Rapid Response 101
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Rapid Response101 Section 1 Texas Workforce Commission Board Contract Management
Objectives Rapid Response Training • Improve the consistency of RR delivery • Improve quality of RR services • Accumulate insight and data to create an accurate state-wide overview of RR • Share findings with stakeholders • Use to make policy and service improvements
What is Rapid Response? Rapid Response is early intervention assistance to quickly transition dislocated workers to their next employment
WIA Rapid Response A required service for Dislocated Workers under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) (continued)
WIA Rapid Response • WIA regulations at Part 665, Subpart C, 665.300 – 665.340 spell out the allowable activities under Rapid Response • Act requires each state to have a Dislocated Worker Unit to coordinate and provide Rapid Response services
Background 2002 - Agency decentralized Rapid Response • Boards were contracted to provide Rapid Response services locally • Boards can use up to 25% of their WIA Dislocated Worker allocation for Rapid Response services
Triggers for Rapid Response Three primary types of notices indicate the need for a Rapid Response intervention (continued)
Triggers for Rapid Response • Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN Notice) sent to the Texas Workforce Commission • Public notice in a newspaper or other media • Rapid Response Layoff/Notification Action form
WARN Act The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) ─ federal legislation requiring a 60-day notification of a layoff
State Dislocated Worker Unit • Processes layoff notices • disseminates layoff notices to local RR Coordinators and EDs • assigns Control Number for TWIST data entry at local level (continued)
State Dislocated Worker Unit • Maintains layoff database • Disseminates layoff database reports to: • TWC Commissioners • TWC Executive Staff
Job Search Stress/Change Management Crisis Counseling Financial/Debt Management Labor Market Information Job Fairs Worker Transition Committees* Worker Transition Centers* Allowable RR Services * Usually reserved for plant closures or large layoffs affecting 200 or more workers
Benefits of Rapid Response Rapid Response interventions result in: • decreased absenteeism • increased productivity • less stress and unacceptable behavior • decreased workplace and domestic violence
Timeliness The more quickly Rapid Response interventions begin, the more time workers have to prepare for re-entry into the workforce
Convenience On-site group services and meetings promote: • convenience • ease of access • familiar surroundings for workers
Customization Consider customer choice: • time • place • content (Rapid Response Survey) • location • duration
Usefulness Useful information is: • Accurate • Consistent • Locally-driven • Timely • Specific to the work site Include non-job specific referrals to services and agencies
Leveraged Resources Rapid Response in-kind, cash, or tax credit resources may be combined with other available resources from the: • employer • union • community • economic development activities
Seamless Service Delivery • Differences in programs and funding sources must be invisible to the customer • Coordination is the key to providing services through multiple organizations
Active Promotion To promote awareness and maximize the success of reemployment events and services, apply comprehensive, ongoing marketing outreach to: • employers • workers • organized labor • community groups
Layoff Aversion • The Rapid Response team can coordinate layoff aversion strategies that: • help retain or save jobs • extend the range of tools and relationships with other programs and organizations • refer companies to other helpful entities (continued)
Layoff Aversion • The focus of a layoff aversion strategy could be to: • help the company make changes to reduce or avoid layoffs • find a buyer to keep the workforce intact
Measurable Goals • Set measurable goals that identify when local programs: • are successful • have problems that require changes
Partnerships • Enhance your flexibility to meet workforce needs with additional partnerships • The local Job Center • Unemployment insurance • Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) • Local economic development agencies (continued)
Partnerships • Appropriate involvement of other groups may include: • vocational rehabilitation • child care agencies • mental health services • community-based organizations
Rapid ResponseTypical Process • WARN/Layoff Notification • Employer Contact • Employee Orientations • Provisions of Rapid Response services • Transition to WIA DW Program