE THAT'S ON, ON A TO-DO LIST TO GET FROM EVERYBODY AGE DEMOGRAPHICS.
'CAUSE THEN I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR YOU FOR W S A.
SO IN TERMS OF, UM, I DO HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF, UH, SOME OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS.
UH, I THINK WE NEED TO CROSS-REFERENCE IT IN TERMS OF WHO IS SELECTING, WHETHER IT'S, UM, SHORT TERM TRAINING OR LONG-TERM TRAINING OR O J T.
UM, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, ON ON OUR END, WHICH IS ABOUT 900, SO CLIENTS OR SO ABOUT 63% OF THEM THAT ARE ACTUALLY FEMALE AND ABOUT 37% THAT ARE MALE, THAT'S A LITTLE HIGHER THAN, UH, WE'RE SEEING IN THE, UM, UH, OUR UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS. 'CAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, UM, OUT OF THE 300 PLUS THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE 13 COUNTY REGION, THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT SINCE LAST MARCH, ABOUT 51 TO 52% FEMALE, AND THEN ABOUT, UH, 48 TO 49%, UH, MALE.
UH, SO THIS PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY SERVING MORE, UH, OR HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAN, UH, WHAT IS THAT? WHAT IS THE TYPICAL, UH, UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMANT? UM, IN TERMS OF AGE? UM, WE ARE SEEING SOME LEVEL, UH, IN LARGE PART THE SORT OF, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS, THE TWO LARGEST GROUPS THAT WERE, UH, MOST AFFECTED BY UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS WERE 18 TO 24 AND, AND 25 TO 34.
UM, THERE IS, UH, FOR THE MOST PART, THE BIGGEST SEGMENTS, UM, IS ACTUALLY THREE DIFFERENT PARTS.
IT'S 18 TO 24, 25 TO 34, AND 35 TO 44 THAT ARE THE LARGEST SEGMENTS OF FOLKS THAT, UM, HAVE ENROLLED INTO OUR PROGRAMS. AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T CROSS-REFERENCED THAT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT, UH, AGE IS SELECTING DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, TRAINING, WHETHER IT'S SHORT TERM OR LONG TERM, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN DO THAT.
AND WE'VE GOT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER DATA THAT CAN, UH, REFERENCE TO, UH, THE UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS. THANK YOU, ADRIAN.
AND, AND JUST REALLY QUICKLY, Y'ALL ARE CALLING THE TWC, UM, THE, THE, UM, THE, WHEN THEY GET THE UNEMPLOYMENT LIST, YOU ALL ARE CALLING ALL OF THEM AND OFFERING THE SERVICES? YES, MA'AM.
JUST MAKING SURE I HAVEN'T ASKED THAT.
WE, WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE LIKE THOUSANDS OF, OF ROBOCALLS TO, TO THOSE FOLKS AS WELL AS EMAILS AND TEXTS, ALL SORTS OF WAYS.
AND THEN THIS IS IN GENERAL FOR EVERYONE AND, AND ADRIAN, YOU MENTIONED THIS, AND SO, UM, WOMEN ARE AN IMPORTANT PART.
WE KNOW A LOT OF WOMEN ARE UNEMPLOYED.
THERE'S ALSO 2.5 MILLION WORKING SINGLE MOTHERS OR WORKING MOTHERS IN, IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO WE KNOW THAT WHEN CHILDCARE CENTERS WERE CLOSED, IT GREAT, IT GREATLY IMPACTED THEM.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR FOR MENTIONING THAT.
MY QUESTION WAS GONNA BE IN GENERAL, FOR THE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO TAKE THIS ONE, THERE'S THESE, THESE GROUPS, LIKE, LIKE WOMEN, SINGLE MOMS, UH, DIFFERENTLY ABLED FOLKS.
AND THEN ALSO THE SECOND CHANCE, WHICH I, I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH CHRYSALIS, BUT IS THERE SOMEONE LOOKING AT THESE GROUPS SO THAT THEY DON'T FALL TO THROUGH THE CRACKS? AND THEN I WOULD ADD ANOTHER GROUP AND IT'S THAT 45 PLUS, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THEY JUST HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME REASON MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE ONLINE ACCESS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT ARE WE BEING SPECIFIC AND LOOKING AT WHY THOSE FOLKS AREN'T ENROLLING? HEY, COUNCILMAN, THIS IS, UH, DAVID AT PROJECT QUEST.
I'M, I'LL OFFER A COMMENT OR THOUGHT, UH, FIRST FROM A PROCESS STANDPOINT, JUST TO RECITE SOME OF THE STATS.
WHAT WE'VE SEEN, AND I'LL USE THIS AS PRE COVID TO WHAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH THE TRAINING FOR JOBS SA EXPERIENCE, OUR, OUR MEETING AGE STILL RUNS IN THAT HIGH TWENTIES, EARLY THIRTIES.
UH, TWO THIRDS, 67% ARE STILL FEMALES, AND ABOUT 60% ARE SINGLE PARENTS ON TOP OF THAT NUMBER ALSO.
SO THE GENERAL POPULATION THAT WE'RE SEEING COME IN ACTUALLY MIRRORS WHAT, UH, WE'VE SERVED BEFORE.
I HAVE, WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK, I THINK MORE, UH, IN A TREND OF, UH, THOSE NUMBERS ACTUALLY INCREASING A LITTLE BIT TO YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT DRILLING INTO THE DEMOGRAPHICS.
WE'RE DOING THAT AS WE SPEAK, BUT THERE'S NOTHING MATERIAL THAT I CAN REPORT OUT RIGHT NOW THAT SAYS THERE'S AN, THERE IS, UM, SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT TO MY EARLIER COMMENTS ON MY SLIDE TO YOUR LAST PART OF THE QUESTION THERE.
I THINK THE INTERESTING THING, THE LEARNING POINT HAS BEEN HOW ARE WE OUTREACHING TO THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE THE AWARENESS OF THE PROGRAM? AND AS I SAID, I THINK THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HAVE SHOWN THAT MOMENTUM BUILDING THAT WE'RE USING DIFFERENT CHANNELS.
THIS IS JUST NOT A PROJECT QUEST COMMENT.
I COULD SEE THIS FOR ALL MY COLLEAGUES, UH, ON THE CALL HERE TODAY, THAT WE'RE GETTING MUCH MORE, UH, SOPHISTICATED IF YOU WOULD, IN REACHING OUT AND MAKING SURE WE'RE TOUCHING THE WIDE SWATH OF DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS.
ONE CASE, AN EXAMPLE FOR US IS BEING PRESENT IN THE CHURCH BULLETINS AND, AND MAKE GETTING TO THE GROUND LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE'S ACCESS TO OUR PROGRAM, WHAT OUR SERVICES, WHICH IS A CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE
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WAY OF GETTING TO THAT POPULATION, ALSO BEING AT THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTION EVENTS TO GET ON THE FRONT LINES AND, AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH FOLKS.SO I THINK PART OF THAT IS STILL GONNA CONTINUE TO TREND IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS WE GET MORE CLOSER TO THE POPULATION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE.
BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY PULL THAT DATA, TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC DATA POINTS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION, I'M SORRY.
OH, NO, THAT'S PERFECT BECAUSE ACTUALLY I THINK IT'S FOR YOU DR.
SO ALMOST, ALMOST, UH, NO ONE GOT OFF THE HOOK TODAY WITH ME, ALMOST, RIGHT? SO, UM, DR.
FLORES, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO SET UP SHORT-TERM TRAINING? AND SO HOW DOES, UH, COLLEGE SCHEDULE IMPACT ANY OF THIS, UH, SHORT-TERM TRAINING? UH, I'M A FACULTY MEMBER, SO I KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES US TO SET UP BLACKBOARD COURSES, ET CETERA.
SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BETTER.
DOCTOR, I THINK THAT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS AS YOU, AS YOU KNOW, IS WHAT WE CALL SCHEDULE BUILD, RIGHT? SO, UH, FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT NOW OUR ACADEMIC FOLKS ARE IN THE THROES OF BUILDING THE SCHEDULE FOR THE FALL SEMESTER THAT STARTS IN AUGUST.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, UH, PRIDE OURSELVES IS, UH, COUPLE OF PROOF POINTS.
WE START CLASSES EVERY TWO WEEKS, UM, ON THE CREDIT SIDE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE TRY AND BE AS NIMBLE AS WE CAN ON THE WORKFORCE TRAINING SIDE.
