Report on the Use of Funds for Workforce Development Programs, Item 215.A.2 (December 15, 2022)

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A December 15, 2022 letter from the Office of the Governor to Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee Co-Chairs Janet D. Howell and George L. Barker and House Appropriations Committee Chair Barry D. Knight, transmitting a report under Budget Bill HB 30, Chapter 2, Item 215.A.2 on the use of funds for workforce development programs under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The report covers July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. Its SFY22 summary lists a discretionary grant subtotal of $2,057,815, a rapid response subtotal of $1,016,596, a contracts subtotal of $1,409,734, an other subtotal of $3,039,164 and a total of $7,523,309.

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                                 COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA
                                                      Office of the Governor
G. Bryan Slater
Secretary ,,f Labor                                      December 15, 2022



                      The Honorable Janet D. Howell
                      CO-Chair, Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
                      900 East Main Street
                      Richmond, VA, 23219

                      The Honorable George L. Barker
                      CO-Chair, Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
                      900 East Main Street
                      Richmond, VA, 23219

                      The Honorable Barry D. Knight
                      Chair, House Appropriations Committee
                      900 East Main Street
                      Richmond, VA, 23219

                      Dear Chair Howell, Chair Barker, and Chair Knight:

                             Pursuant to Budget Bill HB 30, Chapter 2, Item 215.A.2, please find the
                      following report on the use of funds for the administration and implementation of
                      workforce development programs as part of the federal Workforce Innovation and
                      Opportunity Act of2014 (WIOA). The report covers the period of July 1, 2021
                      through June 30, 2022.

                             Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions.

                                                                           Regards,




              Patrick Henry Building • 1111 Ease Broad Street • Richmond, Virginia 23219 • (804) 225-2849 • TIY (800) 828-1120
   Activities Funded by the State's Workforce Innovation and
         Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Set Aside Funds

                     July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022

Discretionary Grants

Amel'ican Job Center Security: Provides funding to support security
personnel at comprehensive American Job Centers and American Job
Centers that have a Virginia Employment commission physical presence.
   • Subrecipients: All Local Workforce Development Areas except
      Alexandria/ Arlington
   • Period of Performance June 14, 2021-December 31, 2022
   • SFY22 Expended $151,552

Area 13 GOVA: A study was completed on the workforce training needs in
the Bay Consortium area to include a site selection study to implement the
training needs in the Northern Neck Planning District Commission area.
Two general recommendations were made: 1) Create opportunities for
more interaction, communication and collaboration between
Rappahannock Community College and employers and 2) Launch a
campaign to attract more workers to the Northern Neck and Middle
Peninsula. Rappahannock Community College Expansion site
recommendation was the Westmoreland Industrial Park in Montross if the
community college expands to provide training for a new industry such as
construction.
    • Subrecipient: Local Workforce Development Area 13 Bay
       Consortium
    • Period of Performance July 1, 2020-September 30, 2021
    • SFY22 Expended $37,654

COVID Community Health Workers: Funds were used to support seven
Community Health Workers that were hired under the National Dislocated
Worker Grant. Key duties of the CHWs include promoting wellness
strategies, providing accurate vaccine information to underserved
Virginians, which helps address cultural barriers and hesitancy to
vaccination, supporting local health are practices in planning and
administering community-based vaccine clinics, and making referrals to
other essential community services.
    • Subrecipients: Local Workforce Development Area #9 Capital
       Region and Local Workforce Development Area #11 Northern
       Virginia
    • Period of Performance March 1, 2022-August 31, 2022
    • SFY22 Expended $38,927

Career Technical Education High School Innovation: The Career
Technical Education High School Innovation Grant is a two-year planning
grant to develop and expand opportunities for secondary students to earn
postsecondary credentials and a high school diploma simultaneously.
Subawards have been awarded to Alexandria, Alleghany, Buchanan,
Grayson, Radford, Stafford, and West Point Public School Systems.
   • Subrecipient: Virginia Department of Education
   • Period of Performance May 1, 2021-June 30, 2023
   • Expended SFY22 $240,728

