Linking Infrastructure and Capital Investments with Jobs and Training

1. Linking Infrastructure and Capital Investments with Jobs and Training Working Poor Families Project 2009 State Policy Academy June 10-11, Chicago

2. Academy Overview

3. Academy Overview: 4 Sessions • Mapping possibilities in Infrastructure, Capital Investments, and other projects • Connecting Job Training • Expanding Job Access • Academy wrap-up and policy recommendations

4. Mapping Possibilities • Project types • Construction (public and private) • Transportation • Public works • Sector-specific economic development • Occupations • Funding sources and state actions • Relevant federal policies

5. Mapping Possibilities • Mapping session • Dave Altstadt • Roundtable Discussion: Advocacy Strategies and Lessons from the Field • Ruthie Liberman • Job training funding set asides/proposals through green jobs, life sciences, and film industry legislation in Massachusetts • Tony Lee • Job training and targeted hiring policies in Evergreen Jobs Act in Washington • Carrie Thomas • Construction job equity goals and weatherization training through Capital Budget bill in Illinois

6. Mapping Possibilities • Federal policies session • Dave Altstadt • State examples of ½% DOT training policy • Carrie Thomas: Minnesota • Peter Ruark: Michigan • State examples of Section 3 compliance • Dave Altstadt: Missouri

7. Connecting Job Training • Expand supply of skilled workers • Various approaches to training • Focus of academy • Securing project funds for training • Apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship training system • Program models • Linkage between apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship • Linkage to WIA and Education systems • Equal Employment Opportunity • State policy role: opportunities and challenges

8. Connecting Job Training • Registered Apprenticeship Session • Karen Morgan, Wisconsin Dept of Workforce Development • Pre-Apprenticeship Session • Maureen Conway, The Aspen Institute • WPFP discussants on pre-apprenticeship policies • Rebecca Kusner • Ohio use of ARRA 15% WIA funds for pre-app construction program, require local WIB match, and plan to set state standards • Kurt Wise • Maine policy that set state standards for pre-apprenticeship

9. Expanding Job Access • Increase demand for entry-level workers • Focus of academy • Job access policies • Local hiring • Apprenticeship utilization • Job Quality policies • Wage, benefits, worksite safety • Access to training • State approaches to implementation • Laws and Executive Orders • Project labor agreements & community benefits agreements • Contracting procedures • Enforcement/compliance with federal policies

10. Expanding Job Access • Session Presentation • Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel, Partnership for Working Families • WPFP discussants • Karen White • New Jersey local hiring policy and pre-apprenticeship funding for school construction projects • Dave Altstadt/Jim Horan • Hartford Jobs Funnel: state funding for training, and local hiring policy • Laura Dresser • Wisconsin E.O. on Apprenticeship Utilization Requirement