UM, BUT, BUT WE, WE NEED TO DO IS, IS NOT ONLY BUILD, UM, THE SCHEDULED REFLECTIVE OF THE NEEDS THAT PERSPECTIVE STUDENTS OR PERSPECTIVE TRAINEES HAVE, BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THEM THROUGH THE INTAKE PROCESSING JUST IN TIME TO ACTUALLY GO INTO, IN THIS CASE, A VIRTUAL PLACEMENT, RIGHT? SO, UH, THERE ARE MANY LEADING INDICATORS AND DATA POINTS THAT WE LOOK AT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RUN, UM, THE SESSIONS THAT WE HAVE SET FOR THOSE PARTICULAR PATHWAYS.
SO I THINK THAT'S PARTICULARLY CRITICAL.
AND I KNOW THIS WAS A, A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND SEVERAL MONTHS BACK RELATED TO BUILDING THE PROGRAMS AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE, UH, STUDENTS COMING THROUGH THE PIPELINE THROUGH INTAKE PROCESS TO GET THEM JUST IN TIME.
DO YOU, UH, CHANCELLOR? I DID WANNA SAY RELATIVE SURE.
YES, I DID WANNA SAY RELATIVE TO YOUR EARLIER QUESTION IS THAT I THINK ONE OF THE NICE THINGS FOR, FOR ALAMO OR ANY OF THE, OF THE PROVIDERS IS THAT WE'RE LEANING ON, ARE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXISTING RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEN A VALUE ADDED TO ANY OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH.
SO I KNOW FOR US, FOR OUR 69,000 STUDENTS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO THIRDS ARE FEMALE, TWO THIRDS ARE ON NEED-BASED AID, UM, OR SCHOLARSHIPS.
AND 17,000 OF OUR STUDENTS ARE PARENTS.
AND SO WHAT WE SEEK TO DO IS THEN BUILD SYSTEMS, UM, AT SCALE, FOR INSTANCE, OUR WRAPAROUND SUPPORT SERVICES THROUGH OUR ADVOCACY CENTERS THAT ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR OUT CLASSROOM NEEDS, ESPECIALLY DURING, UH, THE COVID PERIOD.
SO JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GABRIEL HDA.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS DISCUSSION AND LEARNING ABOUT SOME OF THE BARRIERS FOR POTENTIAL JOB CANDIDATES.
THIS HAS BEEN REALLY INFORMATIVE.
I, I'M INTERESTED IN INCREASING PARTICIPATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE ANOTHER OPTION FOR JOB TRAINING AND PLACEMENT.
AND I KNOW EVERYONE HERE SHARES THAT SAME GOAL.
UM, BUT I WANNA BACK IT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, THE DISCUSSION AND TALK ABOUT THE BARRIERS TO ENTRY, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO JUST TO GET 'EM IN THE DOOR.
AND I KNOW YOU TOUCHED ON THIS TODAY, BUT I, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF WE LEARNED, LIKE WHAT'S THE NUMBER ONE IMPEDIMENT TO BOTH RECRUITMENT AND THEN PEOPLE FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM, AND THEN A FOLLOW UP TO THAT.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN REMOVE THAT BARRIER? HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THE, THE CHANCES FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN? I, I'LL, I'LL JUMP IN ON THAT ONE.
UM, FIRST I WILL TELL YOU IT REALLY DEPENDS ON EACH INDIVIDUAL CLIENT AND WHAT THEIR INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.
AND, AND I WILL HAVE TO SAY RIGHT UP FRONT THAT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT JUST ONE BARRIER.
THERE TEND TO BE A NUMBER OF BARRIERS TIED TOGETHER.
AND THIS GOES BACK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF IT, OF DOING COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS ON THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS IN THEIR LIVES THAT HAVE PREVENTED THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WHY THEY'RE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND THEN WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HELP MITIGATE OR, OR ELIMINATE THOSE BARRIERS AND GET THEM INTO THESE PROGRAMS. WHETHER IT IS TIED TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE REMEDIAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, BUT IT COULD BE TIED TO DO THEY NEED CHILDCARE? DO THEY HAVE TRANSPORTATION? ARE THEY AT RISK OF BEING EVICTED FROM THEIR HOMES? DO THEY HAVE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, UH, YOU KNOW, SAFETY ISSUES IN THEIR HOMES OR WITH THEIR CHILDREN THAT,
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YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED FIRST BEFORE THEY'RE EVEN GONNA THINK ABOUT WHAT CAN THEY DO TO START A JOB TRAINING OR, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE JOB TRAINING AND FIND A JOB OR STAY IN A JOB.SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND THEN DETERMINE FROM THOSE NEEDS WHAT CAN BE DONE AND WHAT IS THAT INDIVIDUAL WILLING AND ABLE TO DO AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
AND SOMETIMES WITH AN INDIVIDUAL, IT MIGHT BE MEETING AN IMMEDIATE NEED TODAY, BUT THEY'RE NOT READY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES IN THEIR LIVES.
AND SO THEY'LL STEP BACK OUT, BUT THEN COME BACK IN AT A LATER POINT AND SAY, I'M READY NOW TO ADDRESS THIS OTHER ISSUE IN MY LIFE TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UH, ESPECIALLY THE HARDER TO SERVE CLIENTS IS IT REALLY IS A JOURNEY, AND IT DOES TAKE TIME BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE READY AT EACH STAGE OF THE PROCESS BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE A KEY MEMBER.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE KEY PLAYER FOR THEIR SUCCESS.
WE'RE HERE TO HELP SUPPORT THEM AND GIVE 'EM THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND, AND HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, WALK WITH THEM ON THIS JOURNEY TO GET THEM THROUGH.
BUT IT ALL TIES BACK TO WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS THOSE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH BARRIERS OR OPPORTUNITIES TIED TO THOSE, THOSE PILLARS IN SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH THAT ARE MENTIONED IN THE STATUS OF WOMEN REPORT.
I KNOW THAT, THAT SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE REFERENCED, BUT REALLY TIED TO THOSE COMPREHENSIVE, UM, BROAD DEFINITION OF HEALTH NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO ENABLE THEIR FUTURE LIFE SUCCESS.
SO IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, THEY, UM, IT'S, IT'S ALL THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE NORMALLY CAN'T, YOU KNOW, PURSUE EDUCATION OR JOB TRAINING.
UH, AND I KNOW PROJECT QUEST IS REALLY GOOD ABOUT HELPING WITH THAT, WITH WRAPAROUND SERVICES, AND THAT'S PART OF OUR INITIATIVE.
BUT, UM, AND I ALSO, I HEAR YOU WHEN YOU SAY THAT THEY, THEY HAVE TO BE KINDA BE READY FOR IT, BUT I, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO DO MORE THAN WE CAN'T PUT IT OFF ON, ON THEM.
SO, I'M CURIOUS, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? COUNCILMAN? THIS IS, AGAIN, IF I CAN JUST, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO ECHO MARY'S COMMENTS.
ARTICULATING THE BROADER PICTURE.
AND SINCE YOU MENTIONED, UH, PROJECT QUEST, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE, THAT FRONT PART, THERE'S LAYERS TO THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION OF, UH, UNPACKING THOSE BARRIERS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND IT'S REALLY EVEN IN THIS COVID ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH PEOPLE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN A VIRTUAL SETTING OF HOW I CALL IT APPLICANT ENGAGEMENT, WHERE AS WE WORK WITH PEOPLE FROM THE OUTREACH STANDPOINT TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE SERVICES, GET THEM INTO THE PROGRAM, AND THEN HOW WE NURTURE THEM THROUGH, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S AMBAL BETWEEN THE APPLICANT BEING ENGAGED AND WORKING.
IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S A DOCUMENTATION ISSUE, IF THERE'S A FAMILY SITUATION ISSUE.
AND THEN THERE IS THE UNKNOWN ISSUE ABOUT THE, WE TALKED ABOUT CLEAR CAREER EXPLORATION.
ALL OF THOSE ARE LAYERS TO MOVING SOMEBODY FROM THE FRONT DOOR AND GETTING THEM IN THAT TRAINING SEAT.
AND EACH PERSON COMES WITH A DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE HAVE TO UNPACK.
SO AS, AS YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO, IT'S REALLY TAKING THAT PERSON, UNDERSTANDING THEM AND THEIR LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE ASSESSMENT PHASE, AND THEN STAYING WITH THEM AND BEING PROACTIVE AND ENGAGING WITH THEM.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE THING THAT WE'VE LEARNED IS WE'VE PUT IT UPON OURSELVES TO NOT LET THAT PERSON GO.
AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS, THEY MAY DISENGAGE FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES, BUT WE'VE MADE IT A POINT TO GET BETTER AT FOLLOW UP, STAYING WITH THEM, ENGAGING WITH THEM, AND THEN PULLING THEM BACK INTO THE PROCESS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND 'EM.
AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO HAVE HAD TO TAKE IN THE PAST OF KEEPING PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS AND WHAT WE'VE HAD TO DO FROM OUR END TO MOVE THEM THROUGH.
