Sandusky County Job Store

Annual Report

Program Year 2013

Sandusky County Department of Job and Family Services

About Workforce Development

History “The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) reformed federal employment, training, adult education, and vocational rehabilitation programs by creating an integrated "one-stop" system of workforce investment and education services for adults, dislocated workers, and youth.” The Sandusky County Job Store, in partnership with 20 agencies, provides these services to employers and job seekers. The Job Store provides resources such as, books, DVD’s, and newspapers; job listings; area maps; interview tips; resume writing; copy and fax machines; internet access; telephones; workshops, and more to job seekers. Employers are offered similar services in addition to On-the-Job Training; Workshops; Recruiting and Hiring Assistance; Plant Closing, Lay-off Aversion, and Downsizing Assistance; Meeting Rooms; Tax Credit Information; Labor Market Information; Job Skills Testing, and Unemployment Insurance Information. In April 2014 due to the enactment of Ohio House Bill 1, The Job Stores’ name was changed to OhioMeansJobs-Sandusky County.

Our Mission: The Northcoast Jobs Connection utilizes the

partners’ combined resources in a timely, effective, and

efficient way to assist businesses in meeting their

workforce needs, and to assist job seekers in entering,

remaining, and progressing in the workplace.

Our Leadership

Under direction of the Area 7 Workforce Policy Board, our local policy board conducts quarterly meetings with representation from labor, business- small, medium and large- education, consumers and the mayor of the largest municipality to provide oversight for the One-Stop. This year the board officially decided to disband as a formal entity with the intention of forming a less formal group at a future date. The Board also assists in the following:

• Developing a business plan

• Developing the annual budget

• Developing program policy and operating procedures

• Selecting providers of training, youth activities, and intensive services

• Ensuring effective connecting, brokering, and coaching activities to assist employers

• Coordinating activities with Economic Development and employers

2013 Board Members Officers

Warrenette Parthemore, Chair Memorial Hospital

Alysan Azman, Vice Chair Schiets Motorsports

Members Jon Detwiler

McPherson Middle School Kathleen Dick Windsor Mold Dinah Dwyer

Whirlpool Corporation Mayor Jim Ellis City of Fremont Martin Jay

Teamsters Local 20 Rosemary Krieger Vanguard Sentinel CTC Ann Overmyer

Customer Representative Bruce Schrader Clyde Tool and Die Peter Siegel Fisher & Paykel

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Core, Intensive and Training Services

Core Services

The chart below depicts the number of services provided in the Job Store each month as well as the age and gender of the customers. The average cost of Core Services is $14.78 per job seeker.

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Core Services

Core Services offer immediate assistance to the job seeker. Throughout program year 2013 (July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014), there were 25,650 services provided to 9,324 job seekers. Core Services consist of the following: resume development, use of copy machine, fax machine, phones, use of computers as well as the internet, employer information, job listings, job application assistance, practice interviewing skills, DVD’s, and information on county programs/services. Currently Terra Community College is contracted to provide these services.

Intensive Services

The following charts depict the number of Adults and Dislocated Workers who received Intensive Services this program.

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Intensive Services are offered to the job seeker if they are unable to obtain employment or are employed and require further services to obtain or retain employment to achieve self-sufficiency.

Training Services

ADULTS

Provider and Program Still Enrolled

Graduated Employed Training Related

Wages Exited

Brown Mackie

LPN 0 1 1 1 $15.55 N

Stautzenberger

Dental Assistant 2

Terra Community College

STNA 0 1 1 1 $9.27 N

Trainco

Truck Driving 0 2 2 1-Y

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$14.50 1-N

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TOTAL 2 4 4 3-Y

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Employer # OJT’s Amount Reimbursed

BAS Broadcasting 1 $5,200.00

Clyde Tool and Die 1 $38.00

Green Bay Packaging 3 $19,950.80

Stylecrest 18 $83,435.34

Wilbert Plastics 48 $51,267.85

TOTAL 71 $159,891.99

Training Services are made available to customers who are unable to obtain or retain employment through the use of Intensive Services.

