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Georgia Work Ready Region Meeting. Race to the Finish with your Communities in the Lead!. Presented by: Fred R. McConnel, Work Ready Community Manager Governor’s Office of Workforce Development June 17, 2009. Certified Work Ready Region Goals. 20% of available workforce at Gold
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Georgia Work Ready Region Meeting Race to the Finish with your Communities in the Lead! Presented by: Fred R. McConnel, Work Ready Community Manager Governor’s Office of Workforce Development June 17, 2009
Certified Work Ready Region Goals • 20% of available workforce at Gold • 6 counties within WRR become CWRC’s • Established career pathway • Functioning industry network
Auto Alley WRR • Sure Things: Bartow – Chattooga 100%, HSGR√ • Stay the Course: Catoosa 100% (HS↑) – Floyd 87% (HS√) – Walker 100% (HS↑) – Polk 82% (HS√) • On the Rise: Dade 59% (HS√) – Pickens 66% (HS√) • In Trouble: Gordon 39% (HS start 76.2) - Haralson 23% - Paulding 24% - Cherokee 33% (HS√) – Carroll 12%
Primary Focus • Catoosa – move HSGR from 72.1 to 73.9 • Floyd – private sector • Walker – move HSGR from 63.9 to 69.1 • Polk – private sector • Dade – private sector • Pickens – private sector • Gordon – Private and unemployed • Haralson – signing up, private and unemployed • Paulding – signing up and unemployed • Cherokee - unemployed • Carroll – signing up and signing up
Chattahoochee Valley • Sure Things: • Stay the Course: Harris 71% (HS√) – Taylor 68% (HS↑) • On the Rise: Muscogee 36% (HS√) • In Trouble: Marion 29% (HS↑) – Quitman 14% (HS N/A) – Stewart 27% (HS√)
Primary Focus • Harris – private and unemployed • Taylor – private and unemployed, HSGR 72 to 76 • Muscogee – private • Marion – private and unemployed, HSGR 74.6 to 76.7 • Quitman – unemployed • Stewart - unemployed
Heart of Georgia • Sure Things: Laurens 100% (HS√) • Stay the Course: Bleckley 95% (HS↑) – Dodge 75% (HS↑) – Wheeler 67% (HS↑) • On the Rise: • In Trouble: Johnson 83% (HS↓) – Treutlen 50% (HS↓) – Wilkinson 39% (HS↓) – Telfair 29% (HS↑)
Primary Focus • Bleckley – private, HSGR 74.1 to 74.8 • Dodge – private and unemployed, HSGR 79.5 to 80.9 • Wheeler – unemployed, HSGR – on track • Johnson – private, HSGR 60.9 to 69.9 • Treutlen – unemployed, HSGR 65.4 to 71.7 • Wilkinson – private, HSGR 79.6 to 84.8 • Telfair – private and unemployed, HSGR 74.2 to 76.5
I-16 Eastern Passage • Sure Things: • Stay the Course: Candler 52% (HS↑) • On the Rise: Bulloch 34% (HS√) • In Trouble: Emanuel 59% (HS↓) – Bryan 24% (HS↑) – Liberty 22% (HS√)
Primary Focus • Candler – private, HSGR 64.4 to 65.6 • Bulloch – private • Emanuel – private and unemployed, HSGR 63.1 to 71.2 • Bryan – unemployed, HSGR 80.1 to 82.8 • Liberty – unemployed
Innovation Crescent • Sure Things: • Stay the Course: Barrow 94% (HS√) – DeKalb 72% (HS√) – Walton 75% (HS√) • On the Rise: Gwinnett 49% (HS√) – Jackson 34% (HS↑) – Morgan 39% (HS√) – Oconee 39% (HS√) • In Trouble: Oglethorpe 61% (HS↓) – Clarke 28% (HS↓) – Madison 48% (HS↓)
Primary Focus • Barrow - private • DeKalb – private • Walton - private • Gwinnett - private • Jackson – private, HSGR 73.3 to 74.7 • Morgan – private • Oconee – private and unemployed • Oglethorpe – unemployed, HSGR 69.7 to 75.8 • Clarke – unemployed, HSGR 63.1 to 70.4 • Madison – unemployed, HSGR 62.6 to 72.4
West Georgia AMP • Sure Things: Upson 100% (HS√) • Stay the Course: Meriwether 46% (HS√) • On the Rise: Talbot 36% (HS↔) • In Trouble: Troup 50% (HS↓) – Coweta 22% (HS√) – Heard 9% (HS√)
Primary Focus • Meriwether - unemployed • Talbot – unemployed , HSGR 60 to 69 • Troup – unemployed and private, HSGR 68.9 to 75.2 • Coweta - unemployed • Heard – all sectors
mgWRAP • Sure Things: • Stay the Course: Houston 71% (HS√) • On the Rise: Pulaski 47% (HS√) – Peach 42% (HS√) • In Trouble: Bibb 38% (HS√)
Primary Focus • Houston – unemployed • Pulaski – private • Peach – unemployed • Bibb – private and unemployed
Common Themes in Primary Focus • Private Sector – profiles, business buy-in, current employee testing and training and relationships with technical colleges • Unemployed – Be Work Ready, broad outreach, incentives and DOL referencing • HSGR – credit recovery, HSGC support over summer and summer tutoring through organizations to push through at-risk seniors