WELL, I, I, I, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT, DAVID.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, BEING PROACTIVE AND REACHING OUT, UM, WHEN THEY WITHDRAW AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET PULLING THEM BACK IN, IS THERE, UM, AND THIS IS FOR ANYBODY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE'VE SEEN, UM, WHAT'S THE BEST RETENTION SOLUTION SO FAR? ANYTHING THAT KIND OF STANDS OUT, HOW WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM OR, OR, UM, UH, INVITE THEM TO PARTICIPATE? CA COUNCILWOMAN, I, THIS IS MIKE FLOTIS.
UM, I WOULD MENTION COUNCILWOMAN HOFFER.
I THINK WITH OUR STUDENTS, WHAT WE SEE IS WE, WE COMPETE AGAINST POVERTY.
SO WE COMPETE EACH AND EVERY DAY AGAINST POVERTY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO FIRST ENROLL AND THEN FOR THEM TO CONTINUE.
AND I THINK, UH, DURING COVID, THE ADDED CALCULUS FOR, FOR INSTANCE, THE 17,000 STUDENTS THAT ARE PARENTS IS THE TIME THAT THEY HAVE, ESPECIALLY IF THEIR CHILDREN ARE VIRTUAL AT HOME.
SO HOW DO THEY CARVE OUT THAT TIME TO BE, TO ENGAGE AND TO TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES? AND SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED, UH, NOW GOING THROUGH THIS, UH, THIRD SEMESTER FOR US, UM, A YEAR IN, IS THAT WE ARE ALSO BEGINNING TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UH, FOR OUR STUDENT PARENTS TO HAVE ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN, UH, FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO DO, IS
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PROVIDING PROGRAMMING, PROVIDING KITS, PROVIDING CONVERSATIONS AND RESOURCES SO THAT THEY HAVE THE TIME FOR THEIR, UH, COURSEWORK AND FOR THEIR, UH, HOMEWORK.AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
UM, AND THAT WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE WITH OUR TRAINEES IS WHAT ACTIVITIES CAN WE PROVIDE THE PARENTS SO THAT THE CHILDREN CAN BE ENGAGED WHILE THEY CAN THEN SPEND SOME TIME ON TASK OTHER THAN FROM, YOU KNOW, 10:00 PM TO PERHAPS, UH, 2:00 AM RIGHT WHEN THEY CARVE OUT SOME TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
BUT, UH, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF OUR TAKEAWAYS THAT WE'VE SEEN AS PART OF COVID WHEN THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE IN THE, IF I CAN GIVE YOU A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE, UM, WE JUST HAD A, A, A NICE, ONE OF OUR MANY SUCCESS STORIES, AND THIS WAS PRE COVID, BUT IN PARTNERING WITH ELLEN COLLEGE DISTRICT, WITH THE H P, WE HAVE ONE OF OUR CLIENTS WHO WAS GOING THROUGH RADIOLOGY, UM, TECHNICIAN TRAINING.
AND, AND IT WAS A LONG JOURNEY JUST TO GET STARTED IN THAT TRAINING.
HE JUST GRADUATED IN DECEMBER, HE STARTED IN 2018, AND HE IS A SINGLE DAD.
HE HAD MANY, MANY OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE WAY TO DROP OUT.
BUT IN WORKING WITH OUR STAFF AND, AND OUR COUNSELORS AND COACHES, EVERY TIME HE THOUGHT HE HIT UP A WALL WHERE HE WAS GONNA HAVE TO DROP OUTTA SCHOOL AND GO BACK AND FIND A MINIMUM WAGE JOB BECAUSE HE COULDN'T AFFORD IT, WE WOULD FIND WAYS AND HELP HIM UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF STAYING IN SCHOOL AND, AND WORKING THROUGH THOSE BARRIERS.
WHETHER IT WAS SUPPORT WITH ACCESS TO CHILDCARE, WHETHER IT WAS UTILITIES ASSISTANCE, RENTAL SUPPORTS, OR, YOU KNOW, CHILDCARE SUPPORTS, KEEPING KIDS, YOU KNOW, ENGAGED WITH VIRTUAL LEARNING, ET CETERA.
HE JUST GRADUATED IN DECEMBER AND IS NOW ON A JOB PAYING $24 AN HOUR.
SO HE WENT FROM LOW WAGE, YOU KNOW, BEFOREHAND, TWO YEARS AGO, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, WHERE HE'S NOW ON A PATH FOR LIFE SUCCESS.
BUT IT WAS A LONG JOURNEY ALONG THE WAY WITH LOTS OF IMMEDIATE NEEDS TO BE MET AND BREAKING THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL BARRIER, BUT FOCUSING ON THAT LONG-TERM LIFE SUCCESS.
BUT A LOT OF TIMES THESE CLIENTS COME IN, COME IN, NOT EVEN ABLE TO SEE THAT LONG-TERM OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
WE HELP THEM DEAL WITH THE IMMEDIATE CHALLENGES SO THEY CAN SEE THAT LIFETIME LONG-TERM OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY NOW HAVE A HOPE OF ACHIEVING.
I'M, I'M, I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED.
FLORES, UH, THE, THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SEEING KIND OF PAST THEIR OWN, IT'S NOT JUST APATHY, RIGHT? Y'ALL ARE, YOU'RE SEEING THAT IT'S, UH, I THINK YOU PUT IT REALLY WELL.
IT'S, YOU'RE COMPETING WITH POVERTY AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE HIERARCHY OF NEEDS ARE GONNA, YOU KNOW, WORK TO FEED THEIR KIDS AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR KIDS BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE.
SO OFFERING THAT CHILDCARE AND, AND, AND MARY STAYING UP WITH THEM, UH, KEEPING UP WITH THEIR, THEIR ALMOST THEIR DAY-TO-DAY SOMETIMES I THINK IS REALLY ENCOURAGING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED.
UH, SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE BRIEFING ONE.
UH, SOME ITEMS THAT WE WILL TAKE, UH, WELL YOU STAFF WILL TAKE ACTION ON IS, UH, GETTING A, UM, THE AVERAGE AGE OF ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AND REPORT THAT BACK OUT TO US.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I, I WAS THINKING ABOUT, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT JUST THE, HOW WE SHARE JOB OPPORTUNITIES WITH, AMONGST, WITHIN THE PARTNERSHIPS SO THAT WE'RE NOT SILOED IN JOBS.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, THESE ARE MY JOBS, DON'T TOUCH 'EM, THESE ARE MY JOBS, BUT THAT WE'RE NOT SILOED, BUT THAT WE'RE SHARING THAT EVERYBODY CAN HAVE THAT, UH, BANK, THAT JOB BANK, IF YOU WILL.
UH, EVERYONE, I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.
[4. 21-1493 Briefing on the 2021-2024 WSA Local Plan as approved by the Committee of Six on January 27, 2021 for submission to the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). [Carlos Contreras, Assistant City Manager; Alejandra Lopez, Director, Economic Development]]
MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, AND THAT IS A BRIEFING ON THE 2021 TO 2024 W S A LOCAL PLAN AS APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE OF SIX ON JANUARY 27TH, 2021, UH, WHICH WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION.SO ALEX, I'LL PASS IT TO YOU AND THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, ADRIAN AND I THINK DR.
AND I WILL ACTUALLY TURN IT STRAIGHT OVER TO ADRIAN AND THE W S A TEAM, UM, THIS IS A SOMEWHAT OF A ROUTINE ITEM.
UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S REQUIRED THAT, UM, BE APPROVED BY, UM, THESE DIFFERENT GOVERNING BODIES.
UM, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN SHARE SO MANY OF THE DETAILS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PLAN.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL TO PRESENT ON THIS.
UM, WE ARE REQUIRED BY THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION TO COME UP WITH A FOUR YEAR PLAN.
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THE PLAN, UH, IS OUR WAY OF DEMONSTRATING TO THE, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE, THE 13 COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE, HOW WE INTEND TO, UH, INVEST OUR DOLLARS SUPPORTING PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES AND, UH, TARGETED OCCUPATIONS.THIS IS BASED ON A WHOLE SLEW OF ANALYSIS THAT, UM, IS CONDUCTED BY, UH, DR.
WADO AND, AND HER TEAM, AS WELL AS, UH, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS AND, UH, DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, INDUSTRY LEADERS THROUGHOUT, UH, THE REGION.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PLAN IS WHAT WE ARE, UH, PROPOSING AS THE MODEL BY WHICH, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST UNDER THE, THE, THE MOST RECENT DISCUSSION WE WERE HAVING, THE PREVIOUS ITEM BY WHICH, UH, MANY OF THE ECOSYSTEM PLAYERS CAN ACTUALLY PLAY, UH, BETTER, UH, IN PERFORMING WORKFORCE SERVICES.
