WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.000 00:00:01.690 --> 00:00:04.690 FIRST THING -- >> RECORDING IN PROGRESS. [LAUGHTER] 00:00:12.690 --> 00:00:14.690 WE'LL TAKE UP 2021 STATEWIDE 00:00:15.690 --> 00:00:17.690 MONEYS WITH -- OWE WITH THIS IS 00:00:26.690 --> 00:00:29.690 THE MAY 18TH WHERE WE MOVED THIS FOR DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONERS, 00:00:30.690 --> 00:00:32.690 I HAVE A PROPOSAL I'D LIKE TO 00:00:33.690 --> 00:00:35.690 PRESENT, WHICH INCORPORATES SOME 00:00:36.690 --> 00:00:39.690 DISCUSSIONS I'VE HAD WITH STAFF AND SOME DISCUSSIONS I'VE HAD 00:00:39.690 --> 00:00:41.690 WITH SOME OTHER FOLKS AND 00:00:45.690 --> 00:00:47.690 INCLUDING DIRECTORS OF THE BOARD. WE CAN APPROACH THIS IN 00:00:48.690 --> 00:00:50.690 AWAY YOU WANT. WE CAN LAYOUT OUR PROPOSALS. WE CAN VERIFY 00:00:51.690 --> 00:00:53.690 THE BALANCES. I THINK STAFF IS 00:00:56.690 --> 00:00:58.690 HERE AS A RESOURCE TODAY. IF 00:00:59.690 --> 00:01:02.690 YOU GUYS, DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION READY OR ARE YOU 00:01:02.690 --> 00:01:05.690 HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS? >> WE'RE HERE AS A RESOURCE. 00:01:06.690 --> 00:01:09.690 WE'VE BRIEFED IDEAS, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET THOUGHTS. 00:01:09.690 --> 00:01:12.690 >> SURE. >> CHAIRMAN, I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM IF WE COULD SHARE 00:01:13.690 --> 00:01:15.690 INITIATIVES OR IDEAS WE HAVE, AND I WOULDN'T MIND STARTING 00:01:17.690 --> 00:01:20.690 WITH YOU OR COMMISSIONER DEMERSON. 00:01:21.690 --> 00:01:24.690 >> I'M HAPPY TO START OUT. >> YES, SIR >> IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING 00:01:24.690 --> 00:01:27.690 TO GIVE YOU ENTITLED A WHITE PAPER AND IT'S ENDING THE MIDDLE 00:01:30.690 --> 00:01:32.690 SKILLS GAP THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE 00:01:34.690 --> 00:01:37.690 SKILLS PACT WAY AND KIM WILL PUT SOME ON THE TABLE, SO IF YOUR 00:01:38.690 --> 00:01:40.690 STAFF WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT WHILE WE GO OVER THIS, THOSE ARE 00:01:41.690 --> 00:01:44.690 AVAILABLE, ALSO FOR GENERAL COUNSEL AND OTHERS AS WELL. 00:01:44.690 --> 00:01:46.690 >> SO, I TOOK A LOOK AT WHAT I 00:01:48.690 --> 00:01:50.690 BELIEVE THE WIOA BUDGETS TO BE 00:01:56.690 --> 00:01:58.690 AND UNDERSTOOD HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE AND LOOKED AT SOME 00:02:00.690 --> 00:02:02.690 CONVERSATIONS, NOTES OF CONVERSATIONS THAT I'D HAD WITH 00:02:03.690 --> 00:02:05.690 WORKFORCE DIVISION STAFF, AND SOME OTHER FOLKS, AND THEN 00:02:08.690 --> 00:02:11.690 INCORPORATED THAT WITH A CONVERSATION THAT I HAD STARTED WITH SOME BOARD EXECUTIVE 00:02:13.690 --> 00:02:15.690 DIRECTORS, REALLY AS FAR BACK AS 00:02:16.690 --> 00:02:19.690 APRIL. WE'VE BEEN KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THESE STATEWIDE 00:02:19.690 --> 00:02:22.690 BALANCES AND LOOKING AT OUR STATEWIDE INITIATIVES, YOU KNOW, 00:02:22.690 --> 00:02:25.690 FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW. I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN DOING THAT. 00:02:25.690 --> 00:02:28.690 THE THING THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME FROM THE PAGE IS THAT, WE 00:02:30.690 --> 00:02:32.690 REALLY, UM, TALKED AT THIS 00:02:33.690 --> 00:02:35.690 AGENCY A LOT ABOUT MIDDLE SKILLS 00:02:36.690 --> 00:02:39.690 JOBS, THE MIDDLE SKILLS GAP AND HOW WE CAN GET ENOUGH MIDDLE 00:02:40.690 --> 00:02:42.690 SKILLS GRADUATES TO TAKE THOSE 00:02:43.690 --> 00:02:46.690 JOBS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE REALLY KIND OF 00:02:48.690 --> 00:02:51.690 FOCUSED ON THAT TASK, BUT THEY DO OTHER THINGS AS WELL. GIVEN 00:02:58.690 --> 00:03:00.690 WE HAD A BALANCE AND UNDERSTANDING THAT STAFF HAD, I 00:03:01.690 --> 00:03:04.690 DON'T WANT TO SAY A WISH LIST, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WERE HOPING FOR 00:03:05.690 --> 00:03:08.690 THE BEST, THEY HAD DIRECTED STRATEGIES THEY WANTED TO 00:03:08.690 --> 00:03:10.690 EXPLORE FURTHER, SO I COMBINED 00:03:11.690 --> 00:03:13.690 STAFF'S IDEAS WITH MY OWN IDEAS AND ALSO WITH SOME IDEAS FROM 00:03:14.690 --> 00:03:16.690 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF SOME 00:03:17.690 --> 00:03:20.690 BOARDS. LET ME TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THAT, AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S IN THE WHITE PAPER. IN 00:03:20.690 --> 00:03:23.690 APRIL, I SENT AN E-MAIL TO ALL 28 WORKFORCE BOARDS TO THE 00:03:24.690 --> 00:03:26.690 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ASKED THEM 00:03:27.690 --> 00:03:30.690 SORT OF WHAT WERE ITEMS, IF THERE WERE A BALANCE AND WHAT 00:03:32.690 --> 00:03:34.690 WOULD THEY SPEND IT ON? AND GOT 00:03:35.690 --> 00:03:38.690 11 RESPONSES BACK FROM THE 28 BOARDS. THERE WERE TWO THINGS 00:03:40.690 --> 00:03:42.690 THAT JUMPED OUT AS BEING THE ONE 00:03:43.690 --> 00:03:46.690 THAT THE MOST BOARDS WANTED, ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T A LARGE, IT 00:03:46.690 --> 00:03:49.690 WASN'T A MAJORITY. IT WAS JUST THE MULTITUDES OF BOARDS AND ONE 00:03:54.690 --> 00:03:56.690 WAS CAREER AND CAREER OUTREACH. 00:04:00.690 --> 00:04:03.690 LOOKING AT THE NOTES I HAVE SEEN FROM STAFF, AND REALIZED THAT IT 00:04:04.690 --> 00:04:06.690 MIGHT BE TIME FOR TWC TO 00:04:07.690 --> 00:04:09.690 CONSIDER A LARGER EFFORT, A 00:04:10.690 --> 00:04:13.690 MULTI PRONGED EFFORT TO REALLY ADDRESS THE MIDDLE SKILLS GAP 00:04:14.690 --> 00:04:17.690 AND SO WHAT I'M PROPOSING TODAY IS TO CARVE OUT 11 MILLIONS FROM 00:04:22.690 --> 00:04:24.690 OUR BUDGET, PROPORTIONATE AS TO 00:04:25.690 --> 00:04:28.690 WHERE THE BALANCE LIES AND HOW THE MONEY CAN BE USED AND WITH 00:04:28.690 --> 00:04:30.690 THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A 00:04:31.690 --> 00:04:33.690 LARGE STATEWIDE EFFORT TO END 00:04:35.690 --> 00:04:38.690 THE MIDDLE SKILLS GAP. THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST BIG STEP 00:04:38.690 --> 00:04:41.690 TOWARD GETTING THAT DONE. AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT 00:04:42.690 --> 00:04:45.690 I WOULD REALLY WANT US TO CONSIDER INCLUDING UNDER THIS 00:04:47.690 --> 00:04:49.690 $11 MILLION FRAMEWORK FOR STAFF TO WORK FROM. SO, A CAREER 00:04:53.690 --> 00:04:55.690 PATHWAYS APP. PROBABLY HAVE TO WORK WITH A VENDOR. REALLY 00:04:56.690 --> 00:04:58.690 SOMETHING PEOPLE COULD USE FROM THEIR PHONE OR PERHAPS EVEN A 00:05:00.690 --> 00:05:02.690 TABLET OR LAPTOP COMPUTER, TO 00:05:03.690 --> 00:05:06.690 REALLY LOOK AT CAREER PATHWAYS AND HOW THEY CAN EITHER UPSCALE 00:05:09.690 --> 00:05:11.690 OR RE-SKILL OR TRANSITION TO A 00:05:12.690 --> 00:05:15.690 NEW CAREER WITHIN THE WORKFORCE WHILE STILL PRESERVING THEIR ABILITY TO EARN