2004 National Summit on Designing & Managing Youth Workforce Development Programs

Improve Job Placement and Retention for Young Clients

Measure the Performance of Youth Workforce Programs Develop performance measures to identify service gaps, communicate outcomes and analyze the results of employment services.	Manage Employment Options and Information Proven strategies for providing effective case management and WIA outcomes with at-risk, hard-to-serve and diverse youth.
Integrate Services for Youth with Special Needs Forge public-private partnerships and create seamless one-stop delivery centers for all youth.	PLUS! Application Workshop on Sustaining and Enhancing Funding for Youth Workforce Programs.

January 21-22, 2004 - US Grant Hotel - San Diego, CA

Agenda and Speaking Faculty
Day One: January 21, 2004
8:30	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00	Keynote Address: The Future of Youth Workforce Development Programs The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) promotes a substantial improvement of the Youth Development Programs, in that regarding to youth employment and training systems at a state and local level, aimed at helping this workforce reach self-sufficiency. Understand the future of the new regulations under the light of WIA and the proposed WIA Reauthorization’s funding and how new measures enhance this program’s development through strategic partnerships. Lorenzo Harrison, Administrator, Office of Youth Services, Employment Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor*
9:45	Leadership Panel: Key Perspectives and Issues in Developing and Improving a Successful Youth Development Program • Has the WIA effectively helped direct young adult population towards development and future economic independence? • Have all training options and partnership possibilities been considered under this act? Is the at-risk population properly addressed and covered by policy? • How will the WIA Reauthorization change the face of youth workforce development programs? David Brown, Executive Director, National Youth Employment Coalition Rhonda Basha, Youth Team Supervisory Policy Advisor, Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy
10:45	Break and Refreshments
11:00	Performance Measurements for Youth Workforce Development Programs: Performance Measurements & Reporting in Systems Consistent with the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Definition of Youth Services Elevate the effectiveness of your program by installing performance-based measures. Join us in a discussion on the best ways to: • Develop a framework for measuring and reporting the performance of youth workforce development programs • Designing, implementing and effectively using performance indicators consistent with the long-term development aim of new youth workforce development programs • Utilize Logic Modeling: linking end outcomes to specific program activities Felipe Monroig, The Performance Institute
12:00	Networking Luncheon
1:15	Enhancing Youth Council Performance It is now more important than ever for Youth Councils to move into new areas and show that they are invaluable assets in their communities. Guarantee that your locality has the proper workforce training programs that cater to the complex needs of today’s youth. Accomplish your goals, improve customer satisfaction and increase future youth involvement. • Maximize and focus the effects of a functional youth council • Set, track and ensure achievement of your performance measures • Improve program design in business areas such as: ° Accountability and Outcomes ° Community Building ° Marketing ° Resource Enrichments Sandra McBrayer, CEO, The Children’s Initiative Kelly Henwood, Director of Youth Programs, San Diego Workforce Partnership
2:15	Developing Employment Services for Youth WIA youth programs help youth develop the necessary job skills needed to access employment opportunities. Currently, we are in a period of historically high levels of youth unemployment. The percentage of jobless and out-of-school youth has increased by 12 percent since 2000. During this period, approximately 600,000 youth have lost their jobs. Crushed by the economic downturn, 5.5 million youth were both out-ofwork and out-of-school in 2002. • Identify competitive grant programs for youth employment services • Develop and improve the capacity and effectiveness of youth-serving organizations • Influence youth development through employment, education and training programs David Brown, Executive Director, National Youth Employment Coalition
3:15	Break and Refreshments
3:30	Youth with Disabilities: Critical Success Factors for Forging Effective Partnerships for their Training and Economic Development In late 2001, the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) funded two national technical assistance centers designed to assist the workforce development community to overcome the issues affecting the employment of people with disabilities. One of these centers focuses its activities on adults with disabilities and the other on youth with disabilities. Whether you belong to a local workforce investment board, youth council, workforce system youth program or are an ODEP grantee, this session will provide you with valuable information and inspiring ideas to: • Craft public-private partnerships that ensure the youth with disabilities has access to high quality services for training and future employment • Achieve the right mix between public, private and social sector service providers and guarantee all doors are open for these special clients • Improve the knowledge, understanding and skills of individuals responsible for providing direct services to youth Rhonda Basha, Youth Team Supervisory Policy Advisor, Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy
4:30	Adjourn