AND SO WE'LL GO OUT A LITTLE BIT INTO, INTO DETAIL ON THAT.
BUT IN LARGE PART, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT, UH, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO'S BUDGET, WHICH IS ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THAT BUDGET GOES TO, UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UM, UH, UH, BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, WHICH IS CHILDCARE.
UM, WHICH IS ABOUT 65 OR $70 MILLION THAT WE'RE INVESTING, HAVE ABOUT, UH, 12,000 KIDS, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS IN CHILDCARE SLOTS.
UH, WHICH IS ALLOWING ABOUT, UH, ABOUT 8,000 FAMILIES EITHER WORK, UH, GET TRAINED, UM, OR ARE IN, UH, SOME SORT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE OUTLINE AS SORT OF SOME OF THE STRATEGIES AND, AND THE LOCAL PLAN AND HOW WE INTEND TO UTILIZE THOSE DOLLARS, FOCUSING ON THE INDUSTRIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, SUPPORTING.
SO YOUR INPUT, UH, AND YOUR FEEDBACK IS, UH, BEING SOLICITED 'CAUSE WE'LL, UH, WE HAVE UNTIL, UH, MARCH 1ST TO, TO, UH, UM, PUT THIS PLAN TOGETHER.
IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY OUR BOARD AS WELL AS THE, UH, COMMITTEE OF SIX, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, FAIR COUNTY, AND THEN TO THE AREA JUDGES.
UM, SO WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS.
AND SO I ASK FOR, UH, ANY KIND OF COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
JUST KEEP IN MIND JUST AS WELL, THAT THE INDUSTRIES THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING OR WE ARE TARGETING HERE, UM, IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS, UH, INTO PEOPLE.
SO, NOT EVERYBODY, UH, WHO COMES TO W S A NEEDS TRAINING OR UPSCALING, UH, THEY MAY JUST NEED A JOB AND WILL PLACE THEM IN A, IN A JOB THAT IS, THAT IS OPEN WITH, UH, WHICHEVER INDUSTRY THEY WOULD LIKE.
HOWEVER, FOR THOSE, UH, INDUSTRIES THAT ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW AND HAVE SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT JOB GROWTH IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, AS WELL AS TO ALIGN ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, PRIORITIES FROM EACH OF THE COMMUNITIES, UM, YOU ALL INVEST IN THINGS LIKE TAX ABATEMENTS AND TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AND OTHER TYPES OF TOOLS THAT YOU UTILIZE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THESE INDUSTRIES.
AND SO WHAT THIS PLAN INTENDS TO DO IS TO ALIGN THOSE PRIORITIES FROM AN INDUSTRY STANDPOINT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE INVESTING OR FOLLOWING UP YOUR INVESTMENT FROM A WORKFORCE STANDPOINT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ECONOMIC PRIORITIES BECOME A REALITY.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO, UH, ASK, UH, DR.
ROJA TO GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THE SLIDESHOW.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR GIVING US OPPORTUNITY TO, TO PRESENT THIS LOCAL PLAN TO YOU.
UM, AND IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, AND, UH, ADRIAN DID A, A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO SORT OF WHAT, WHAT THE ESSENCE OF THE LOCAL PLAN IS INTENDED TO BE.
UM, I CAME ON BOARD WITH WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS ALAMO IN MAY, AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY STARTED WORKING ON THIS.
AND SO, UM, HAVE PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S COME A LONG WAY AND HAS, HAS HAD A LONG JOURNEY THROUGH MULTIPLE BODIES, UM, AS, AS WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING THIS FRAMEWORK, LOOKING AT THE KIND OF MODEL THAT WE WANTED TO, TO CREATE, TO EXECUTE, UM, THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE IN MIND.
AND SO, JUST HERE, UM, TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, OUR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO THE, THE DOCUMENT'S BEEN POSTED SINCE JANUARY 8TH, UM, WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, IT WAS APPROVED ALREADY BY THE COMMITTEE OF SIXTH ON THE 27TH OF LAST MONTH.
AND OUR, UM, FULL BOARD, UM, THE WEEK PRIOR TO THAT.
BUT, UM, AS, AS THE YEAR HAS GONE BY, HAVE HAD THE INSIGHT AND, UM, GUIDANCE OF OUR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE, UM, TO SORT OF HELP US, UM, AS WE, WE THINK THROUGH THESE STRATEGIES.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS ADRIAN MENTIONED TO, TO SORT OF GAUGE THE, THE, UM, THE, THE TONE AND TEMPERATURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE 13 COUNTIES THAT IS SERVED BY WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, NOT NECESSARILY JUST JUST FOR BEAR COUNTY, UM, TO REALLY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS AND PRIORITIES OF THE RURAL COUNTIES.
WE, UM, SENT OUT AN, UH, A SURVEY TO ALL OF THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, INCLUDING YOUR DISTRICT OFFICES, UM, FOR, TO ASK THEM ABOUT ECONOMIC PRIORITIES, TARGET INDUSTRIES,
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SPECIAL POPULATIONS.THIS IS JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT SHOT OF THE KINDS OF, UM, INFORMATION THAT WE GOT BACK.
UM, WE INTEND TO CONTINUE THIS, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GONNA SUBMIT THIS LOCAL PLAN TO, UM, TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION ON MARCH 1ST.
WE, UM, INTEND TO, UM, CONTINUE TO SOLICIT THIS KIND OF FEEDBACK AS WE START TO IMPLEMENT AND EXECUTE.
I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION SO THAT EITHER YOU COULD, IF, IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU HAD DIDN'T RECEIVE THIS THROUGH YOUR DISTRICT OFFICE EMAIL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE US WITH A, A BETTER EMAIL WHERE YOU CAN RECEIVE THESE KINDS OF, UM, THESE KINDS OF SOLICITATIONS FOR YOUR FEEDBACK, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ADD YOU, UM, THAT ADDRESS TO A DIFFERENT MAILING LIST.
UM, AND I CAN MAKE ALL OF THESE RESULTS AVAILABLE TO YOU IN ITS ENTIRETY.
JUST I HAVE A, HAVE A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME TO GIVE A LONG PRESENTATION.
SO, WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR BOARD STRATEGIC VISION.
UM, AND IT'S BASED ON A SECTOR-BASED PARTNERSHIP MODEL, WHICH IS, UH, A MODEL THAT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED EXTENSIVELY IN OTHER AREAS, IN OTHER STATES, UM, IN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT.
BUT WHAT IT REALLY IS, IT'S BASED ON, UM, A SET OF BEST PRACTICES WHERE IT'S THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, BETWEEN INDUSTRY DRIVEN PRIORITIES, DATA-DRIVEN PRIORITIES AROUND INDUSTRIES, UM, AND PARTNERING IN A REAL AND MEANINGFUL AND INTENTIONAL WAY WITH STRATEGIC, WITH OTHER STRATEGIC PARTNERS, UM, AND THE CAREER PATHWAY SYSTEM THAT MAKE UP THE, THE, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD, THAT PROVIDE ON-RAMPS AND ENTRY POINTS INTO THE WORKFORCE.
UM, AND IN THE MODEL, YOU'LL SEE IT'S UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, UM, ADULT BASIC EDUCATION.
I WAS REALLY GLAD TO SEE, UM, AND HEAR THE, THE CONVERSATION PROCEEDING THIS, BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES GIVE, UH, A FULL VIEW OF KIND OF WHAT THAT ECOSYSTEM LOOKS LIKE.
MANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE, UM, THAT ARE ON THE, ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS ON THIS CALL, AND MANY OTHERS THAT AREN'T REPRESENTED ON THIS CALL, UM, COULD BE REPRESENTED BY THOSE ORANGE DOTS AND BE PART OF THIS ECOSYSTEM, OR ARE PART OF THIS ECOSYSTEM.
AND SO THE, THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF A SECTOR-BASED PARTNERSHIP IS REALLY JUST MAKING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS REAL AND TANGIBLE THROUGH DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS AND MOUS THAT, THAT OUTLINE EXACTLY WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP WOULD BE BETWEEN WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO, AND THAT STRATEGIC PARTNER, OR THAT STRATEGIC PARTNER AND AN EMPLOYER.
BUT REALLY HELPING TO FACILITATE, EXPEDITE AND ACCELERATE THE KINDS OF COOPER, THE KIND OF COOPERATION THAT'S NECESSARY TO DO THE JOB THAT WE ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A REALLY BIG JOB, AND THE EVENTS OF LAST YEAR, UM, MADE IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT.