WAGES. THIS APP 00:05:18.690 --> 00:05:20.690 WOULD BE SOMETHING NEW WE WOULD DO, PROBABLY IN ADDITION TO 00:05:22.690 --> 00:05:25.690 WORKING TEXAS AND MYTEXASCAREER.COM, AND IT WOULD 00:05:30.690 --> 00:05:32.690 NEED SIMILAR DATA AND THAT WOULD BE DRIVEN WITH OUR ABILITY TO 00:05:33.690 --> 00:05:35.690 WORK WITH A CONTRACTOR. YOU 00:05:36.690 --> 00:05:39.690 WOULD WANT TO SEE JOB OPPORTUNITY INFORMATION AND YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE YOUR REAL-TIME 00:05:41.690 --> 00:05:43.690 KIND OF ADVICE ON HOW TO PLUG IN THE EDUCATIONAL OFFERINGS TO GET 00:05:44.690 --> 00:05:46.690 THERE. RELATED TO THAT, BUT 00:05:47.690 --> 00:05:50.690 KIND OF A SEPARATE CATEGORY, SOME VERY IN DEPTH JOB COACHING 00:05:54.690 --> 00:05:57.690 PLACES WHERE PEOPLE COULD CALL, PERHAPS, INTERACT WITH ONLINE, 00:05:58.690 --> 00:06:00.690 PROBABLY CALL AND GET SOME JOB 00:06:01.690 --> 00:06:04.690 COACHING ADVICE. THIS WOULD BE A PERSONAL COACH. THIS WOULD BE 00:06:04.690 --> 00:06:07.690 PEOPLE TO PEOPLE CONTACT. AND IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT 00:06:08.690 --> 00:06:10.690 EVEN GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING HERE WITH 00:06:11.690 --> 00:06:13.690 BOARDS. ALSO, WITHIN THIS, 00:06:16.690 --> 00:06:18.690 ENDING THE MIDDLE SKILLS GAP, I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS 00:06:19.690 --> 00:06:21.690 WE'RE DOING THAT WE SHOULD 00:06:22.690 --> 00:06:25.690 EXTEND SOME CERTIFICATION FOR METRICS USERS AND WE HAVE TALKED 00:06:26.690 --> 00:06:28.690 ABOUT THAT BEFORE. MORE TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS AND 00:06:29.690 --> 00:06:32.690 TRADES, MANUFACTURING, HIGH TECH, SOME OF THAT MIGHT BE FROM 00:06:33.690 --> 00:06:35.690 APPRENTICESHIP. OUR EXISTING 00:06:36.690 --> 00:06:38.690 APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM WHICH IS ROBUST IN TERMS OF FUNDING, IT 00:06:39.690 --> 00:06:41.690 WOULD PLAY ITSELF WELL INTO A 00:06:43.690 --> 00:06:46.690 ENDING THE MIDDLE SKILLS GAP INITIATIVE WHILE STILL DOING 00:06:46.690 --> 00:06:49.690 SOME OF THE OTHER WORK IT DOES AS STANDALONE APPRENTICESHIP 00:06:52.690 --> 00:06:54.690 INITIATIVE. IT'S LARGE AND ROBUST AND I THINK IT PLUGS IN. 00:06:56.690 --> 00:06:59.690 THE LATE CATEGORY IS A MOBILE CREDENTIAL TRACKER. THERE'S A 00:07:00.690 --> 00:07:02.690 LOT OF PEOPLE DOING WORK IN THIS SPACE, RIGHT NOW. OUR EDUCATION 00:07:06.690 --> 00:07:08.690 BOARD AND THERE HAS BEEN WORK DONE IN THIS AREA. I DON'T 00:07:09.690 --> 00:07:11.690 THINK THAT PRECLUDES US FROM DOING THE WORK. MY PROPOSAL 00:07:12.690 --> 00:07:15.690 WOULD BE TO TAKE UP THESE TOPICS, ASSIGN $11 MILLION TO 00:07:18.690 --> 00:07:21.690 STAFF MEETING, NOT TO EXCEED $11 MILLION. I THINK LIKELY WHAT 00:07:22.690 --> 00:07:24.690 WOULD HAPPEN IF WE WERE TO MOVE 00:07:25.690 --> 00:07:28.690 FORWARD WITH THIS TODAY IS THAT STAFF WOULD TAKE THIS FRAMEWORK, 00:07:31.690 --> 00:07:34.690 PERHAPS YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD TO IT, AND THERE MAY BE THINGS YOU 00:07:35.690 --> 00:07:38.690 MAY WANT TO TAKE AWAY, BUT WE WOULD FIND A FRAMEWORK TO FIT 00:07:38.690 --> 00:07:41.690 WHAT STAFF NEEDS TO DO, SOME THINGS THEY'RE TELLING US THAT 00:07:42.690 --> 00:07:45.690 NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THINGS THE BOARD ASKED TO BE DONE AND WE 00:07:46.690 --> 00:07:48.690 WOULD TELL THEM DON'T SPEND MORE THAN $11 MILLION. ALLOCATE FROM 00:07:49.690 --> 00:07:51.690 WHAT WE OWE MONTANA, WHICH IS 00:07:53.690 --> 00:07:56.690 TODAY'S DISCUSSION. BE AWARE OF OTHER DOLLARS THAT MAY COME 00:07:57.690 --> 00:08:00.690 AVAILABLE, PARTICULARLY ONE-TIME DOLLARS AND IF WE NEED TO 00:08:00.690 --> 00:08:03.690 SUBSTITUTE THOSE INTO THIS, YOU SHOULD BRING THAT BEFORE THE 00:08:03.690 --> 00:08:06.690 COMMISSION TO DO THAT. I TRIED TO KEEP THAT BRIEF. I TRIED TO 00:08:07.690 --> 00:08:10.690 KEEP IT TO A SUMMARY, BUT I DON'T MEAN I DON'T WANT TO 00:08:10.690 --> 00:08:13.690 DISCUSS IT. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU'D 00:08:14.690 --> 00:08:17.690 LIKE TO MAKE ABOUT THIS, IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO 00:08:17.690 --> 00:08:20.690 WORK ON THAT IS SIMILAR TO SOMETHING I'M WILLING TO WORK 00:08:20.690 --> 00:08:23.690 ON, I'LL SAY NOW, I'LL VERY OPEN TO INCLUDING YOUR IDEAS. I'M 00:08:26.690 --> 00:08:28.690 MUCH MORE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS 00:08:29.690 --> 00:08:31.690 FRAMEWORK, THIS LARGER INITIATIVE, THIS MULTI-MILLION 00:08:33.690 --> 00:08:35.690 DOLLAR INITIATIVE TO END THE MIDDLE SKILLS GAP. I THINK THE 00:08:37.690 --> 00:08:39.690 TOOLS I'VE INCLUDED ARE GOOD ONES. I THINK IF YOU HAVE 00:08:40.690 --> 00:08:42.690 BETTER ONES, I WOULD MOST CERTAINLY WANT TO ADOPT THOSE IN 00:08:43.690 --> 00:08:46.690 THERE, AND I THINK WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO GET SOME THINGS DONE. I'M SAYING THAT JUST TO 00:08:47.690 --> 00:08:49.690 SAY, I'VE MADE A BRIEF 00:08:51.690 --> 00:08:54.690 PRESENTATION HERE AND I HAVE GIVEN YOU A FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE 00:08:55.690 --> 00:08:58.690 PAPER BECAUSE STAFF THAT'S TO DEVELOP SOME OF THESE THINGS AND I'M INTERESTED IN YOUR IDEAS 00:08:59.690 --> 00:09:01.690 CONCERNING THIS. 00:09:03.690 --> 00:09:06.690 >> DO YOU WANT ME TO GO? >> IF YOU WANT OR I CAN GO. 00:09:10.690 --> 00:09:13.690 >> I'LL DIFFER TO YOU. >> CHAIRMAN DANIEL, I THINK ALL 00:09:14.690 --> 00:09:17.690 THREE IDEAS YOU HAVE HERE FIT RIGHT INTO WHAT WE'VE BEEN 00:09:17.690 --> 00:09:20.690 TALKING ABOUT. LIKE THE CAREER PATHWAY APP, I'M OKAY WITH THE 00:09:22.690 --> 00:09:24.690 METRICS AND MOBILE CREDENTIAL 00:09:25.690 --> 00:09:28.690 TRACKER. SO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS A COUPLE OF OTHER 00:09:29.690 --> 00:09:32.690 IDEAS, BUT I DO AGREE WITH WHAT YOU LAID OUT AND I THINK WHAT 00:09:33.690 --> 00:09:36.690 I'M ABOUT TO LAYOUT MIGHT COMPLIMENT SOME OF THE THINGS 00:09:36.690 --> 00:09:38.690 YOU JUST SAID. AND I APPRECIATE 00:09:39.690 --> 00:09:42.690 THE FACT THAT WE USE THE WORD "HIGHLY SKILLED," AND OF COURSE 00:09:45.690 --> 00:09:47.690 MIDDLE SKILLED. LET ME JUST GO 00:09:49.690 --> 00:09:52.690 OVER, FOR THE RECORD, WE OWE A STATEWIDE FUNDING BALANCES. FOR 00:09:54.690 --> 00:09:56.690 THE RECORD, WE HAVE $9,000,323 00:09:57.690 --> 00:09:59.690 AND 300 $88 MILLION. 9 00:10:03.690 --> 00:10:05.690 MILLION 323,000, RIGHT. OKAY. 00:10:09.690 --> 00:10:12.690 GO AHEAD. >> COMMISSIONER, THE AMOUNT IS 00:10:16.690 --> 00:10:18.690 $9,350,000. >> EVEN BETTER. EVEN BETTER. 00:10:20.690 --> 00:10:22.690 >> FOR 10 FES, IT'S 6.6 MILLION. 00:10:24.690 --> 00:10:27.690 >> THAT'S NOT INCLUDING ANOTHER RESOURCE THAT I KNOW OF. SO, OF 00:10:30.690 --> 00:10:32.690 FUNDING. >> ELA IS $7 MILLION. 