Day Two: January 22, 2004
8:30	Continental Breakfast
9:00	Successful Case Management for YWDP’s: Report WIA Outcomes in Integrated Case Management • Effective recruiting, training and retaining of case managers • Make the connection between assessment, goal planning, implementation of plan and evaluation of services • Build your toolbox of resources and establish trusting relationships with youth • Manage the many roles of a case manager Veronica Ortega Welch, Ph.D, and Clinical Psychologist Program Coordinator, Youth Worker Certificate Program, San Diego City College
9:45	Integrating Youth Into the One-Stop System Listen to the developing story of how one career center is working to orient youth into the One- Stop System: • Enhance recruitment strategies • Promote collaboration across functional boundaries • Assure that all the varying needs of youth are met Mary Wilson, Operations Coordinator, Grossmont Union High School District, East County Career Center
10:45	Break and Refreshments
11:00	Energizing Youth Workforce Development "A Sampling of Best Practices" Join Daniel Horgan, Executive Director of America’s Promise – Allegheny County, PA, and Olivia Biggs of CVS in a candid discussion that will entail: • An overview of youth workforce development as a systematic process youth engage in from entering school to entering the workforce • An outline of the model used by Allegheny County’s promise to engage multiple sectors in effective and efficient youth workforce development programming • A look at innovative programs such as "Pathways to Pharmacy" and "Career Prep" that effectively prepare youth for sustainable careers Daniel Horgan, Executive Director, America’s Promise-Allegheny County, PA Olivia Biggs, Manager, Government Programs, Mid-Atlantic Region, CVS
12:15	Networking Luncheon
1:30	Application Workshop: Securing Resources to Sustain and Expand Your Youth Workforce Development Program Youth workforce development programs prepare young people for their futures. You can not do this alone. You need resources and relationships to sustain your programs and expand them to reach more of the targeted youth. This workshop will focus on securing financial and in-kind resources by applying successful fundraising strategies. By using the 4 R’s of resource development, you will know who to approach and how to generate the resources you need. • Develop your case and need for support • Identify your prospects and funding sources • Explore ways to build relationships • Find non-traditional sources of funding • Apply best practices for proposal writing Dana DeMilio, The Performance Institute
4:00	Adjourn

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Venue

2004 National Summit on Designing and Managing Youth Workforce Development Programs will be held at the US Grant, A Wyndham Historic Hotel in beautiful and sunny San Diego. Local attractions include the San Diego Zoo, San Diego Wild Animal Park, Sea World, Balboa Park, Old Town, Seaport Village, Mission Bay, Coronado Island, Horton Plaza, Historic Gaslamp Quarter and Tijuana, Mexico. A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the hotel at a discounted rate of $110. Please contact the hotel by December 22, 2003 to receive the discounted rate. To make reservations, call 1-800-996-3426 and be sure to ask for the Performance Institute conference rate. The Hotel will ensure that your conference experience is not only educational but
also comfortable and enjoyable in every aspect.

US Grant Hotel
326 Broadway
San Diego, CA 92101
619-232-3121

Tuition

Fees for attendance at 2004 National Summit on Designing and Managing Youth Workforce Development Programs are as follows:

Conference	$1,095
Application Workshop	$395

Group Discounts

For information about group tuition discounts available, please contact James Simpson at 703-894-0481 or
[email protected].

Administrative Note: A 10% cancellation fee on registration will be charged for cancellations received less than three weeks from the date of the conference. As speakers are confirmed 6 months before the event, some speaker changes or topic changes may occur in the program. The Performance Institute is not responsible for speaker changes, but will work to ensure a comparable speaker is located to participate in the program.