SO, UM, WITH WITHIN THIS MODEL, THERE'S A SPACE FOR A CONVENER, WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, UM, IS STEPPING INTO THAT ROLE, UM, AND IS, IS HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HELP CREATE COHESION AND COHERENCE, UM, BETWEEN ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS SO THAT THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR, FOR FOLKS WHO ARE ENTERING, UM, THE WORKFORCE, UM, FOLLOWS THAT PATH THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, RIGHT, FROM ENTERING A WORKFORCE OR CAREER PATHWAY SYSTEM, UM, AND THEN BEING CONNECTED TO AN EMPLOYER, NOT JUST FOR A JOB, BUT FOR A LONG-TERM CAREER.
THE LOCAL PLAN, UM, HAS A VERY LARGE SECTION ON OUR ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE ANALYSIS.
UM, MY TEAM HAS WORKED, UM, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS ON, UM, PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, THE, THE, THE SLIDES I'M GONNA PRESENT, GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE SLIDES IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE JUST A, A COUPLE THAT I'VE PULLED FOR BREVITY WITHIN THIS PRESENTATION, UM, BUT ARE BASED ON A WELL-DEFINED METHODOLOGY TO DETERMINE, UM, THE, UM, N A I C S CODES LOOKING AT, UM, HIGH GROWTH.
SO PERCENT CHANGE IN, UM, PROJECTED GROWTH OVER 20 FROM 2018 TO 2028.
SO WE'RE, UM, ALMOST THE NEXT 10 YEARS OR SO.
UM, HIGH GROWTH AND JOB AVAILABILITY, UM, BASED ON THE, THAT TIME PERIOD, UM, LOOKING AT THE MEAN WAGE, UM, HOURLY WAGE AND ANNUAL WAGE FOR EACH OF THE INDUSTRIES.
UM, AND, AND THEN LOOKING AGAIN AT, UM, SOME OCCUPATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THIS SLIDE ARE THE TWO DIGIT INDUSTRY CODES FOR SECTORS.
SECTORS ARE A, A MUCH MORE BROAD, UH, VIEW OF, OF AN INDUSTRY.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A MORE OF A 20,000 FOOT VIEW AS OPPOSED TO A, UH, A VERY MINUTE, A MINUTE, UH, VIEW OF WHAT, WHAT OUR TARGETS ARE GOING TO BE.
YOU'LL SEE HERE THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT INCREDIBLY, UM, DIVERGENT FROM WHAT WE SAW IN THE LAST ITERATION OF THIS PLAN IN 20 17, 20 19.
UM, IT, UM, THEY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RETAIL TRADE, UM, AND I'LL EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW RETAIL TRADE FACTORS INTO SOME OF THESE, BUT THEY'VE, THEY'VE PRETTY MUCH REMAINED FAIRLY CONSISTENT.
MINING QUARRYING OIL AND GAS IS, IS, IS A NEW INTRODUCTION.
SO BASED ON THE, THE METHODOLOGY THAT I JUST DISCUSSED, THESE ARE THE TARGET INDUSTRIES.
SO THINK INDUSTRIES AS, AS EMPLOYERS, UM, WITHIN THESE INDUSTRY CLUSTERS.
THE CLUSTERS ARE, UH, THE, THE STATE OF TEXAS, THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS HAVE OUTLINED, UM, A SERIES OF
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INDUSTRY CLUSTERS.AND THEN THEY MAKE HEAT MAPS AVAILABLE TO US TO IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE, THE TARGETED CL UH, INDUSTRY CLUSTERS, UM, ARE MOST CONCENTRATED IN OUR REGION.
SO IN THE 13 COUNTY REGION SERVED BY WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, ALAMO.
UM, AND WHAT WE DO WHEN WE EXAMINE THOSE HEAT MAPS, THE, THE INDUSTRIES THAT ARE MOST HEAVILY CONCENTRATED ARE THOSE THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THIS LIST.
AGAIN, OIL AND GAS WAREHOUSING, TRANSPORTATION FINANCE, UM, IS, IS A NEW ADDITION TO THAT.
THE OTHERS REMAIN, HAVE REMAINED THE SAME FROM PREVIOUS PLANS.
UM, I MENTIONED RETAIL TRADE, UM, ALTHOUGH IT SHOWS UP, UM, IN THE SECTORS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
UM, WHEN WE THINK OF RETAIL TRADE, YOU SHOULDN'T BE THINKING LIKE STOREFRONT RETAIL.
UM, RETAIL TRADE SHOWS UP IN THESE INDUSTRIES IN THE AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL COMMERCIAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, UM, UH, MERCHANT WHOLESALERS, BUILDING MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES DEALERS.
SO REALLY THIS IS CONNECTED TO TRANSPORTATION, UM, AND, AND DELIVERY SUPPLY CHAIN WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TYPES OF INDUSTRIES.
SO IT IS THE, THE ACT OF THE OCCUPATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH GETTING MATERIAL GOODS TO STOREFRONTS FOR RETAIL TRADE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR, 'CAUSE IT, IT POPS UP AS RETAIL TRADE AND IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE AN ANOMALY.
THE NEXT STEP, UM, AFTER WE IDENTIFY THESE TARGET OCCUPATIONS IS TO IDENT, I'M SORRY, INDUSTRIES IS TO IDENTIFY TARGET OCCUPATIONS.
AGAIN, TARGET THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA TARGETS ARE HERE.
UM, PERCENT CHANGE GREATER THAN 15.7% OF FROM 2018 TO 2028.
THE NUMBER CHANGE GREATER THAN MORE THAN 500 JOBS MEAN WAGE, $15 AN HOUR.
AND THEN SOME SECONDARY DATA TARGETS INCLUDING, UM, JOB POSTINGS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE STEM RELATED.
WE SPEAK TO EMPLOYER PARTNERS, UM, THROUGH SURVEY TO LOOK AT THEIR STAFFING PATTERNS.
WE LOOK AT OCCUPATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, UM, LOOKING AT LOCAL TARGETS FOR INVESTMENT, AND THEN FEEDBACK FROM, UM, LOCAL INDUSTRY PARTNERS WHO TALK TO US ABOUT WHICH JOBS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCLUDED.
NEXT PAGE, THIS IS VERY SMALL AND USUALLY I'LL, UH, WHEN I, WHEN I'M CONTROLLING MY PRESENTATION, I'LL ZOOM, ZOOM IN ON IT, BUT, UM, IT'S IN THE LOCAL PLAN, UM, THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR, IN YOUR MEETING PACKET.
BUT THESE ARE THE TARGET OCCUPATIONS THAT MEET BOTH THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA TARGETS FOR EACH OF THE IDENTIFIED INDUSTRIES.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT MANY OF THEM, UM, REQUIRE BACHELOR'S DEGREES, SUB HIGH SCHOOL, UM, SOME ASSOCIATE'S DEGREES.
BUT, UM, AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD TODAY, WE, WE REALIZED THAT EVEN THOUGH THESE, THESE OCCUPATIONS THAT REQUIRE BACHELOR'S DEGREE, UM, WILL ALSO, UM, HAVE A CAREER, A CAREER PATHWAY MAPPED OUT FOR THEM.
SO SOMEONE WHO, UM, IS WORKING TOWARD A COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SYSTEM MANAGER WITH THE BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CYBER, YOU KNOW, IN THE CYBERSECURITY INDUSTRY, MIGHT START OUT IN A, UH, IN A ENTRY LEVEL TRAINING PROGRAM.
AND THEN, UM, USE STACKABLE CREDENTIALS TO LEVEL UP TO THAT OCCUPATION.
FURTHER THAN THAT, WE ALSO DO SOME ANALYSIS ON IN-DEMAND OCCUPATIONS.
THESE ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE TARGET OCCUPATIONS IN THAT THEY ONLY MEET THE PRIMARY DATA TARGETS.
THEY DO NOT MEET THOSE SECONDARY DATA TARGETS FOR INCLUSION ON THE LIST.
THESE ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL WITHIN, UM, THE TARGET INDUSTRIES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED.
THEY'RE STILL IN DEMAND OCCUPATIONS, MEANING THEY, UM, THERE ARE JOB HOSTINGS FOR THEM.
EMPLOYERS ARE ASKING FOR THEM, BUT THEY DON'T QUITE, UH, MEET THE, THE LEVEL OF SCRUTINY FOR INCLUSION BASED ON THOSE SECONDARY DATA TARGETS.
SO, BUT WE DO LIKE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM.
UM, THESE WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE, UH, FOR, UM, FUNDING FOR TRAINING, BUT THEY COULD AT SOME POINT, MAYBE IN THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE PLAN, WIND UP ON THAT TARGET LIST, JUST DEPENDING ON HOW, HOW GROWTH LOOKS RELATIVE TO EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONS.
IN THIS PLAN, UM, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN YOU'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS PLANS.
WE DID SOME ANALYSIS ON, UM, THE OCCUPATIONS, UM, AND PROJECTIONS WITHIN EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES.