00:10:34.690 --> 00:10:36.690 >> THAT'S FOR LATER DISCUSSION, RIGHT, OKAY. LET'S TALK ABOUT 00:10:40.690 --> 00:10:43.690 AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT STAFF HAS PUT INTO 00:10:43.690 --> 00:10:45.690 THIS. WE DID ASK SOME QUESTIONS 00:10:46.690 --> 00:10:48.690 AND PARTICULARLY UNDER THE WORKING DOCUMENT THAT WE WERE 00:10:49.690 --> 00:10:51.690 GIVEN, THE INFORMATION AND JOB 00:10:52.690 --> 00:10:54.690 CONNECTION, PARTICULAR PORTION, 00:10:55.690 --> 00:10:58.690 WHERE WE ARE AND THIS IS ALL GOING TO BE, AS WE GO, I'M ALSO 00:11:01.690 --> 00:11:03.690 GOING TO REFERENCE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO USE. 00:11:05.690 --> 00:11:08.690 SO, KEEP IN MIND THE CHAIRMAN HAS BROUGHT OUT THREE 00:11:09.690 --> 00:11:12.690 INITIATIVES. WE CAN NEGOTIATE AND TALK ABOUT THE $11 MILLION. 00:11:12.690 --> 00:11:15.690 WHO KNOWS. WE MAY BE ABLE TO USE IT ALL. THERE'S AN 00:11:15.690 --> 00:11:18.690 ABUNDANCE OF MONEY AND THIS IS SOMETHING I WANT TO DISCUSS WITH 00:11:18.690 --> 00:11:20.690 MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. AND I 00:11:21.690 --> 00:11:23.690 THINK THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO 00:11:24.690 --> 00:11:26.690 FINE-TUNE SOME OF THE THINGS HE'S LAID OUT. OKAY. SO ON THE 00:11:28.690 --> 00:11:31.690 INFORMATION AND JOB CONNECTION WHICH YOU HAVE GIVEN US AS ONE 00:11:32.690 --> 00:11:34.690 OF THE DOCUMENTS TO WORK WITH, I 00:11:40.690 --> 00:11:42.690 HAVE AN IDEA. I'D LIKE TO USE, 00:11:44.690 --> 00:11:46.690 OUT OF THE 9 MILLION OF WIOA, 00:11:50.690 --> 00:11:52.690 I'D LIKE TO USE $2 MILLION FOR 00:11:53.690 --> 00:11:56.690 VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY OR HEADSET GLASSES OR GOGGLES TO 00:11:58.690 --> 00:12:01.690 PROVIDE INNOVATIVE, ENGAGING AND SCALABLE WAYS FOR STUDENTS TO 00:12:02.690 --> 00:12:04.690 EXPLORE HIGH WAGE, HIGH DEMAND 00:12:06.690 --> 00:12:08.690 AND CAREERS IN THEIR REGION. I 00:12:09.690 --> 00:12:11.690 FEEL THROUGH THESE REALITY VR 00:12:13.690 --> 00:12:15.690 HEADSETS, WE CAN DO SIMULATIONS. 00:12:16.690 --> 00:12:18.690 WE CAN ALSO REDUCE THE COST, TIME AND RESOURCES REQUIRED TO 00:12:19.690 --> 00:12:21.690 SHOWCASE A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A 00:12:22.690 --> 00:12:24.690 CAREER OF A STUDENT NO MATTER THEIR LOCATION. BY PURCHASING 00:12:26.690 --> 00:12:28.690 THE LICENSING RIGHTS AND VR 00:12:29.690 --> 00:12:31.690 HEADSETS AND HOUSING THEM WITH OUR EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH TEAM 00:12:32.690 --> 00:12:35.690 WHICH THE CHAIRMAN REFERENCED THAT HE'S HAD ONE OF THE THINGS 00:12:36.690 --> 00:12:39.690 THAT THE BOARDS HAD SHARED WITH HIM, VALUE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, 00:12:43.690 --> 00:12:46.690 WE CAN INCORPORATE THEIR USE IN WORKSHOPS WITH STUDENTS, PARENTS 00:12:46.690 --> 00:12:49.690 AND FACTUALITY AND STUDENTS IN RURAL AND URBAN DISTRICTS ACROSS 00:12:50.690 --> 00:12:53.690 THE STATE AND THERE'S BENEFITS BY HAVING THESE HEADSETS THAT I 00:12:53.690 --> 00:12:55.690 CAN SHARE AT A LATER TIME. THIS 00:12:56.690 --> 00:12:59.690 INITIATIVE WILL SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE BOARDS WITH EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH TEAMS. I WOULD ALSO 00:13:00.690 --> 00:13:03.690 LIKE TO DIRECT OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO RESEARCH FUNDING 00:13:03.690 --> 00:13:05.690 SOURCES TO PURCHASE VR GOGGLES 00:13:07.690 --> 00:13:10.690 OR HEADSETS FOR OUR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH TEAM AS WELL. 00:13:10.690 --> 00:13:12.690 THAT'S ONE IDEA. THAT'S $2 00:13:15.690 --> 00:13:17.690 MILLION AND I'M ASSUMING THAT 00:13:18.690 --> 00:13:21.690 WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS, FROM ARE THE $9,350,000, SO THEN LET'S 00:13:25.690 --> 00:13:27.690 SUBTRACT THE $2 MILLION FROM THAT. AND YOU CAN CERTAINLY ASK 00:13:31.690 --> 00:13:33.690 QUESTIONS IF YOU WANT DURING MY 00:13:34.690 --> 00:13:36.690 DISCUSSION. JOB PREPARE -- JOB 00:13:43.690 --> 00:13:46.690 PREPAREDNESS INCLUDING SHORT-TERM TRAINING. I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT $4 MILLION OF 00:13:48.690 --> 00:13:50.690 SHORT-TERM WIOA MONEY BE USED 00:13:52.690 --> 00:13:54.690 FOR TRAINING. LESS THAN THREE MONTHS. FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN 00:13:56.690 --> 00:13:59.690 ENROLLED IN SUBSIDIZED CARE TO CONNECT THEM WITH A CAREER AND 00:14:00.690 --> 00:14:02.690 DEMAND OCCUPATIONS. SHORT-TERM 00:14:03.690 --> 00:14:06.690 TRAINING SUCH AS APPRENTICESHIP READINESS PROGRAM, MC-3 AND THE 00:14:09.690 --> 00:14:11.690 NCCER OR ANY OTHER TRAINING 00:14:12.690 --> 00:14:14.690 CONNECTIONS CONNECTING ANY OTHER 00:14:16.690 --> 00:14:19.690 TRAINING CONNECTING THESE PARENTS TO IN DEMAND FIELDS. I 00:14:20.690 --> 00:14:22.690 THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN THE LAST WORK SESSION, THE VALUE 00:14:23.690 --> 00:14:26.690 OF HAVING PARENTS GOING THROUGH THESE SHORT-TERM TRAINING 00:14:27.690 --> 00:14:29.690 ESPECIALLY WHEN THEIR KIDS ARE IN SUBSIDIZED CHILDCARE. UM, 00:14:36.690 --> 00:14:38.690 SO, WE HAD THE 2 MILLION 00:14:40.690 --> 00:14:42.690 SUBTRACTED FROM THE $9,500,000, 00:14:44.690 --> 00:14:46.690 RIGHT? WAS IT $9,000,050, OKAY. 00:14:50.690 --> 00:14:53.690 9.4. THAT LEAVES US A BALANCE OF 7 AND THEN OF COURSE, THIS 00:14:55.690 --> 00:14:57.690 ONE THAT I JUST ROLLED OUT WAS A 00:14:58.690 --> 00:15:00.690 $4 MILLION, THAT WOULD LEAVE US WITH 3 MILLION, PLUS 00:15:01.690 --> 00:15:03.690 $3.3 MILLION. AND THEN I HAVE 00:15:04.690 --> 00:15:06.690 ONE MORE INITIATIVE WHICH IS, 00:15:12.690 --> 00:15:15.690 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. >> UH-HUH. >> THE VIRTUAL TECH GOGGLES, 00:15:16.690 --> 00:15:19.690 THAT WAS $2 MILLION? >> SO, YES. NO, YEAH. THAT WAS 00:15:22.690 --> 00:15:24.690 $2 MILLION. >> THEN YOU HAD ANOTHER ONE THAT 00:15:25.690 --> 00:15:28.690 WAS 2 MILLION? >> THE OTHER ONE WHICH WAS 00:15:29.690 --> 00:15:32.690 SHORT-TERM TRAINING. THAT WE HAVE A SHORT-TERM TRAINING LESS 00:15:33.690 --> 00:15:36.690 THAN THREE MONTHS WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED WAS $4 MILLION. 00:15:37.690 --> 00:15:39.690 THAT'S A TOTAL OF 6 FROM THE 9. 00:15:40.690 --> 00:15:42.690 >> THANK YOU. >> OF COURSE, THE CHAIRMAN 00:15:43.690 --> 00:15:45.690 REFERENCED THE METRICS, THE 1.1, 00:15:46.690 --> 00:15:49.690 WE COULD USE FOR THAT, CHAIRMAN. AGAIN, I AGREE WITH THAT. SO 00:15:57.690 --> 00:15:59.690 THAT HANDLES THE, THAT'S 4, 2 00:16:01.690 --> 00:16:03.690 AND 1.1. IT GIVES US A BALANCE. 