DISLOCATED WORKERS

Provider and Program Still Enrolled

Graduated Employed Training Related

Wages Exited

Baldwin Wallace College

Teacher Certificate 1

EHOVE

LPN 1

Great Lakes Truck Driving

Truck Driver 1

Mercy

Nursing 1

Terra Community College

Computer Certificate 0 1 1 1-N $12.50 Y

Office Administration 0 1 1-N N

Trainco

Truck Driver 3-Y 3-Y 2-Y

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Employer # OJT’s Amount Reimbursed

Stylecrest 1 $7,996.46

TOTAL 1 $7,996.46

Performance Outcomes

Performance

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Numerator\

Denominator

Rate PY 13

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E/M/F Adult Entered

Employment 93 97 95.9% 77% 61.6% E

Adult Retention

Rate 29 31 93.% 88% 70.4% E

Adult Average

Earnings $326,865 19 $17,203 $15,800 $12,640 E

DW Entered Employment 30 30 100% 81% 64.8% E

DW Retention Rate 25 27 92.6% 92% 73.6% E

DW Average

Earnings $311,064 17 $18,298 $19,250 $15,400 M

Youth Placement

in Emp or Ed 12 14 85.7% 65% 52.0% E

Youth Certificate

or Diploma 13 19 68.4% 62% 49.6% E

Youth Literacy

and Numeracy 1 5 20% 57% 45.6% F

The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) implements regulations that require the states to submit annual progress reports addressing adult, youth, and dislocated worker programs’ performance measures that can be validated and verified as accurate, and gives the states monitoring and oversight responsibility for this performance information.

Finances

The charts below depict the funding sources and the dollar amounts of each source. The average cost per adult is $1,632.57 and the average cost per dislocated worker is $3,915.56.

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FY 13 Carry-in

PY 13 Allocation

PY 13 Admin.

FY 14 Allocation

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FY 14 RR Supp.

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Program year 2013 brought a decrease in the dislocated worker WIA allocation and a cut in the adult allocation. However, with the Supplemental Rapid Response Grant we were able to assist dislocated workers in finding employment as well as providing the employer a reimbursement to help them cover the training costs. We were also able to transfer 75% of our dislocated worker funds to adults.

Finances (con’t.)

The Rapid Response Grant provided us with additional funding for On-the-Job Training.

Employer #RR OJT’s

Amount Reimbursed

BAS Broadcasting 2 $5,238.00

Century Die 2 $15,858.50

Green Bay Packaging 2 $14,646.46

Stylecrest 5 $25,342.50

Tooling Technologies 1 $4,472.00

Wilbert Plastics 3 $3,388.70

TOTAL 15 $68,946.16

The National Emergency Grant provided assistance for the long-term unemployed.

Employer #RR OJT’s

Amount Reimbursed

Wilbert Plastics 3 $1,360.89

TOTAL 3 $1,360.89

The Supplemental Rapid Response Grant provided us with additional funding for On-the-Job Training. Employers received a 50% reimbursement for training costs associated with those dislocated workers found eligible for this program. The National Emergency Grant also provided some funding for the long-term unemployed.

Finances (con’t.)

YOUTH

The chart below shows the expenditures of in school youth (ISY) and out of school youth (OSY). The average cost of an ISY is $907.53 while the average cost of an OSY is $1,329.70.

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In School Out of School

Youth

The purpose of the WIA Youth Program is to provide innovative year-round services for youth to help prepare them for successful entry into the workforce. Eligible youth include in and out-of-school, ages 14-21, who are low income and possess additional barriers to school completion and/or employment. The WIA Youth program is contracted to EHOVE Career Center for a one year period with a two year renewal option, contingent upon satisfactory performance and continued availability of funding. PY 12 was the second year of the current contract period.

Employer Services

OWCMS Activity Report *

*Due to a change in databases, not all of the information above has been entered into OWCMS (formerly known as SCOTI, now Ohio Workforce Case Management System). Also, in April 2014 OhioMeansJobs.com became the official website for job orders. OhioMeansJobs.com also is where all job seekers will now enter resumes for job seeking purposes.