I'VE INCLUDED BEAR COUNTY HERE, BUT WE DO HAVE THE SAME ANALYSIS FOR THE OTHER 12 COUNTIES THAT ARE SERVED BY WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.
UM, THE, UH, THE, THE JOBS THAT YOU SEE IN GREEN ARE THOSE THAT ARE INCLUDED IN OUR TARGET OCCUPATIONS LIST.
SO FOR BEXAR COUNTY MARKET RESEARCH ANALYSTS AND MARKET MARKETING SPECIALISTS, THOSE ARE WITHIN THE OCCU.
THE TARGETS THAT YOU JUST LOOKED, THAT YOU JUST, UH, LOOKED AT, UM, THOSE IN THE YELLOW ARE THOSE THAT ARE STILL EXPERIENCING THAT HIGH RATE OF CHANGE.
UM, FROM 2020 TO 2024, HIGH AVERAGE HOURLY EARNINGS, A LOW TURN TURNOVER RATE.
OUR THRESHOLD FOR TURNOVER IN THIS ANALYSIS WAS 60%.
UM, AND THEN WE LISTED THE TYPICAL ENTRY LEVEL EDUCATION, AND THEN WE DID SOME MALE, UM, UH, SOME ANALYSIS ON HOW MANY MALES AND FEMALE PERSONS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE JOBS JUST TO KIND OF GET A, A THRESHOLD OR A BASELINE
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FOR, UM, FOR WHERE WE MIGHT START INTRODUCING SOME GENDER EQUITY, ESPECIALLY IN OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE HISTORICALLY MALE DOMINATED.UM, SO, SO YOU'LL SEE, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE ABOUT 50 50 IN BEXAR COUNTY, OF THOSE TARGET OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE MOST GROWTH, WE STILL DO NEED TO, UM, TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE SOME OTHER OCCUPATIONS THAT SHOULD BE ON OUR LIST, UM, JUST TO PAY ATTENTION TO.
UM, AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT SOME, IF YOU LOOK AT, UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE COUNTIES, UM, SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE RURAL AREA, UM, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH SOME, SOME INTERESTING OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, UH, IN THE ENLIGHTENING TO LOOK AT, TO GIVE YOU A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT THAT, THAT COUNTY ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE IN THE RURAL AREAS.
WE INTRODUCED THIS, UM, HIRING GAP ANALYSIS.
UM, AND THIS IS FROM THE PERIOD JUNE, 2020 TO NOVEMBER, 2020.
SO JUST A PERIOD THAT WAS, UM, IN THE, IN THE HEIGHT OF, YOU KNOW, PANDEMIC ERA LAST, LAST FALL.
UM, ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET, OBVIOUSLY, BUT TO, TO USE THIS AS A BASELINE TO START TRENDING, HOW, UM, THESE JOB POSTINGS ARE BEING AFFECTED, UM, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF JOBS THAT ARE POSTED AND THE NUMBER OF JOBS THAT WERE HIRED FOR THAT PARTICULAR, UM, THAT PARTICULAR OCCUPATION.
THOSE IN BLUE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE A HIRING GAP.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, HEALTHCARE, TRANSPORTATION, COMPUTERS, UM, HAD A SIGNIFICANT GAP.
UM, AND THOSE IN THE RED ARE THOSE THAT WE'RE HIRING ACTUALLY MORE, UM, THAN, THAN WERE, THAN WERE POSTED.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE, UM, WE COULD REALLY TREND THAT OUT OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, NINE MONTHS, ONE YEAR TO SORT OF EFFECT HAS HAD ON SOME OF THESE, THESE JOBS THAT ARE, HAVE THE HIGHEST, UM, AVERAGE MONTHLY POSTINGS.
UM, WE'VE INCLUDED THIS CHART, UM, BECAUSE IT, I THINK IT REINFORCES THE, THE IDEA AND THE THE NEED FOR THE MODEL THAT WE'VE PROPOSED.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS, UM, FOR OUR PROGRAM YEAR, STARTING OCTOBER, 2019, THROUGH THE, THE END OF THE PROGRAM YEAR, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 30TH OF LAST YEAR, TOTAL OF 463 PARTICIPANTS, UM, ENROLLED IN A COURSE AT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS FOR TRAINING.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE IT'S VERY CYBERSECURITY, IT HEAVY, VERY HEALTHCARE HEAVY.
AND THEN THERE WERE SOME TRAINING, UM, TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT CAN BE APPLICABLE TO, UM, MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT AEROSPACE, UM, CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION AND OIL AND GAS, UM, THAT PEOPLE WERE NOT TRAINED FOR THOSE OCCUPATIONS AND FOR THOSE INDUSTRIES, IT'S JUST THAT W S A IS NOT DOING IT.
UM, AND, UM, THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY ADVOCATE THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING EVERYTHING, OBVIOUSLY.
AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S A NEED TO REALLY, UM, INTENTIONALLY DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT WHAT THE STATE OF WORKFORCE IS IN THE ALAMO REGION, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE LOCAL LEVEL STATE, AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING, TAKING TIPS FROM, FROM WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AS WELL.
BUT HOW DO WE CAPTURE AND FACILITATE COMMUNICATION ACROSS ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING WORKFORCE, UM, INCLUDING OURSELVES, UM, TO REALLY GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT, UM, WHAT, WHAT'S BEING ACCOMPLISHED, UM, AND IS THE, THE ALAMO REGION AND IS THE INDIVIDUAL JOB SEEKER BETTER OFF FOR IT? NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS JUST A, A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR, UM, JOB CENTERS LAST YEAR.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE 16 JOB CENTERS ACROSS THE 13 COUNTY REGION.
UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAD OVER 90,000, ALMOST 91,000 FOLKS THAT CAME INTO THE JOB CENTER.
UM, AND THEN WHEN WE PIVOTED TO A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT, UM, AFTER, UM, STAY AT HOME ORDERS WERE IN PLACE, UM, WE HAVE, UM, WE HAD 116,000, UM, VIRTUAL GUESTS.
OBVIOUSLY AS, AS ADRIE MENTIONED, WE ARE, UM, STILL FUNCTIONING AS AN IN-PERSON, UM, SITE, BUT STILL OFFERING THOSE VIRTUAL SERVICES AS WELL.
UM, IN OUR WORK IN TEXAS.COM SYSTEM, WHICH IS, UM, THE, THE, THE WEBSITE THAT'S FACILITATED BY, UM, ADMINISTERED BY TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, WE HAD NEARLY 8,000 JOBS BILLED, UM, 127,000 ACTIVE JOB SEEKERS, MEANING FOLKS WHO HAD, UM, AN ACTIVE ACCOUNT LOOKING FOR A JOB, AND ABOUT 7,000, UM, ACTIVE EMPLOYERS WHO ARE POSTING THEIR JOBS ON WORK IN TEXAS.
UM, YOU'LL SEE OUR 5,100 FOLKS WHO ARE IN SOME TYPE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
UM, AND THEN UNITS OF SERVICE, WHICH IS BASICALLY ANY SERVICE THAT WAS PROVIDED BY WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.
UM, SO HOW DO WE DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE'VE BEEN SUCCESS SUCCESSFUL AT IMPLEMENTING THIS, NOT JUST THIS MODEL, BUT, UM, REALLY TAKING OUR DATA INFORMED APPROACH AND APPLYING IT TO HOW WORKFORCE, UM, IS, IS DONE NOT JUST
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AT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, BUT, UM, HELPING OUT ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE DATA THAT THEY'RE, THEY NEED AS WELL.UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AN EVALUATION FRAMEWORK OF CREATING BASELINE REPORTS, NOT JUST FOR OUR CORE PROGRAMS, THE PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY TEXAS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS, I MEAN BY TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION.
UM, BUT SOME, SOME OTHER KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW, HOW SUCCESSFUL, UM, OUR CORE PROGRAMS ARE, OUR NON-CORE PROGRAMS AS WELL.
UM, REALLY EVALUATING HOW PARTNERSHIPS ARE WORKING OUT, HOW WELL ARE WE COMMUNICATING, HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH EDUCATION PARTNERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND OBVIOUSLY JOB SEEKERS THAT WE SEE AS PARTNERS AS WELL, LOOKING AT INDUSTRY METRICS, UM, NOT JUST GOING AS FAR AS, UM, MEASURING HOW, HOW MANY FOLKS EITHER ENROLLED OR GRADUATED, BUT PLACEMENT IN THOSE TARGET INDUSTRIES LIKE WE'VE DISCUSSED ON THIS CALL TODAY.
UM, LOOKING AT REAL-TIME WAGE DATA, HOW, HOW CAN WE EFFECTIVELY TAP INTO SOME RESOURCES WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, THAT GIVES US REAL TIME WAGE DATA AS OPPOSED TO WAGE DATA THAT THAT'S LAGGING BY A COUPLE OF QUARTERS.