00:16:04.690 --> 00:16:07.690 IF STAFF WANTED TO WORK WITH SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT YOU 00:16:10.690 --> 00:16:13.690 HAVE BROUGHT FORTH THAT ARE FOR CONSIDERATION, YOU WOULD HAVE 00:16:14.690 --> 00:16:16.690 $2.2 MILLION. THAT'S STILL JUST 00:16:18.690 --> 00:16:20.690 WITH WIAOA AND I HAVEN'T TOUCH 00:16:25.690 --> 00:16:27.690 -- I HAVEN'T TOUCHED TANF. ALL 00:16:29.690 --> 00:16:31.690 I'VE TOUCHED IS WIOA SO WHEN THE 00:16:35.690 --> 00:16:38.690 CHAIR TALKED ABOUT 11, YOU HAVE THE 6 MILLION FROM TANF AND LEFT 00:16:41.690 --> 00:16:43.690 OVER AND OF COURSE THE BALANCE OF 2.2 FROM WIOA. THAT'S $8 00:16:51.690 --> 00:16:54.690 MILLION. ANY QUESTIONS? >> COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ, WHAT'S 00:16:55.690 --> 00:16:58.690 THE TOTAL AMOUNT? >> MY TOTAL AMOUNT IS 4 AND 2 IS 00:16:59.690 --> 00:17:01.690 6 PLUS 1.1 WHICH IS SOMETHING 00:17:02.690 --> 00:17:04.690 THE CHAIRMAN REFERENCED THE MOBILE APP, IT WOULD BE 7.1. 00:17:11.690 --> 00:17:14.690 >> SO THAT'S ABOUT $18 MILLION THAT, IN TOTAL BETWEEN THE 00:17:16.690 --> 00:17:18.690 CHAIR'S 11 MILLION AND YOUR $7 00:17:19.690 --> 00:17:21.690 MILLION. >> I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS WE 00:17:23.690 --> 00:17:25.690 DISCUSSED COULD BE BLENDING. >> LET ME TURN MY MICROPHONE ON 00:17:26.690 --> 00:17:28.690 SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR ME. SO, IN 00:17:31.690 --> 00:17:33.690 PRACTICE, TWO SUGGESTIONS THAT 00:17:34.690 --> 00:17:36.690 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ HAS, I COULD DEFINITELY BE SUPPORTIVE 00:17:39.690 --> 00:17:41.690 OF. I MAY NOT SUPPORT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, AND I DO WANT TO 00:17:43.690 --> 00:17:45.690 TALK ABOUT THAT. IT'S NOT A DO 00:17:48.690 --> 00:17:50.690 OR DIE SITUATION FOR ME. >> I WOULD BE WILLING TO 00:17:51.690 --> 00:17:54.690 NEGOTIATE THAT. >> THIS FIT INTO THE FRAMEWORK I'M SUGGESTING. I GUESS I'M 00:17:55.690 --> 00:17:58.690 TAKING THE LONG WAY AROUND TO SAY I'M NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT 00:17:59.690 --> 00:18:01.690 THE TOTALS RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE TOTALS FIT HOW 00:18:02.690 --> 00:18:04.690 MUCH MONEY WE HAVE. COURTNEY AND CHRIS ARE CALCULATING THIS. 00:18:05.690 --> 00:18:08.690 WE'RE GOING TO FIND MORE MONEY. I'M KIDDING. LET'S GET ALL THE 00:18:09.690 --> 00:18:12.690 IDEAS ON THE TABLE BECAUSE THESE ARE TWO REALLY GOOD IDEAS THAT 00:18:13.690 --> 00:18:16.690 WE JUST HEARD. I THINK MY IDEAS ARE GOOD AND I HOPE YOU DO TOO. 00:18:18.690 --> 00:18:21.690 LET'S GET ALL THE IDEAS AND WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT MONEY 00:18:21.690 --> 00:18:24.690 AND SEE HOW THIS WILL WORK OUT. >> I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. THE 00:18:24.690 --> 00:18:26.690 REASON I SAID, THE INITIATIVES 00:18:27.690 --> 00:18:29.690 THAT I ROLLED OUT JUST TOUCHED 00:18:30.690 --> 00:18:32.690 WIOA SO AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T 00:18:33.690 --> 00:18:35.690 TOUCHED TANF AND WE HAVE THE 00:18:38.690 --> 00:18:40.690 6.6. THERE'S A 2.2 IN WIAO 00:18:42.690 --> 00:18:44.690 AFTER THE INITIATIVES AND SOME OF THE THINGS THE CHAIRMAN 00:18:45.690 --> 00:18:48.690 ROLLED OUT AND I'M SURE COMMISSIONER DEMERSON MAY HAVE 00:18:51.690 --> 00:18:53.690 IDEAS, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BLEND IDEAS WE'RE PROPOSING. 00:18:54.690 --> 00:18:57.690 IT'S JUST THE TECHNOLOGY THAT I'M REINFORCING, LIKE THE 00:18:58.690 --> 00:19:01.690 HEADSETS AND WHO ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE AWARDS OR 00:19:03.690 --> 00:19:05.690 GRANTS. SO BOARDS WOULD RECEIVE THEM, CAREER AND EDUCATIONAL 00:19:06.690 --> 00:19:09.690 OUTREACH SPECIALIST, FUNDING WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO FOLKS THAT 00:19:10.690 --> 00:19:13.690 DO SHORT-TERM TRAINING, LIKE, OUR APPRENTICESHIP SKILLS, FOLKS 00:19:15.690 --> 00:19:17.690 LIKE THAT. WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR 00:19:18.690 --> 00:19:21.690 WITH WHAT HAPPENED AT HURRICANE HARVEY WHERE WE HAD MONEY THAT 00:19:24.690 --> 00:19:26.690 WAS ALLOCATED AND ONE OF THE LOCAL BOARDS IN HOUSTON PUT SOME 00:19:27.690 --> 00:19:30.690 TRAINING IN TWO WEEKS WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE NCRR. THIS 00:19:35.690 --> 00:19:37.690 ALLOWS THE INDIVIDUAL TO MAKE THE PATH THEY WANT TO TAKE 00:19:38.690 --> 00:19:40.690 BECAUSE THERE'S THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO TRAINING 00:19:41.690 --> 00:19:44.690 PROGRAMS, BUT THEY'RE BOTH SHORT-TERMS. 00:19:44.690 --> 00:19:46.690 >> THERE'S STRENGTH TO YOUR VR, 00:19:48.690 --> 00:19:50.690 MEANING VIRTUAL REALITY, TO YOUR 00:19:51.690 --> 00:19:53.690 VR TOOL. I WAS PROBABLY, IN 00:19:55.690 --> 00:19:57.690 LATE 2019, I WAS ON AN 00:20:00.690 --> 00:20:03.690 INFORMATION TRIP IN THE SILICON VALLEY AND WE WERE VISITING 00:20:03.690 --> 00:20:05.690 DIFFERENT COMPUTER COMPANIES AND LOOKING AT THE WAYS THEY'RE 00:20:06.690 --> 00:20:09.690 TRAINING WORKERS. ANYWAY. WE ENDED UP IN THE OFFICE OF ONE 00:20:10.690 --> 00:20:13.690 WHERE THEY USE VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING TO GIVE STUDENTS, AT 00:20:15.690 --> 00:20:18.690 LEAST WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN AN OPERATING ROOM. SO I PUT ON 00:20:18.690 --> 00:20:21.690 THE GOGGLES. WE WERE DOING HEART SURGERY THAT DAY. AND -- 00:20:22.690 --> 00:20:24.690 >> DID HE MAKE IT, CHAIRMAN? 00:20:27.690 --> 00:20:30.690 >> HE DID MAKE IT. >> I DID GOOD WORK. BUT YOU DON'T GET THE SMELL OF THE 00:20:31.690 --> 00:20:33.690 OPERATING ROOM. IT IS REAL. I 00:20:35.690 --> 00:20:38.690 MEAN, I SAW STUFF I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE. AND -- 00:20:38.690 --> 00:20:41.690 >> EXACTLY. >> I'M NOT A DOCTOR FOR A REASON. AND SO, IT WAS VERY 00:20:43.690 --> 00:20:46.690 REALISTIC. I THINK IF YOU CAN HONESTLY, I THINK IF YOU COULD 00:20:47.690 --> 00:20:50.690 HONESTLY DEVELOP A TOOL WHERE STUDENTS COULD EXPERIENCE A 00:20:50.690 --> 00:20:53.690 LITTLE BIT ABOUT, MAYBE NOT SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS, BUT 00:20:54.690 --> 00:20:56.690 OCCUPATIONAL FIELDS, I THINK YOU COULD DO THEM A FAVOR AT AN 00:20:58.690 --> 00:21:00.690 EARLY ENOUGH AGE WE CAN GET THEM 00:21:01.690 --> 00:21:04.690 THE EDUCATION THEY NEED. IT HAS MERIT AND I WANT THAT TO BE ON 00:21:04.690 --> 00:21:06.690 THE LIST AND WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT DOLLARS TODAY 00:21:07.690 --> 00:21:09.690 AND SORT OF FIGURE OUT HOW THAT WORKS. 