Hampton Roads Strong: Provides for advanced training in shipbuilding,
ship repair, offshore wind, and skilled trades workforce development in
Hampton Roads in support of increased Navy ship construction, repair,
modernization, and maintenance programs, the Coastal Virginia Offshore
Wind project, and Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel expansion project. The
project has 44 completers to date and 13 additional active students.
Additional cohorts will begin in 2023.
   • Subrecipient: Local Workforce Development Area #14 Hampton
       Roads
   • Period of Performance January 1, 2022-June 30, 2023
   • SFY22 Expended $36,798

Network2Work Pilot: The Network2Work framework aligns the three
networks that are essential for creating pathways to jobs and careers
offering family-sustaining wages: the employer network, the job-seeker
network, and the provider network. Four pilot communities include
Charlottesville Region, Shenandoah Valley, Southeastern Virginia, and
Richmond Region. In the pilot, 677 job seekers enrolled, 643 jobs were
posted, and 709 employers were engaged. Of the enrolled job seekers, 436
completed training. Of the individuals that completed training wage data
was available for 292 job seekers that showed 75% found employment. In
2021, Network2Work won the State Innovation of the Year Award
presented by the Coalition on Adult Basic Education. The Virginia
Assembly has appropriated $2 million over each of the next two years to
continue implementation in Charlottesville and Richmond and expand to
Petersburg and Harrisonburg regions.
    • Subrecipients: Piedmont Virginia Community College, Hampton
       Roads Workforce Council, Reynolds Community College
    • Period of Performance June 1, 2020-June 30, 2022
    • SFY22 Expended $814,157

Return to Earn: This initiative provided $500 hiring incentives to new
employees of qualifying small business. The incentives were to support the
transition of unemployed workers to get back into the workforce while
helping employers fill vacant jobs after the COVID-19 pandemic. The
Return to Earn Grant Program served business with less than 100
employees that did not have the resources to provide hiring incentives.
The Return to Earn initiative served 115 employers and provided
incentives to 549 new hires.
   •   Subrecipients: All Local Workforce Development Areas
   •   Period of Performance: June 2, 2021-Decemer 31, 2021
   •   Expended SFY22 $322,049

Work Based Learning: The goal of this project is to meet Virginia's
workforce needs of tomorrow by providing equity of access to Work-Based
Learning opportunities through the development and implementation of a
virtual connector between secondary students and real work business
opportunity. Funds were used to develop and launch VAVoyager. More
than 160 work based learning opportunities have been posted in
VAVoyager. Thirty school divisions and 65 schools have completed
VAVoyager participation forms.
    • Subrecipient: Virginia Department of Education
    • Period of Performance February 1, 2021-January 31, 2023
    • Expended SFY22 $415,950

Rapid Response Activities
Virginia Employment Commission Rapid Response Statewide Activities
       $1,016,596

Contracts
Virginia Common Access Portal Operation and Maintenance
       $92,020
Professional Center
       $100,833
Virginia Career Works Website
       $13,661
Tableau License
       $44,945
Virginia Commonwealth University Performance Management Group
       WIOA Combined State Plan
       $66,177
       System Evaluation
       $289,937
       Crater Area Services
       $62,497
Trauma Informed Training
       $28,125
Dual Enrollment Study George Mason University
       $9,839
State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV) Access Campaign
       $239,861
Virginia Workforce Connection
       $73 ,904
Virginia Employment Commission Services
       $163,525
Sector Strategies Career Pathways
       $224,410

Other
Virginia Board of Workforce Development
       $54,862
Virginia Community College System Salary /Benefits
       $2,335,231
Virginia Community College System Non-Payroll
       $39,037
Indirects
       $569,236
Auditor of Public Accounts Audit
       $40,798


SFY22 Summary
Discretionary Grant Subtotal
       $2,057,815
Rapid Response Subtotal
       $1,016,596
Contracts Subtotal
       $1,409,734
Other Subtotal
       $3,039,164
TOTAL
       $7,523,309


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