Youth Council
Meeting January 6, 2010
Room 118 Rich
Hall Oswego State
‘The Youth Council shall assist in developing the local workforce plan pertaining to youth and youth services, approving eligible providers of youth services, coordinate youth workforce development activities, and oversee public relations about youth programs.’
Present: Kathleen Fenlon, Janet Lanious, Kris Smith, Dona Falciatano, Deborah Meyer, Eric Bresee, Peg Robinson Staff: Nick Della Penna, Jeff Grimshaw
Kathy Fenlon called the meeting to order.
Deborah Meyer moved to approve the minutes as amended. Kris Smith seconded. The minutes were approved.
2) Performance Review – Janet Lanious (DET)
Janet Lanious reviewed the performance results for the first quarter of PY’09, which ended September 30, 2009. We are meeting two of the three Common Measures for Youth. As in previous years, we are struggling with the Literacy/Numeracy Gain standard early in the program year. Our performance versus this standard should improve as the year progresses.
3) Youth Services RFP- Janet Lanious (DET)
Janet presented the
Request for Proposals (RFP) for Year-Round Youth Services which we have
prepared. Contracts that result from
this process will go into effect July 1, 2010, and go through June 30,
2012. Janet reviewed the ten elements
of Youth activities that can be funded under WIA. We are also looking for trainers of Driver Education and Lessons.
The timetable for
the RFP process is as follows:
w/o 1/11/10- RFP is
available
2/10-10- Bidder’s
Conference
3/5/10- Proposals
due
3/22/10- Compiled
information sent to Youth Council for review
4/7/10- Youth
Council review and recommendations
6/23/10- Full Board
approval of recommendations
4) Stimulus Plan Update- Nick Della Penna
Nick reviewed the plans for utilizing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Stimulus) funds that we have received. Oswego County received $1.3 million: $650m for Youth, $400m for Dislocated Workers and $240m for Adult. To date, we have expended the majority of our Adult and Dislocated Worker funds, and we have a small amount of Youth funding remaining. We do not anticipate receiving any supplemental funding from the State.
5) 2009 Youth Summit Recap - Kathy Fenlon
The Youth Summit was held on Oct. 16 in Sheldon Hall. The plenary speaker, Edward DeJesus, was excellent. We had participation from six school districts and BOCES- about 220 students. The Sheldon location worked out well, and the classroom setting was well received. The Planning committee held a de-briefing meeting to discuss ways to improve the Summit for next year.
6) 2010 Youth Summit - Kathy Fenlon
Next year’s Youth Summit is scheduled to be held on Oct. 21 in Sheldon Hall. The Planning committee will meet in March to begin discussing the program. Peg Robinson volunteered to serve on the Planning committee.
7) Career
Ladder Map Update – Nick Della Penna
We have updated the website with some of the data supplied by WorkKeys. We have completed all of the new Industry data and have updated the links. Jeff is cleaning up some format issues. Nick has begun working on the updated salary and wage information, which will take a few months to complete.
Nick went on to review our initial tracking report to see who is visiting the site. The report covers the 4th quarter of 2009. We will begin to look at trends and site activity in 2010.
Other Business- Peg Robinson stated that due to reduced funding, VESID will be reviewing
eligibility more closely to ensure that they are serving customers most in need
of the various services that they provide.
8) Next Meeting- April 7, 2010