00:21:10.690 --> 00:21:13.690 >> I'M OKAY WITH THAT, CHAIRMAN. >> IF YOU HAVE YOUR LIST OUT 00:21:13.690 --> 00:21:15.690 THERE, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, 00:21:16.690 --> 00:21:18.690 LET COMMISSIONER DEMERSON GET 00:21:21.690 --> 00:21:23.690 HIS IDEAS ON THE LIST, AND THEN LET'S START TALKING ABOUT THEM 00:21:24.690 --> 00:21:27.690 ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE I THINK MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN, THAT'S HOW WE DO OUR 00:21:28.690 --> 00:21:31.690 BEST WORK WHEN WE PLAY OFF EACH OTHER'S IDEAS AND GET SYNERGY 00:21:33.690 --> 00:21:35.690 GOING UP HERE. SO IF -- 00:21:36.690 --> 00:21:39.690 >> SURE, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD I AGREE WITH YOU, CHAIRMAN. LAST 00:21:40.690 --> 00:21:42.690 WEEK, WE AWARDED A GRANT TO MARY 00:21:43.690 --> 00:21:46.690 ROSS'S DISTRICT WHERE THE STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AT 00:21:48.690 --> 00:21:50.690 BEAR ISD RECEIVED VR HEADSETS, 00:21:53.690 --> 00:21:55.690 VIRTUAL HEADSETS, NO BIGGER THAN 00:21:59.690 --> 00:22:01.690 LOCKHART. . CONGRATULATIONS TO 00:22:03.690 --> 00:22:06.690 THE BOARD FOR DOING THAT. AND SO, WE'VE BEEN HAVING THOSE 00:22:07.690 --> 00:22:09.690 DISCUSSIONS FOR SOME TIME. MY TRIP TO EMERSON AND OTHER 00:22:12.690 --> 00:22:14.690 EMPLOYERS WHERE THEY'VE HAD THESE HEADSETS, IT HAS MADE IT, 00:22:16.690 --> 00:22:19.690 YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S LIKE BEING THERE IN PERSON, BUT THINK ABOUT 00:22:19.690 --> 00:22:21.690 SOME OF THE TRAINING THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT, OSHA 10 AND 00:22:25.690 --> 00:22:27.690 OSHA 30. WE CAN TALK TO PARENTS AND THIS IS GOING INTO -- AEL, 00:22:31.690 --> 00:22:34.690 SPEAKING ENGLISH, WRITING AND BASIC MATH. I THINK THIS IS, 00:22:35.690 --> 00:22:37.690 ESPECIALLY FOR MY CO-LOCATED 00:22:44.690 --> 00:22:46.690 AGENTS. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND SUPPORT ON THIS. 00:22:47.690 --> 00:22:49.690 COMMISSIONER DEMERSON. 00:22:50.690 --> 00:22:52.690 >> SO I THINK YOU GUYS ALREADY SPOKE TO THE BALANCES WE HAVE, 00:22:53.690 --> 00:22:56.690 SO I'LL ADDRESS THESE DOLLAR AMOUNTS AS YOU HAVE BROUGHT UP 00:22:58.690 --> 00:23:01.690 DOLLAR AMOUNTS. CONNECTING FOSTER YOUTH TO EMPLOYMENT. 00:23:01.690 --> 00:23:04.690 THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME. >> WHAT WAS THAT AGAIN? 00:23:06.690 --> 00:23:09.690 >> CONNECT FOSTER YOUTH TO EMPLOYMENT, BUT I'M GOING TO ADD 00:23:09.690 --> 00:23:11.690 FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES AS WELL. AND THE NUMBER OF INITIATIVES 00:23:14.690 --> 00:23:17.690 I'M BRINGING OUT PROBABLY FALL UNDER THESE CATEGORIES WE HAVE 00:23:18.690 --> 00:23:20.690 HERE AND WE'LL WORK BACK FUNDING 00:23:21.690 --> 00:23:23.690 AMOUNTS OR SO. THE OTHER JOBS 00:23:24.690 --> 00:23:26.690 YA'LL ACTIVATE, REACTIVATION OF 00:23:27.690 --> 00:23:30.690 JOBS, WE HAVE TOOLS ALREADY OUT THERE, SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT 00:23:31.690 --> 00:23:34.690 WHAT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE AT THE AGENCY IN TERMS OF CAREER APPS 00:23:36.690 --> 00:23:39.690 BECAUSE WE TOOK A DIVE INTO THAT AT ONE POINT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S OUT THERE NOW, BUT I HAD 00:23:41.690 --> 00:23:43.690 AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE JOBS 00:23:46.690 --> 00:23:48.690 (INDISCERNIBLE) THAT WE DEVELOPED AWAY BACK AND THEY'RE 00:23:49.690 --> 00:23:51.690 TIED TO PATHWAYS AND UTILIZING 00:23:52.690 --> 00:23:55.690 REALITY CHECK WITH THE STUDENTS. THOSE TOOLS ARE STILL VERY WELL 00:24:00.690 --> 00:24:03.690 UTILIZED AND ACCEPTED TOOLS. ACTIVATION, RE-ACTIVATION OR 00:24:04.690 --> 00:24:06.690 BUILDING ON IT AND IT WILL PROBABLY FALL UNDER THE 00:24:07.690 --> 00:24:09.690 CATEGORIES THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED HERE. THE OTHER IS 00:24:11.690 --> 00:24:13.690 OUTREACH EFFORTS AS WELL. I 00:24:16.690 --> 00:24:18.690 HAVEN'T DEFINED THIS CLEARLY. 00:24:19.690 --> 00:24:21.690 THE OUTREACH WE MAY BE ABLE TO 00:24:22.690 --> 00:24:25.690 DO WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFICE AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM AS THEY DO 00:24:26.690 --> 00:24:29.690 OUTREACH TO OUR ROBERT ALAN'S GROUP. IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE 00:24:30.690 --> 00:24:32.690 CAN DO TO PLAY AN ASSET TO WHAT 00:24:35.690 --> 00:24:38.690 THEY'RE DOING OR LOOKING TO DO. I WANT TO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES 00:24:39.690 --> 00:24:41.690 UNDER THAT UMBRELLA AS WELL. 00:24:49.690 --> 00:24:51.690 >> SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH JOBS. 00:24:52.690 --> 00:24:55.690 IF YOU COULD, IF I COULD ASK YOU TO GIVE ME SOME WORKING PARTS TO 00:24:56.690 --> 00:24:59.690 THAT. I KNOW WHAT IT IS AND I KNOW WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO, 00:24:59.690 --> 00:25:01.690 BUT I COULD USE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. 00:25:02.690 --> 00:25:05.690 >> I'LL LET STAFF JUMP ON THAT. BASICALLY, IT WAS A MARKETING, 00:25:05.690 --> 00:25:08.690 AN OUTREACH CAMPAIGN WE DEVELOPED A WHILE BACK WITH 00:25:10.690 --> 00:25:12.690 COMMERCIALS GEARED TOWARDS 00:25:14.690 --> 00:25:16.690 STUDENTS AND REACHING THE MARKET IN REAL-TIME. THERE WAS TALK 00:25:17.690 --> 00:25:19.690 ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WAS AVAILABLE ON LAPTOPS AND 00:25:23.690 --> 00:25:25.690 DESKTOPS, WHERE YOU HAD THE 00:25:26.690 --> 00:25:28.690 ABILITY TO GET IT IN REAL-TIME. IT WAS OUR EFFORT TO MOVE INTO 00:25:29.690 --> 00:25:32.690 THAT SPACE, SO I THINK APPS WERE DEVELOPED AND THERE WERE A 00:25:32.690 --> 00:25:34.690 NUMBER OF THINGS DEVELOPED TOWARDS THAT STEERED TOWARD 00:25:36.690 --> 00:25:38.690 CAREER PATHS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES, CREATING JOB 00:25:39.690 --> 00:25:41.690 OPPORTUNITIES AND CAREER PATHWAYS, BUT CAREER PATHWAYS 00:25:42.690 --> 00:25:44.690 WAS THE MAIN FOCUS HERE. 00:25:45.690 --> 00:25:48.690 >> COURTNEY, YOU MAY WANT TO ADD. IT CAME OUT OF TOM'S SHOP. 00:25:50.690 --> 00:25:52.690 >> TOM MCCARTY IS HERE. >> YOU MAY WANT TO HIT YOUR MIC. 00:25:55.690 --> 00:25:58.690 >> COURTNEY, WORK DIVISION. TOM IS IN THE ROOM. IT WAS ONE-TIME 00:25:59.690 --> 00:26:02.690 FUNDING THAT KICKED OFF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, COMMISSIONER, BUT TOM CAN LET 00:26:03.690 --> 00:26:06.690 YOU KNOW WHAT'S STILL UNDERWAY WITH THOSE DOLLARS. AND I WILL TELL YOU, IN A SEPARATE 00:26:08.690 --> 00:26:10.690 INITIATIVE CALLED CAREERS AND TEXAS INDUSTRIES THAT YOU HAVE 00:26:11.690 --> 00:26:14.690 FUNDED FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, BOARDS HAVE FUNDING TO HOST 00:26:14.690 --> 00:26:16.690 EVENTS TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO 00:26:18.690 --> 00:26:20.690 TARGET AND TARGET OCCUPATIONS IN 00:26:22.690 --> 00:26:25.690 THAT AREA AND IT'S HEY JOB OCCUPATION COMPONENT WHERE THEY 00:26:25.690 --> 00:26:28.690 WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND DO IT IN AWAY THAT'S MEANINGFUL TO 00:26:28.690 --> 00:26:30.690 THEM. KNOW THE BOARD HAS HELPED 00:26:32.690 --> 00:26:34.690 TO PROMOTE -- KNOW THAT THE 00:26:35.690 --> 00:26:37.690 BOARD HAS HELPED. >> TOM MCCARTHY, EXTERNAL 00:26:39.690 --> 00:26:42.690 RELATIONS. THE JOBS PROGRAM WAS A WEBSITE WITH A SERIES OF 00:26:43.690 --> 00:26:46.690 VIDEOS THAT WAS DESIGNED TO TARGET, KIND OF THE MIDDLE 00:26:47.690 --> 00:26:49.690 SCHOOL STUDENTS AROUND 7TH, 8TH 00:26:51.690 --> 00:26:53.690 GRADE AND GET THEM THINKING ABOUT CAREERS THAT ARE PROJECTED 00:26:54.690 --> 00:26:57.690 TO BE IN DEMAND BY THE TIME THEY WOULD BE GRADUATING. SO, WE'RE 00:26:59.690 --> 00:27:01.690 LOOKING FORWARD SIX YEARS, SEVEN 00:27:02.690 --> 00:27:04.690 YEARS SO THEY CAN START THINKING ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF CAREERS 00:27:05.690 --> 00:27:07.690 THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THEM AT THAT TIME. AS FAR AS WHAT 00:27:09.690 --> 00:27:12.690 WE'RE DOING WITH IT RIGHT NOW, WE HAD THE WEBSITE THAT WAS 00:27:13.690 --> 00:27:15.690 TRANSFERRED OUT TO TWC WHEN THE 00:27:17.690 --> 00:27:19.690 PROJECT ENDED AND THE FUNDING 00:27:21.690 --> 00:27:24.690 ENDED, SO WE UPDATED THE JOBS ON THE WEBSITE AND THINGS OF THAT 00:27:25.690 --> 00:27:27.690 NATURE, THAT WE'RE PROJECT BEING 00:27:31.690 --> 00:27:34.690 -- PROJECTING OUT. >> WHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM? 00:27:34.690 --> 00:27:36.690 >> IT WAS FUNDED WITH WIOA 00:27:38.690 --> 00:27:41.690 FUNDING. >> CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING JOBS ALL. WHAT IS THE 00:27:44.690 --> 00:27:47.690 ENGAGEMENT? WHO IS USING IT AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE VIEWS AND 00:27:48.690 --> 00:27:51.690 WHAT'S THE RESPONSE? >> WE'VE HAD A GOOD RESPONSE AND THE EDUCATION OUTREACH 00:27:52.690 --> 00:27:54.690 SPECIALIST USE IT QUITE A BIT. AS FAR AS THE ANALYTICS TO THE 00:28:00.690 --> 00:28:03.690 WEBSITE, I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU. >> THAT'S SOMETHING, TOM, AND 00:28:07.690 --> 00:28:10.690 COURTNEY CAN INCORPORATE. THAT CAN BE PROGRAMMED. WHEN YOU SAY 00:28:11.690 --> 00:28:13.690 OUTREACH SPECIALIST IS USING 00:28:15.690 --> 00:28:17.690 THIS -- >> THEY'LL PROMOTE THE TOOLS 00:28:18.690 --> 00:28:20.690 AROUND JOBS YA'LL AND THE 00:28:21.690 --> 00:28:23.690 DIFFERENT OCCUPATIONS OUT THERE AND THE ONES IN DEMAND WHEN 00:28:24.690 --> 00:28:27.690 THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE JOBS YA'LL PROGRAM. 00:28:27.690 --> 00:28:29.690 >> PERFECT. IF YOU GET THOSE 00:28:30.690 --> 00:28:33.690 NUMBERS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> YES, SIR. 00:28:33.690 --> 00:28:35.690 >> SO COMMISSIONER DEMERSON, 00:28:37.690 --> 00:28:39.690 YOUR INTEREST IN JOBS YA'LL, IT 00:28:40.690 --> 00:28:42.690 SEEMS TO BE THE SPIRIT OF JOBS YA'LL, NOT A SPECIFIC TOOL, IF 00:28:45.690 --> 00:28:47.690 WE NEED TO MAKE IT BETTER, WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT. 00:28:48.690 --> 00:28:50.690 BASICALLY, WE'RE TRYING TO GET WHATEVER JUICE WE CAN GET OUT OF 00:28:51.690 --> 00:28:54.690 THAT SQUEEZE. WE HAVE A GOOD TOOL WE THINK WE HAVE GOTTEN 00:28:55.690 --> 00:28:57.690 BENEFIT FROM AND YOU WANT TO SEE MORE BENEFIT FROM THAT. AM I 00:28:58.690 --> 00:29:01.690 READING YOU RIGHT? >> YOU'RE READING IT RIGHT. 00:29:05.690 --> 00:29:08.690 THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION, IT EXIST WITH JOBS YA'LL AND THE 00:29:10.690 --> 00:29:13.690 AGENCY PUT MONEY INTO IT SO I THINK YOU CAN GET SOME JUICE OUT 00:29:14.690 --> 00:29:17.690 OF AN EXISTING TOOL TO FIT AS IT RELATE TO CAREER PATHWAYS IF 00:29:18.690 --> 00:29:20.690 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT LANGUAGE, NOT SPECIFICALLY 00:29:21.690 --> 00:29:23.690 REACTING THE JOB YA'LL IN ITS 00:29:26.690 --> 00:29:28.690 CURRENT STATE, BUT MAKING SURE WE'RE TAKING AVERAGE OF WHAT WE 00:29:29.690 --> 00:29:32.690 HAVE THERE TO MAKE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO MAKE BETTER. 00:29:33.690 --> 00:29:35.690 >> YOUR INTEREST IN OUTREACH, 00:29:36.690 --> 00:29:38.690 YOU KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, I SHARE YOUR INTEREST IN THAT. I 00:29:40.690 --> 00:29:42.690 DO THINK THE AGENCY PROBABLY 00:29:43.690 --> 00:29:45.690 DOESN'T, WE'RE NOT IN, WE'RE IN 00:29:47.690 --> 00:29:49.690 ALL THE RIGHT PLACES. SOMETIMES NOT AT THE EXACT RIGHT TIME AND 00:29:50.690 --> 00:29:53.690 I THINK WE CAN PROBABLY DO SOME WORK THERE. YOU MAY DISAGREE 00:29:56.690 --> 00:29:59.690 WITH ME ON THIS, I ONE HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE WITH YOUR WANTING 00:30:02.690 --> 00:30:05.690 TO INCREASE OUR OUTREACH. I'M NOT SURE IT'S TIED TO WIAO AND 00:30:09.690 --> 00:30:11.690 TANF AND IT'S OUR FUNDING 00:30:15.690 --> 00:30:17.690 SOURCE, AND I WANT TO COME BACK TO THAT AND I WANT TO COME BACK 00:30:18.690 --> 00:30:21.690 TO THAT BECAUSE I HAVE AN IDEA THAT I THINK MIGHT WORK FOR YOU. 00:30:22.690 --> 00:30:25.690 I WANT TO UNDERSTAND YOUR INTEREST IN FOSTER YOUTH. IS 00:30:26.690 --> 00:30:29.690 THERE SOMETHING WE'RE NOT DOING THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD DO TO CONNECT FOSTER YOUTH TO 00:30:30.690 --> 00:30:33.690 EMPLOYMENT? IS THIS AN ENHANCEMENT OF SOMETHING BEING 00:30:33.690 --> 00:30:36.690 DONE. I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT. 00:30:36.690 --> 00:30:39.690 >> BASICALLY, THE WHITE PAPER YOU ROLLED OUT AND TRYING TO END 00:30:40.690 --> 00:30:42.690 CORPORATE IDEAS -- TRYING TO 00:30:43.690 --> 00:30:46.690 INCORPORATE IDEAS UNDER THAT AND FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES, 00:30:46.690 --> 00:30:49.690 VETERANS, ANYTHING CAN FALL UNDER THIS UMBRELLA. SO 00:30:49.690 --> 00:30:51.690 BASICALLY, AT ANY TIME WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WHEN 00:30:54.690 --> 00:30:56.690 WE'RE PUTTING THESE THINGS OUT, IF WE NEED TO BE MORE SPECIFIC 00:30:57.690 --> 00:31:00.690 TOWARD THAT POPULATION BASE, THEN WE TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO, SO I'M PUTTING THAT ON THE 00:31:01.690 --> 00:31:04.690 RECORD, BASICALLY, IF WE'RE DOING CAREER PATHWAYS OR 00:31:05.690 --> 00:31:07.690 WHATEVER WE'RE COMING UP WITH, THE COACHING, THAT'S A DIFFERENT 00:31:08.690 --> 00:31:10.690 MARKET. SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SEPARATE PROGRAMS FOR -- FOLKS 00:31:13.690 --> 00:31:16.690 WITH DISABILITIES AND FOSTER CARE. ON A JOB APPLICATION, 00:31:16.690 --> 00:31:19.690 THERE'S A BOX YOU CHECK OFF FOR INDIVIDUALS LIKE THAT. WHEN 00:31:19.690 --> 00:31:22.690 WE'RE DEVELOPING THINGS OR LOOKING AT POTENTIAL PROGRAMS, I 00:31:23.690 --> 00:31:25.690 WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONNECTING THE FOSTER YOUTH AND 00:31:27.690 --> 00:31:29.690 FOLK WAS DISABILITIES TO EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 00:31:30.690 --> 00:31:33.690 THAT'S NOT TO SAY WE AREN'T DOING THAT BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE MENTIONED DOWN 00:31:33.690 --> 00:31:36.690 HERE, WE'RE DOING. WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO ENHANCE 00:31:36.690 --> 00:31:39.690 THEM, SO I WANT TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. 