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Barrier
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Current Effort Description
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Dollar Amount
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Number Served
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Public; Private; Public/Private Collaboration
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SKILL DEFICIENCIES
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Lack of Basic Skills:
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JTPA Title IIA adult and Title IIC youth are trained in basic skills programs. |
IIA: $1.4 million
IIC: $493,041
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232 Adult
56 Youth
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Public |
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Austin Academy: provides job training and readiness, GED preparation and basic skills improvement for East Austin and East Travis County |
$129,744 |
72 |
Public/Private |
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Austin Area Urban League: provides job training and pre-employment training for African-American and Hispanics. |
$110,258 |
300 |
Public/Private |
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The Employability Skills Core Certificate is offered at ACC for entry-level employment. |
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| ESL, Basic Skills |
Literacy Austin: provides literacy classes and improvement through volunteer based tutoring programs. |
$163,080 |
800 |
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Collaboration among Austin Community College, AISD, Travis County, the City of Austin and Austin Interfaith expanded ESL classes in 1998 offered classes at more sites throughout the community |
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4,101 from 1,721
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Public |
| Lack of basic skills and job specific skills |
Capital IDEA (funded by the City of Austin, Travis County, and the State of Texas) offers a comprehensive program of job training with supportive services. This program was developed jointly by Austin Interfaith and a number of major employers which helped identify training and career options that would have the greatest likelihood of paying a living wage (over $10/hr), offering full benefits, and opportunities for advancement within 2 years. |
$600,000 City/County
$500,000 State
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223 |
Public |
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American Institute for Learning: provides employment training and placement to individuals with basic skills deficiencies and school drop-outs. |
$1.9 million |
700 |
Public/Private |
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For Youth:
- Capital Area Training Foundation: Career Pathways partnership with employers to guide youth into demand occupations
- The Education and Careers Partnership through the CAWDB funds school to career activities.
- Work Based Learning Program (City/County): provides summer employment linked to school work for year round development
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| Lack of Job Specific Skills |
Skills Development Fund: Supports partnerships among ACC, employers, and labor to provide occupation specific training for both future and incumbent workers including:
- Electricians, welders and sheet metal workers
- Computer support specialists
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$388,000
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122 new workers, 104 retained
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Public/Private Collaboration |
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Smart Jobs: Grants to businesses to train employees will reimburse for direct training costs in job related basic and occupational skills. Total of 58 recipients in Travis County including Samsung, AMD and Applied Materials |
$1.4 million
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387 new workers, 324 retrained |
Public/Private |
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Capital Area Training Foundation Gateway Program: Job focused training for careers in construction industry |
$166,000
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Recruit and train 100, 60 gain employment or move on to higher education |
Public/Private |
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LACK OF AFFORDABLE, QUALITY CHILD CARE
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| Access and Affordability |
Child Care Management System (CCMS): currently serving in Travis County.
- CAWDB provides subsidized child care for income eligible families to allow parents to pursue education or continue working
- CAWDB provided funding for workers to receive training for skills improvement.
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$7.5 million
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2684 children served
900 workers trained
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Public/Private Collaboration
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Child Inc.: provides child care services for infants through five years old. |
$761,120
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Allows 112 parents to work or remain in school |
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Connections Resource Center: serves as a resource center for child care providers and parents |
$210,000
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Austin Families, Inc.: provides child care referrals for low income families and supports training and development leading to program accreditation |
$114,688
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Ebenezer Child Development Center: provides early childhood and after school program at one East Austin center |
$690,500
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Allows 120 parents to work, remain in school or continue job search |
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Extend-A-Care: provides school age child care in elementary schools across the County. |
$4.4 million
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3060 children |
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Open Door: provides early childhood programs at three NAEYC centers in South, Central, and East Austin. |
$90,000
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115 children targeting children with disabilities |
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| Quality |
CAWDB is instituting a tiered reimbursement system that rewards child care providers who meet specified criteria |
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Public |
| Employer Involvement |
There are seven employer-sponsored child care centers in the Austin area, although others are in the planning stages. The total capacity of current employer-sponsored centers is 677 children. |
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Private
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CAWDB, with local businesses, increased availability and quality by leveraging funds. |
$1.2 million
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Public/Private Collaboration |
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TRANSPORTATION
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| Transportation |
Welfare-to-Work Coalition plans for recruitment of volunteers for car pools, private vehicle procurement and maintenance, vanpool development for specific employers, and obtainment of dedicated Capitol Metro buses and/or vans for TANF recipients. |
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Public/Private Collaboration |
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Capital Metro, the only bus service in Austin, which offers a variety of services, including free rides for the mobility impaired Vanpools for employers, and the Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CARTS) program for rural Travis County residents. |
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Public/Private Collaboration |
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CAWDB has established three "one-stop" workforce centers on major bus routes. |
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Public/Private Collaboration |