UM, AND THEN HOW ARE WE WORKING WITH, UM, EMPLOYERS TO UPSKILL INCUMBENT WORKERS OR RE-SKILLING INCUMBENT WORKERS SO THAT WE CAN RETAIN, UM, A QUALIFIED WORKFORCE AND INTRODUCE MORE ENTRY-LEVEL FOLKS INTO THOSE COMPANIES.
AND THEN SOME ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORTS PARTNERING WITH SOME, UM, SOME, UH, OTHER DATA PARTNERS, UH, TO LOOK AT R O I OF OUR CORE PROGRAMS, OUR NON-CORE PROGRAMS, AND THEN OF COURSE THE, THE LARGEST, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN CHILDCARE, LOOKING AT CHILDCARE AS A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, UM, AND LOOKING AT DUAL GENERATION BENEFITS, NOT JUST TO THE CHILD THAT'S RECEIVING CHILDCARE, BUT TO THE PARENT WHO, UM, IS THEN ABLE TO GO TO A JOB AND HOW WELL ARE WE SERVING THOSE PEOPLE TO GET INTO HIGHER WAGE JOBS AND INTO CAREER PATHWAYS AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT MIGHT JUST PAY, UM, UH, MINIMUM WAGE, UM, AND WITHOUT MUCH ROOM FOR ADVANCEMENT.
UM, AT THE COMMITTEE OF SIX, UH, SOME OF THE FEED TO DATE, UM, HAVE BEEN AROUND THE CONSIDERATION OF HOSPITALITY, ACCOMMODATION, AND FOOD SERVICES FOR INCLUSION IN THE LOCAL PLAN, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, THAT THIS INDUSTRY AND THESE OCCUPATIONS, UM, MAKE UP A, A LARGE PORTION OF THE ECONOMY IN SAN ANTONIO AREA IN BEXAR COUNTY.
AND, AND FOR THAT MATTER, MANY OF THE RURAL COUNTIES, UM, INDICATED THIS AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, TRAVELING OUT TO FREDERICKSBURG OR TO BANDERA, UM, MEANS A LOT TO THOSE LOCAL ECONOMIES.
UM, AND SO LOOKING AT PROPOSING STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS THIS AS A LOCAL PRIORITY, IT WAS ADDRESSED IN OUR, IN OUR PREVIOUS LOCAL PLANS.
SO WE REVISIT HOW TO DO THAT, HOW TO, UM, ASSIST THOSE EMPLOYERS, ALTHOUGH, BECAUSE, BECAUSE THOSE JOBS DON'T MEET THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY, UH, DATA TARGETS, WE CAN'T INCLUDE THEM ON TARGET LIST, WHICH MEANS WE CAN'T MAKE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THEM, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T STILL ASSIST THOSE EMPLOYERS AND FOLKS WHO WANNA WORK THERE.
UM, AND CONNECTING THOSE WITH JOBS.
UM, CONTINUING PURSUING ORGANIZATIONAL ECONOMIC STUDY FOR R O I I JUST MENTIONED THAT THAT'S IN PROCESS.
UM, AND EXPLORING STRATEGIES FOR ASSESSING APPLICABILITY OF SKILL SETS ACROSS SECTORS.
SO IF SOMEONE, UM, IS LAID OFF FROM ONE SECTOR, HOW ARE WE JOB MATCHING SOMEONE WHO HAS SOME SKILL IN MANUFACTURING? HOW CAN WE APPLY THOSE SKILLS TO, TO CYBERSECURITY? AND IT, SOME OF THOSE ARE SOME OVERLAPPING SKILLSET.
SO, UM, IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THOSE COMMENTS AND INCORPORATING THEM INTO THE PLAN AS WELL.
SO LIKE I SAID, IT IS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A DEDICATED EMAIL ADDRESS TO SEND, UH, YOUR COMMENTS TO IF YOU'D LIKE TO, OR YOU CAN SEND THEM DIRECTLY TO ME AND ADRIAN.
UM, AND WE WILL, UM, INCLUDE THEM IN THE PLAN.
UM, AND, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, YOU DON'T JUST HAVE TO HAVE, UM, COMMENTS FOR INCLUSION IN THE PLAN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE TO SEND TO ME, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE TO ANSWER, AND I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
ODO, APPRECIATE, UH, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.
IT'S VERY INSIGHTFUL, INSIGHTFUL.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
UM, AND I THINK THOSE COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK ARE REALLY GOOD, ESPECIALLY THE APPLICABILITY OF SKILL SETS ACROSS SECTORS AND INDUSTRIES.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT QUESTION ABOUT THE SLIDE, IF YOU CAN GO TO IT, ADDRESSING THE GAP DOWN.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S CLOSE TO THE END.
UM, ON THE GUEST AT THE JOB CENTERS, IT SAYS 90,700, 705, AND THEN VIRTUAL GUESTS, THE 116,225, IT'S THE NEXT SLIDE.
THOSE ARE UNIQUE VISITS, IS THAT CORRECT? THOSE ARE THE, THE GUESTS, YES AND NO.
UM,
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THEY, WHEN THEY COME IN, THEY DO REGISTER.UM, AND SO IF SOMEONE IS A GUEST THAT IS 90,705 THAT ARE FOLKS THAT, UM, THAT CAME INTO THE CENTER, UM, IT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT THEY, UM, MIGHT HAVE COME IN MORE THAN ONCE.
UM, THE VIRTUAL, UM, WE, AND IS, IS A LITTLE BIT, UM, MORE AMBIGUOUS IN THAT YES, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE CONTACTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO FOLKS EITHER THROUGH VIA EMAIL, PHONE CALL, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, SO, UH, AND, AND GOING TO A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT, COMPLICATED THAT PROCESS JUST A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE HAVING TO BE CONTACTED MULTIPLE TIMES.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT WE'VE JUST IMPLEMENTED, UM, I GUESS ABOUT A MONTH, A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, UM, A NEW SYSTEM.
IT'S CALLED VOSS GREATER, IT'S A TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION REQUIRED, UM, CHECK-IN SYSTEM WHERE EVERYONE, IT WILL BE DOCUMENTED.
SO I FEEL LIKE WE'LL HAVE A MUCH CLEARER PICTURE OF EXACTLY, AND, AND DOCUMENTING THE REASON FOR THAT PERSON TO COME IN.
UM, SO THAT, BECAUSE SOME, SOME FOLKS COME IN TO USE THE COMPUTER, SOME FOLKS COME IN TO SEE A CAREER COUNSELOR.
UM, VARIOUS DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT, AND, AND AS WE GO FORWARD, THOSE WOULD BE UNDOCUMENTED, I'M SORRY, UN UNDO UNDUPLICATED.
SO SOME OF THOSE GUESTS COULD BE, UM, DUPLICATES, BUT THE NEW INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GETTING, IT WILL NOT BE DUPLICATED.
IT'LL, NO, THESE ARE, THESE ARE UNDUPLICATED IN TERMS OF LIKE THE PERSON THAT CAME IN WHEN WE DO THE ANALYSIS ON, ON THESE, THESE ARE UNDUPLICATED NUMBERS.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SOME FOLKS DO COME IN MULTIPLE TIMES IN ARE CONTACTED.
SO THESE, THESE NUMBERS IN TERMS OF THE, THE VOLUME OF CONTACTS THAT ARE MADE, UM, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS ARE PROBABLY MUCH HIGHER THAN THIS.
NOT LOWER, BUT THESE WOULD BE UNDUPLICATED FOLKS.
WE SCRUB THEM TO, TO WEED OUT DUPLICATES.
AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM WHERE IT SAYS PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WITH, UH, BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, UM, WHAT DOES NOT SELF-SUFFICIENT MEAN? WHAT, WHAT IS WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I WOULD, I'M GONNA ASK MARK IF HE CAN WEIGH IN ON THIS ONE BECAUSE THIS IS, UM, IS MARK STILL ON THE PHONE? YES, HE IS.
I, THE NOT SELF-SUFFICIENT IS BASED ON THE WAGE OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHEN THEY ENTER THE PROGRAM.
SO IF IT IS BELOW THE SELF-SUFFICIENCY WAGE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THAT WOULD BE THE CATEGORY THAT THEY WOULD FALL INTO.
WHAT IS THE SELF-SUFFICIENCY WAGE? SO THAT'S THE AVERAGE WAGE, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO.
I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S $14 PER HOUR TODAY, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
UM, NEXT, COUNCILMAN ROCHA GARCIA, AND, UH, REALLY WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO DR.