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Mass Recruitments

This program year various employers used the resources of the Job Store to conduct recruitments. Below is a list of employers that utilized this service:

• Adfilm

• Autoplas

• Bemis

• Buffalo Wild Wings

• Camp Fire

• Carbo Forge

• Cardinal Staffing

• Comfort Keepers

• Crown Battery

• Global Technical Recruiters

• Green Bay Packaging

• Heinz

• I Force

• Jimmy Johns

• Kelly Services

• Loram

• Martin Marietta

• Med 1 Care

• Precision Automotive Plastics

• Reino

• Renhill Staffing

• Sandusky Bay Area Goodwill Industries

• Sandusky County Dept. of Job and Family Services

• Stylecrest

• The Giving Tree

• The PIC Group

• Time Staffing

• Unican

• Wells Brooke Premium Home Health Care

• Whirlpool

• Wilbert Plastics

• Woodbridge

Mass recruitments are tailored to the employer’s needs. We have 20-partner agencies in our One-Stop system that provides the manpower to staff these events. We can screen by job description, such as production worker, forklift driver, etc. We can also do a “preliminary” screening of applicants by asking screening questions to further filter the pool of applicants. We estimate that each job application costs an average of $100.

Job Skills Testing

The following employers utilized Kenexa ProveIT! tests and/or PESCO for potential hires:

• Carbo Forge

• Capital Aluminum and Glass

• Crown Battery

• Glatfelter

• Memorial Hospital

• Sandusky County Dept. of Job and Family Services

• Style Crest

• Whirlpool

• Windsor Mold- Precision and Autoplas

Kenexa Prove It! tests are content validated and focus on real-life scenarios and knowledge-based actions to assess the skill level of a particular skill set. Prove It! currently has many tests applicable for various job positions. Unlike criterion-based studies, Kenexa does not have one test that covers every aspect of the job position, but offers several tests that cover the diversity of skills for particular hiring needs. Employers can pick and choose those tests that cover the facets of the job description that are important to them. The important thing to note is that each of these must be actual skills used on the job. PESCO International tests are used to determine aptitude and abilities for potential WIA customers as well as potential new hires. Its purpose is to identify individual characteristics, education, training and placement needs which provides the individual with insight into his or her vocational potential.

Rapid Response Services

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Rapid Response

Rapid Response Services will deliver immediate service and assistance to the employer and to the workers who have been or will be dislocated due to a closing or mass layoff during periods of economic decline or due to the elimination of a department or a production line. Staff will explain the resources, benefits, and services available to the company and workers.

Success Stories

Adult Kenyata moved here from Michigan to be closer to her children's father. They are not together but he helps take of their children. She last worked at a minimum wage job in Michigan. She was living off of her children's SS benefits. She was enrolled into the WIA-Adult program. Kenyata went to school at Brown Mackie College and recently received her LPN license. She received food assistance, medical and child care through the county while she attended school. Kenyata is now employed at Elmwood at the Springs in Green Springs. She is a LPN and is working 10 hour shifts three days per week and making $15.55 per hour. She is also receiving full benefits for her and her children.

Dislocated Worker William was a dislocated worker from Marko Demolition out of Genoa where he worked as a laborer for 17 months at which time he was laid off due to lack of work. His dislocation wage was $16/hr. We enrolled William into the WIA-DW program in January of 2013. He attended the CDL training program at Trainco and attended classes from 3-14-14/04-17-14. He received his CDL credential and certificate of completion from Trainco. He was then hired by Brush Wellman and started employment with them on 5-12-14 earning $20/hr with full benefits.

Out of School Youth

Zach entered our program as an out of school youth with learning disabilities,

was basic skills deficient and he required additional assistance. While in the

youth program, Zach gained study skills and the perseverance to successfully

complete the Firefighter I Program. Since exiting the program, Zach has

gained full-time employment at a local factory.

In School Youth

Jimmy entered the WIA program as an in-school youth facing serious

barriers and he was on the verge of dropping out of high school. While in the

program, Jimmy received one-on-one mentoring and he enrolled with

Townsend Community School and Vanguard's welding program. Jimmy

successfully earned his high school diploma and welding certificates. His

education and special skills helped Jimmy get two great jobs with local

factories in the area. Currently, he is working for a construction company

and is expanding his skills sets to include dry wall work.