H-1B Skills Training

This is the third of three webinars in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Industry-Driven Skills Training Fund Performance Reporting Orientation series. Grantees will learn about generating a Quarterly Performance Report (QPR) and reviewing progress toward grant outcomes.

Kristen Hefley, Grant Co-Lead, Office of Workforce Investment, Division of Strategic Initiatives

Gregory Scheib, Grant Co-Lead, Office of Workforce Investment, Division of Strategic Initiatives

This is the second of three webinars in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Industry-Driven Skills Training Fund Performance Reporting Orientation series. Grantees will learn about the policy and technical details of reporting participant data accurately in the Workforce Integrated Performance System (WIPS).

Kristen Hefley, Grant Co-Lead, Office of Workforce Investment, Division of Strategic Investments

Gregory Scheib, Grant Co-Lead, Office of Workforce Investment, Division of Strategic Initiatives

This webinar will introduce Industry-Driven Skills Training Fund (Training Fund) grantees to Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration (DOL/ETA) grant performance reporting and provide essential tools and guidance needed to successfully collect, track, and document participant outcomes and program requirements.

Maya Kelley, Unit Chief, Competitive Grants Unit, Office of Workforce Investment, Division of Strategic Investments

Gregory Scheib, Grant Co-Lead, Industry-Driven Skills Training Fund, Office of Workforce Investment, Division of Strategic Investments

Kristen Hefley, Grant Co-Lead, Industry-Driven Skills Training Fund, Office of Workforce Investment, Division of Strategic Investments

As your grant enters its final months, it’s more important than ever that your Quarterly Performance Report (QPR) accurately reflects your grant’s success.

This performance technical assistance event is targeted to project managers and other staff who normally take a “hands off” role in submitting participant data; however, the concepts and techniques are applicable to the work of any staff member who plays a role in data collection, tracking, or reporting.

This One Workforce peer-to-peer call is aimed at reflection and action planning following the virtual convening sessions focused on H-1B Rural Healthcare and One Workforce Grant initiatives. Through three topical breakout discussions, participants will share their takeaways and begin to chart actionable steps to align with their last year of grant programing.

This session will start with U.S. Department of Labor leaders discussing administration priorities such as Investing in America agenda, ETA 2030, job quality, sector strategies, Registered Apprenticeship, and any other initiatives that will build off the work that is happening in the public workforce system.

Jenn Smith, Division Chief, Division of Strategic Investments, U.S. Department of Labor

Britt Stich, Director of Investing in America, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

In this session, you will hear from the Office of Grants Management to discuss grant closeout activities and expectations as the grant enters its final phases.

Dani Abdullah, Workforce Development Specialist, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce Investment, Division of Strategic Investments

Avery Malone, Grant Closeout Specialist, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Grants Management

Engage with a panel of leaders in various sectors as they discuss critical current and projected changes in their industries, and how those changes have and are altering their recruitment, screening, interviewing, and hiring practices. Discuss what this means for workforce education and training including the attributes, experiences, skills, and credentials they seek in candidates, and expectations for employee contributions to organizational culture and performance.

Greg Scheib, One Workforce Program Lead, Division of Strategic Investments, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

Gretchen Sullivan, Senior TA Consultant, American Institute for Research (AIR)

Lori Collins, Senior TA Consultant, American Institute for Research (AIR)

This session helps grantees think through all the crucial aspects of sustainability considerations and planning, ensuring the continuity of customer and partner relationships, and diversifying and aligning resources. The session will feature a panel discussion with practiced grantees who will share their sustainability challenges, solutions, and lessons learned, as well as an exercise to look at their sustainability efforts and share their ideas and experiences.

Dani Abdullah, Workforce Development Specialist, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workforce Investment, Division of Strategic Investments

Gretchen Sullivan, Senior TA Consultant, American Institute for Research (AIR)

Erika Humphrey, TA Consultant, American Institute for Research (AIR)

Lori Collins, Senior TA Consultant, American Institute for Research (AIR)

As we near the end of this grant, many grantees are shifting their energy toward an emphasis on participant supports that result in program completion and industry certification, as well as ensuring participant career readiness and job placement. In this session, we will reintroduce the H-1B Participant Support Lifecycle with a focus on strategies to ensure participant success, increase completion and placement rates, and achieve completion and placement performance targets.

Greg Scheib, One Workforce Program Lead, Division of Strategic Investments, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

Joe Quick, Senior TA Consultant, American Institute for Research (AIR)

Erika Humphrey, TA Consultant, American Institute for Research (AIR)

Kristin Wolff, TA Consultant, Social Policy Research Associates (SPRA)