UM, AND I AM A PART OF THE COMMITTEE OF SIX, SO I'VE ALREADY HEARD THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK YOU PROBABLY, YOU ALREADY MADE SOME, SOME TWEAKS IT LOOKED LIKE, UH, ALSO, SO, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE TARGETED, UM, EMPLOYEES, UH, I'M SORRY, THE TARGETED INDUSTRIES.
CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND, FOR, FOR THOSE OF US WHO, WHO AREN'T, UH, A PART OF COMMITTEE OF SIX, UM, THE TARGETED IN INDUSTRIES ALSO AFFECT SURROUNDING AREAS.
UM, CAN YOU HELP UNDERSTAND HOW THAT IS, UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY BUDGETED, BUT, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE BREAKDOWN IS BASICALLY, SO WE MIGHT SEE AN INDUSTRY THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR SAN ANTONIO OR DOESN'T MAKE US MUCH SENSE.
CAN YOU HELP, UH, HELP WITH THAT SO THAT FOLKS ARE MORE CLEAR ON THAT? YEAH, AND ADRIAN, YOU MIGHT WANNA TAKE THE, THE BUDGET QUESTION, BUT IN TERMS OF THE ANALYSIS THAT WE DO, WE HAVE THIS ESTABLISHED METHODOLOGY THAT IS APPROVED BY TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION, AND I WENT OVER WHAT THOSE ARE.
UM, AND SO THIS ANALYSIS IS DONE AT A REGIONAL LEVEL.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS LOCAL PLAN, IT'S, IT'S FOR THE ENTIRE 13 COUNTY REGION.
SO ALTHOUGH, UM, THERE, THERE MIGHT BE SOME INDUSTRIES THAT YOU SEE ON THERE, EVEN SOME SECTORS THAT MAY NOT BE, UM, AS, AS PREVALENT OR SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT INTUITIVELY THINK AS OF AS, AS HAPPENING, LIKE TAKE MINING, UM, OIL AND GAS FOR, FOR INSTANCE, THAT THAT MIGHT NOT BE AS PREVALENT, UM, IN, IN BEXAR COUNTY.
BUT IN COUNTIES LIKE MCMULLEN COUNTY, ATASCOSA AND SOME OF THE SOUTHERN RURAL COUNTIES, MINING OIL AND GAS IS, IS ONE OF THE MAJOR EMPLOYERS.
UM, SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE SECTORS, THEY'RE MEANT TO ENCOMPASS AN ENTIRE REGION, UM, WHICH IS WHY WE DID WANT TO DO THAT COUNTY BY COUNTY ANALYSIS TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE OCCUPATIONS, AND YOU CAN SORT OF DERIVE FROM THE OCCUPATIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN THE, IN BY ON AN INDIVIDUAL COUNTY BASIS, WHICH INDUSTRIES THAT WOULD, THOSE WOULD APPLY TO AS FAR AS THE BUDGET IS CONCERNED, UH, JUST OUR, UH, TYPICAL, UH, DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVE.
UM, IT'S KIND OF ABOUT AN 80 20 SPLIT BETWEEN, UH, 80% IN BEXAR COUNTY, THE URBAN AREA, AND ABOUT 20% IN
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THE, UH, RURAL AREAS.HOWEVER, UH, THERE ARE SPECIAL TYPES OF, UH, INITIATIVES, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE JUST RECEIVED A $50,000, UH, SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FUND THAT IS GONNA BE DEDICATED TO, UH, GUADALUPE COUNTY AND, AND SEIN SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING WORKERS AND, UH, CLIENTS, UH, RAMPED UP FOR, UH, UNITED, UH, ALLOY, WHICH IS A NEW COMPANY THAT'S MOVING INTO THAT.
SO WE'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, ONE ADMINISTER THE, THE, THE SPECIFIC DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVE EVERY YEAR, UM, BUT ALSO, UH, WE'LL WORK WITH COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO PURSUE AND SECURE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR SPECIAL PROJECTS LIKE THAT.
AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SORT OF WHAT COMES THROUGH IN THE DATA AS WELL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT LOCAL WISDOM.
ADRIAN AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT EACH OF THIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT MEETINGS, UM, FOR EACH OF THE 13 COUNTIES THAT WE, THAT WE SERVICE.
UM, AND IN ONE OF THE, UM, ONE OF THE RURAL COUNTIES, UM, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THEIR, THE LOCAL PRIORITIES INDUSTRY AND EMPLOYERS, UM, THEY REALLY DID, UM, THEY, THEY, THEIR FEEDBACK TO US WAS, UM, YES, THAT'S ALL IMPORTANT.
YES, THEY WERE A HUNDRED PERCENT ON BOARD EXCITED ABOUT THE LOCAL PLAN, BUT THEY, THEY REALLY DID WANT TO SEE IF THERE COULD BE A FOCUS ON A SPECIAL POPULATION, NOT JUST OUR VETERANS AND DIFFERENTLY ABLED AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED, BUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS IN THAT PARTICULAR COUNTY.
UM, THAT WAS A, A MAJOR BARRIER IN THEIR OPINION AND FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE TO, UM, TO WOMEN BEING SUCCESSFUL, UM, AND GETTING ON CAREER PATHS.
SO THAT KIND OF LOCAL WISDOM THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GO AND LISTEN TO THEM AND LOOK PEOPLE IN THE FACE AND ASK WHAT THEIR LOCAL PRIORITIES ARE OF, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS, IS AN ISSUE HERE IN BEXAR COUNTY AS WELL, BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD'VE HAD FRONT AND CENTER ON OUR RADAR FOR THAT PARTICULAR COUNTY HAD WE NOT GONE THERE AND VISITED.
AND, AND JUST THE FINAL THING THAT I'LL MENTION IS I MENTIONED UNDER YOUR CHART FOR CUSTOMER CHOICE OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING, THERE WAS, UM, NOTHING REALLY IN THE AREA.
THERE WERE NO PARTICIPANTS UNDER THE AREA OF AEROSPACE, AND I JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO, TO, UM, LET MY COLLEAGUE SAID.
I, I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE COULD PROBABLY, UM, PUT SOME MORE EFFORT IN WITH SOME PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.
AND, AND I MENTIONED THIS ALSO AT COMMITTEE OF SIX MEETINGS, SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT FOR, UH, THE BENEFIT OF MY COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU CO UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUES? OKAY, SEEING NONE, UH, THAT WAS OUR LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY.
UM, THIS IS ALL WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA.
A COUPLE OF QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THE FIRST ONE IS JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UM, THE READY TO WORK ESSAY SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEW TEAM MET AND SUBMITTED TO THE MAYOR, UM, SUBMITTED TO THE MAYOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INTERVIEW AT THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE.
UM, I THINK YOU ALL WILL GET SOMETHING LIKE 20 PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW.
SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER REGIE GARCIA, COUNCIL MEMBER GONZALEZ, THERE YOU GO.
UM, YOU'LL HAVE PLENTY OF PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO TO MY COLLEAGUES, JUST TO BE PREPARED.
UM, WE MAY SCHEDULE, UH, DO TWO A MONTH FOR E W D C MEETINGS BECAUSE ANTICIPATION OF POSSIBLY LOOKING AT OUR, UH, DO OUR PILLARS, OUR, OUR RECOVERY PILLARS AND SEEING WHAT IS HAPPENING AND, UH, WHAT WE WANNA MAKE CHANGES OR DOING SOME MORE WORK AND DEEP DIVES INTO SOME OF INFORMATION EVEN OUT OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE GATHERED HERE TODAY.
UH, ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK, UH, ALEX AND, UH, ALEX RIGHT NOW TO, TO TAKE A LOOK AT AS WE MOVE ON, IS TO LOOK AT, UM, WHERE OTHER CITIES OR WHAT OTHER CITIES OR ORGANIZATIONS ARE WORKING ON RENTAL OR MORTGAGE RELIEF FOR BUSINESSES.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF OUR MICRO AND SMALL BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY THEIR RENT OR THEIR MORTGAGE AND, UH, WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING AND HOW CAN WE LOOK AT THAT? UH, SO I KNOW, UH, THE MAESTRO CENTER IS LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT WHERE, WHERE DOES THAT LIVE? HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST? WHAT IS THE AVERAGE? AND I KNOW THE AVERAGE RENTAL COST IS PROBABLY DIFFERENT IN ONE PART OF TOWN THAN ANOTHER.
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AND, UH, THAT IS, I THINK THAT IS ALL RIGHT.I KNOW WE HAVE SOME CCRS GOING TO DIFFERENT, UH, TO A COMMITTEE, THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE.
AND FINALLY, UM, I KNOW IT'S NOT THE LAST MEETING, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO CARLOS
IT'S A LOT OF GOOD WORK THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE.
AND WITH THAT, WE STAND ADJOURN UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE.