Members in attendance:
Errol Alexander, Beverly Churchill,
Sue Cianchetta, Jane Conlin, Carol Hastings, Hoyt Heinmuller, Keith LeCates,
Dave McIntire, Royce Sampson, Dale Spencer, George Weeks;
Guests: Robert G. Corbin, Executive Director, Lower Shore Workforce
Alliance, Dave Donohoe, Chair, Lower Shore Workforce Alliance; Staff:
Melissa Mackey, Brenda Marzucco and Dan McDermott.
Introductions
Errol Alexander and Beverly Churchill
were introduced as two new members on the board.
They both represent Kent County Private Sector.
Minutes, May 2003
There was a motion by Keith LeCates,
and a second by Royce Sampson to accept the minutes as presented.
The motion passed.
Officer Elections
The slate of officers presented to the
board for elections were as follows:
H. Heinmuller, Chair
G. Weeks, Vice Chair
Sue Ciancetta, Steering Committee
Bob Brannock, Steering Committee
Stan Huchison, Steering Committee
The Members voted unanimously to
accept the presented slate of officers; there were no additional nominations.
Mr. Huchison will be contacted when he is available for confirmation.
Budget Revisions
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Administrative Grant:
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$ 106,680 |
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Adult Grant:
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$ 244,304 |
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Youth Grant: In-School |
$244,800,
Out of School:
$115,200 |
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Dislocated Worker Grant:
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$373,820 |
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Rapid Response Grant:
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$250,000 |
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National Emergency Grant: |
additional $ up to $500,000 |
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The Members voted unanimously to
accept all grants; revisions were accepted and approved . |
New Grants
Disability Navigator
This grant from the Social Security
Administration is to enable local service providers in Maryland to add a staff
person to be an advocate for those with disabilities, and to “navigate”
each organizations requirements and eligibility process for services.
The candidate would be required to travel throughout the five counties,
and also cover the Lower Shore service delivery area’s three counties.
The grant can come to the USWIB, the College or the Lower Shore
Workforce Alliance. The position
would be paid through the Lower Shore Workforce Alliance payroll system.
With discussion, the members accepted and approved the grant to fill
the position of Disability Navigator.
Maryland Works Business
This grant is from incentive funds
awarded to the state of Maryland as the result of the state meeting
performance goals. The purpose of
this grant is to target businesses who have workers with training needs.
The training funds would be awarded on a dollar-for-dollar match, and
the business must be Maryland-based.
In
addition, the business should be either a healthcare-based business or one
that meets the cluster-based priorities determined by the state.
The Director asked for members to volunteer to identify a plan for
these funds in the amount of $13,xxx, which can be replenished, based upon the
usage and availability throughout the state.
The members accepted and approved the grant as presented.
Recession Restoration
This grant is to replace funds that
were rescinded from the dislocated worker grant last year.
Monies were depleted in the last fiscal year, and were replaced due to
a reallocation of funds not used. With
discussion, the members accepted and approved the grant.
There was one opposed.
WIA Re-authorization
Mr. Corbin from LSWA spoke to the
members about the efforts of the Upper and Lower jurisdictions to combine
efforts in order to address specific needs and circumstances.
These would include where it would be feasible to hire joint staff for
small projects, apply jointly for grants, work on rapid response efforts
jointly, and share expenses for large projects.
The Members agreed that this was a
good collaboration and that we should continue in this way while retaining
individual control over formula funds.
Facilitated Meeting Report
The Members met in June in a
facilitated meeting with consultants in order to identify areas of opportunity
for the USWI System. An
attachment details the final report of the consultants.
Mr. McDermott outlined a summary of the findings:
- Training:
The desire to move forward with a mechanism and program design for
certification of workers who are employer ready.
- Business
focus: efforts to use a
cluster approach to designing efforts to target businesses who are growing
in our area.
- Collaborations
when feasible between the Upper and Lower Shore.
Other Business
NAWD Forum two weeks
later in March than usual: March 12-14, 2004; Members are invited to attend
the Washington, D.C. conference in order to network and otherwise hob-knob
with other Workforce Investment board members and professionals.
Two workshops open to Board Members:
Customer
Service and Solving Tough Performance Problems
USMBC/WIB Breakfast Announcement:
Members were invited to attend the joint breakfast meeting held annually, this
year on Oct 16, 2003.
Adjourn
Meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m.