00:31:39.690 --> 00:31:41.690 >> SO, I'M GOING TO PUT WHAT YOU 00:31:42.690 --> 00:31:45.690 JUST TOLD ME IF MY OWN WORDS AND TELL ME IF I GOT IT RIGHT. OF 00:31:46.690 --> 00:31:48.690 SO YOUR INTEREST IS MAKING SURE 00:31:49.690 --> 00:31:52.690 THAT WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, THAT THERE IS ALWAYS AN ADDED FOCUS 00:31:55.690 --> 00:31:57.690 ON POPULATIONS OF TEXANS THAT WE 00:31:59.690 --> 00:32:01.690 WANT TO ENSURE DON'T GET OVERLOOKED. IN THIS INSTANCE, 00:32:03.690 --> 00:32:05.690 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOSTER YOUTH BECAUSE IT'S A LARGE MEASURABLE 00:32:06.690 --> 00:32:08.690 GROUP WITH WHOM WE ALREADY DO A 00:32:09.690 --> 00:32:11.690 LOT OF WORK, VERY WORTHY WORK THAT I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN AND 00:32:12.690 --> 00:32:15.690 WILL CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN. I THINK THE SAME COULD BE TRUE 00:32:15.690 --> 00:32:17.690 FOR TEXANS WHO HAVE ANY NUMBER 00:32:18.690 --> 00:32:21.690 OF DISABILITIES. THIS IS A GROUP THAT COULD BE OVERLOOKED 00:32:21.690 --> 00:32:24.690 AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WANT TO DO THAT. I'M NOT HEARING YOU 00:32:25.690 --> 00:32:27.690 ADVOCATE FOR ANY SPECIFIC 00:32:29.690 --> 00:32:32.690 ACTIVITY OR SOME SPECIFIC PROGRAM, JUST THAT, ALTHOUGH WE 00:32:34.690 --> 00:32:36.690 WOULDN'T PRECLUDE THAT, BUT YOU'RE NOT REALLY ADVOCATING FOR 00:32:37.690 --> 00:32:39.690 THAT RIGHT NOW. AT THIS POINT, 00:32:40.690 --> 00:32:42.690 YOU'RE SAYING, LET'S MAKE SURE WHATEVER WE DO THAT WE HAVE A 00:32:43.690 --> 00:32:45.690 FOCUS FOR THESE GROUPS THAT 00:32:47.690 --> 00:32:49.690 REALLY MIGHT REQUIRE A LITTLE EXTRA ATTENTION BECAUSE OF THE 00:32:50.690 --> 00:32:52.690 CIRCUMSTANCES THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN. 00:32:54.690 --> 00:32:57.690 >> THAT'S PROBABLY 98% THERE. THE OTHER PART WOULD BE, AS WE 00:32:58.690 --> 00:33:00.690 ARE NOT ADDRESSING DOLLAR AMOUNTS RIGHT NOW FROM THAT 00:33:03.690 --> 00:33:05.690 STANDPOINT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE TABLE AND OUT THERE 00:33:07.690 --> 00:33:09.690 SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING SPECIAL OR ANYTHING THAT MAY COME UP, 00:33:10.690 --> 00:33:13.690 THAT WE MAY BE IN A POSITION, WHERE IT MAY TURN INTO MORE THAN 00:33:14.690 --> 00:33:17.690 INFORMATION THAT'S OUT HERE AND THE GROUP WE ADDRESS IT TO, IT 00:33:19.690 --> 00:33:22.690 MAY TURN INTO A PROGRAM OR SO. >> SO I'VE GOT A LIST OF ITEMS 00:33:23.690 --> 00:33:25.690 HERE, COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ 2 PUT 00:33:28.670 --> 00:33:30.670 -- PUT TWO ITEMS AND WE SHARE 00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:34.680 METRICS AND COMMISSIONER DEMERSON HAS PUT THREE ITEMS ON 00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:38.680 THE LIST. AT THIS POINT IN THE DISCUSSION, LET ME SAY THIS, SO 00:33:39.670 --> 00:33:41.670 IMPROBABLE, SUCCESS FOR ME TODAY 00:33:43.690 --> 00:33:46.690 WOULD BE MORE DEFINED BY OUR ABILITY TO DRAW A BOLD LINE 00:33:53.690 --> 00:33:55.690 AROUND THE BOX THAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL ENDING THE MIDDLE SKILLS 00:33:56.690 --> 00:33:58.690 GAP. IT CAN CONTAIN ANY NUMBER 00:34:00.690 --> 00:34:02.690 OF TOOLS. AS WE ENTER INTO THIS DOLLAR AMOUNT DISCUSSION, YOU 00:34:04.690 --> 00:34:06.690 WILL FIND THAT I AM MORE 00:34:08.690 --> 00:34:10.690 INTERESTED IN COMING AWAY TODAY WITH THE AGENCY MAKING A VERY 00:34:11.690 --> 00:34:13.690 SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT UNDER THE 00:34:14.690 --> 00:34:17.690 HEADING, SPECIFICALLY OF ENDING THE MIDDLE SKILLS GAP. I THINK 00:34:18.690 --> 00:34:21.690 WE CAN BE A LEADER NATIONALLY WITH THIS. I THINK WE CAN WORK 00:34:26.690 --> 00:34:28.690 OFF TOOLS WE ALREADY HAVE. TAKE 00:34:29.690 --> 00:34:31.690 THESE NEW TOOLS AND MAKE A DENT IN THIS MIDDLE SKILLS GAP, DO A 00:34:33.690 --> 00:34:35.690 LOT OF GOOD FOR THE WORKFORCE AND EMPLOYERS IN THIS STATE. 00:34:37.690 --> 00:34:39.690 SO, I PURPOSELY DIDN'T PUT ANY 00:34:40.690 --> 00:34:42.690 DOLLAR AMOUNTS, OTHER THAN I HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT STAFF 00:34:43.690 --> 00:34:45.690 THOUGHT SOME OF THEIR STUFF WOULD COST. I HAVE AN IDEA OF 00:34:47.690 --> 00:34:49.690 WHAT THE OTHERS WOULD COST WHICH IS HOW A LIVED AT $11 MILLION. 00:34:51.690 --> 00:34:53.690 I HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN DOLLAR AMOUNTS BECAUSE MY INTEREST LIES 00:34:54.690 --> 00:34:57.690 ALMOST AS MUCH AS STANDING UP THIS BOLD INITIATIVE THAT WE CAN 00:34:57.690 --> 00:35:00.690 CONTINUE TO ADD TO OVER THE YEARS AS IT DOES ANY ONE 00:35:01.690 --> 00:35:04.690 SPECIFIC PROGRAM HERE. OF I MAY HAVE EVEN SUGGESTED SOME 00:35:05.690 --> 00:35:07.690 PROGRAMS THAT ARE A LITTLE AHEAD OF THEIR TIME THAT WE CAN'T GET 00:35:08.690 --> 00:35:11.690 TO WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. I'M REALISTIC ABOUT WHERE WE 00:35:12.690 --> 00:35:14.690 ARE. NOW, COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ, 00:35:16.690 --> 00:35:18.690 YOU OFFERED TWO SPECIFIC IDEAS 00:35:19.690 --> 00:35:21.690 ON THEIR FACE. I'M IN AGREEMENT 00:35:22.690 --> 00:35:25.690 WITH BOTH IDEAS. WE GOT TO MAKE THEM FIT. COMMISSIONER 00:35:26.690 --> 00:35:29.690 DEMERSON, YOUR IDEAS ARE SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO MINE IN THE 00:35:29.690 --> 00:35:31.690 SENSE THAT THEY CAPTURE KIND OF 00:35:32.690 --> 00:35:35.690 A BROADER KIND OF THING, YOU CLEARLY HAVE SOME PRIORITIES IN 00:35:37.690 --> 00:35:40.690 MIND IN TERMS OF HOW YOU WOULD PAY FOR THOSE AND FUNCTION 00:35:41.690 --> 00:35:43.690 THOSE. THAT'S A LONG DIPLOMATIC 00:35:44.690 --> 00:35:46.690 GOVERNMENT WAY OF SAYING, I KNOW 00:35:47.690 --> 00:35:50.690 I NEED $11 MILLION TO MAKE MY IDEA WORK. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO 00:35:54.690 --> 00:35:57.690 INCORPORATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO AND TO MY 00:35:58.690 --> 00:36:01.690 HEADING OF ENDING THE MIDDLE SKILLS GAP, EVEN THOUGH THOSE 00:36:02.690 --> 00:36:05.690 PROGRAMS CAN STAND ON THEIR OWN, THEY WILL STAND ON THEIR OWN, 00:36:05.690 --> 00:36:07.690 PROBABLY SHOULD STAND ON THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY FIT 00:36:08.690 --> 00:36:10.690 WITHIN MY CATEGORY AND SO, I'M 00:36:11.690 --> 00:36:14.690 NOT REALLY THINKING TODAY OF $7 MILLION FOR BRYAN AND $6 MILLION 00:36:17.690 --> 00:36:19.690 FOR COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ AND $7 00:36:21.690 --> 00:36:24.690 MILLION FOR COMMISSIONER DEMERSON. I'M THINKING, CAN I 00:36:24.690 --> 00:36:27.690 LEAVE HERE TODAY WITH A COMMITMENT TO HAVE THE AGENCY PUT OUR CONSIDERABLE TALENT AND 00:36:29.690 --> 00:36:32.690 RESOURCES TOWARD ENDING THE MIDDLE SKILLS GAP. AT THE SAME 00:36:32.690 --> 00:36:35.690 TIME, FUND SOME OF THE CONCEPTS THAT YOU HAVE THAT I THINK MAKE, 00:36:41.690 --> 00:36:44.690 IN THE CASE OF THE SHORT AND LONG-TERM DIFFERENCES AND 00:36:45.690 --> 00:36:48.690 SHORT-TERM TRAINING FOR PARENTS OF KIDS AND SUBSIDIZED CARE. I 00:36:50.690 --> 00:36:52.690 THINK A SHORTER TERM, BUT NONE OF THE LESS, IMPACTFUL AND JOBS 00:36:53.690 --> 00:36:56.690 YA'LL AND OUTREACH COMPONENTS OF YOURS, COMMISSIONER DEMERSON, IT 00:36:57.690 --> 00:37:00.690 PLAYS A BIG ROLE IN THAT. HONESTLY, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE 00:37:02.690 --> 00:37:05.690 SAYING AND WE JUST NEED TO BE COMMITTED TO BE MINDFUL OF 00:37:07.690 --> 00:37:10.690 INCLUDING FOSTER YOUTH AND (INDISCERNIBLE) SOME OTHER 00:37:10.690 --> 00:37:12.690 THINGS. SO, LET'S TALK ABOUT MONEY. LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW WE 00:37:13.690 --> 00:37:15.690 WOULD PUT THE DOLLARS AND I 00:37:17.690 --> 00:37:20.690 WANTED YOU TO UNDERSTAND MY FEELING TODAY BECAUSE THERE ARE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT I KNOW NEED 00:37:21.690 --> 00:37:23.690 TO BE FUNDED TO END THE MIDDLE 00:37:24.690 --> 00:37:26.690 SKILLS GAP, BUT I AM WILLING TO 00:37:27.690 --> 00:37:30.690 LET STAFF FIGURE OUT WHAT STAFF IS GOING TO COST BASED ON A BID 00:37:32.690 --> 00:37:34.690 AND DO SOME THINGS LIKE THAT. SO LET'S OPEN THE DISCUSSION ON 00:37:35.690 --> 00:37:38.690 THAT AND SEE WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THE AVAILABLE MONEY. 00:37:40.690 --> 00:37:42.690 >> SO CHAIRMAN, WHEN I LAID OUT 00:37:45.690 --> 00:37:47.690 MY INITIATIVES OR IDEA, IT WAS 00:37:48.690 --> 00:37:50.690 WITH WIAO AND I HAVEN'T TOUCHED 00:37:52.690 --> 00:37:54.690 TANF. I'LL ALLOW THE CHAIRMAN 00:37:56.690 --> 00:37:59.690 TO FUND IDEAS THAT HE HAS TO GET CLOSE TO THE $11 MILLION. I 00:38:01.690 --> 00:38:03.690 DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM USING TANF 00:38:04.690 --> 00:38:06.690 MONEY AND WE HAVEN'T TALKED WITH THAT, SO IF YOU'RE OKAY, 00:38:08.690 --> 00:38:11.690 CHAIRMAN, THE MONEY I WAS PROPOSING THAT I WOULD USE TO 00:38:11.690 --> 00:38:14.690 FUND SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS OR IDEAS WOULD BE BECOMING OUT OF 00:38:15.690 --> 00:38:17.690 WIOA, BUT LIKE WITH THE 00:38:18.690 --> 00:38:20.690 HEADSETS, I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM TAPPING INTO THE TANF 00:38:23.690 --> 00:38:26.690 STATEWIDE FUNDING BALANCE. EVERYTHING WE DISCUSSED WAS WIOA. WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT 00:38:32.690 --> 00:38:34.690 TANF. WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT 00:38:40.690 --> 00:38:42.690 $11 MILLION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. MY IDEA IS THE SPECIFICS 00:38:43.690 --> 00:38:46.690 ON WHAT THAT MONEY IS GOING TO BE USED FOR LIKE HEADSETS WHICH 00:38:46.690 --> 00:38:48.690 PEOPLE IN CAPITAL OR BORDER 00:38:49.690 --> 00:38:51.690 PLEX, EVERYBODY COULD USE THOSE. 00:38:53.690 --> 00:38:56.690 IT'S AN IDEA. THE BOARDS BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO 00:38:56.690 --> 00:38:58.690 PURCHASE THE HEADSETS, THE 00:39:01.690 --> 00:39:04.690 CAREER OUTREACH SPECIALIST AS WELL. BEING ABLE TO USE THAT AS 00:39:04.690 --> 00:39:06.690 A TOOL, KEEP IN MIND THAT MANY 00:39:07.690 --> 00:39:09.690 OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LAYING OUT, COMMISSIONER DEMERSON, WE 00:39:10.690 --> 00:39:12.690 ALWAYS KEEP FOSTER YOUTH AND OF 00:39:13.690 --> 00:39:15.690 COURSE OUR FOLKS IN VR, PEOPLE 00:39:17.690 --> 00:39:20.690 WITH DISABILITY IN MIND. I THINK THAT'S WHY THESE OUTREACH 00:39:23.690 --> 00:39:25.690 SPECIALISTS PLAY A KEY ROLE IN WHAT WE DO BECAUSE THEY SHARE 00:39:26.690 --> 00:39:29.690 THE PROGRAMS AND THE SERVICES THAT THE AGENCY PROVIDES WHETHER 00:39:31.690 --> 00:39:33.690 YOU'RE IN FOSTER YOUTH, AND SO OR PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE 00:39:36.690 --> 00:39:39.690 APPRENTICESHIP LIKE NICHOLAS MORGAN'S PROGRAM, FOCUSING ON 00:39:40.690 --> 00:39:42.690 FOSTER YOUTH, MILITARY SERVICE 00:39:43.690 --> 00:39:45.690 TRANSITIONING VETERANS, SO I 00:39:46.690 --> 00:39:48.690 HADN'T EVEN TOUCHED THE TANF, 00:39:50.690 --> 00:39:53.690 BUT I'M WILLING TO SPEND SOME OF THE MONEY. I WOULD BE WILLING 00:39:53.690 --> 00:39:56.690 TO ALLOW STAFF TO HAVE MORE MONEY FOR SOME OF THE AREAS THAT 00:39:56.690 --> 00:39:58.690 THEY WERE LOOKING AT FOR CONSIDERATION, WHICH YOU LAID 00:39:59.690 --> 00:40:01.690 OUT HERE. I WOULD BE EVEN 00:40:02.690 --> 00:40:04.690 WILLING TO NEGOTIATE THE $4 MILLION. I COULD PROBABLY DO 3. 00:40:06.690 --> 00:40:09.690 YOU KNOW. AGAIN, THESE WOULD BE FIRST TIME THINGS. I WOULD BE 00:40:10.690 --> 00:40:12.690 WILLING TO DO TWO, MR. CHAIRMAN, 00:40:14.690 --> 00:40:16.690 SO WE CAN GET IN LINE WITH THE IDEAS YOU HAVE AND ANYTHING THAT 00:40:17.690 --> 00:40:19.690 COMMISSIONER DEMERSON WOULD POSSIBLY BE BRINGING FORTH AS 00:40:20.690 --> 00:40:23.690 WELL. >> OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> UH-HUH. 00:40:23.690 --> 00:40:26.690 >> COMMISSIONER DEMERSON, DID YOU HAVE DOLLAR AMOUNTS YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT JUST SO WE CAN 00:40:27.690 --> 00:40:30.690 SATURDAY? >> I REALLY DON'T. I THINK THE OUTREACH EFFORTS MAY BE $2 00:40:31.690 --> 00:40:34.690 MILLION AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. >> OKAY. OKAY. LET ME SEE IF 00:40:36.690 --> 00:40:38.690 THIS IS GOING TO WORK. SO, 00:40:42.690 --> 00:40:44.690 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ, SOMETHING 00:40:46.690 --> 00:40:48.690 YOU DIDN'T MENTION, COMMISSIONER 00:40:49.690 --> 00:40:52.690 ALVAREZ AND I'M THINKING THERE'S A COST, AND THE HEADSETS ARE 00:40:52.690 --> 00:40:55.690 GREAT, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE SOFTWARE THAT POWERS THE 00:40:55.690 --> 00:40:58.690 EXPERIENCE, THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT COST TO THAT AS WELL. WE HAVE TO DO THAT AT THE 00:40:59.690 --> 00:41:02.690 STATE LEVEL, SO THERE'S SOME CONTINUITY BETWEEN THAT. 00:41:04.690 --> 00:41:06.690 HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT I MIGHT 00:41:10.690 --> 00:41:13.690 SUGGEST. THERE'S 15 MILLION BETWEEN, WE ALL IN TANF, RIGHT. 00:41:19.690 --> 00:41:22.690 >> IT'S 16. >> IT'S A RANGE BETWEEN -- 00:41:23.690 --> 00:41:26.690 >> NO RANGE. [LAUGHTER] >> YOU HADN'T SAID THAT YET. 00:41:30.690 --> 00:41:32.690 I'M PROUD OF YOU. SO, IF WE 00:41:37.690 --> 00:41:39.690 ASKED STAFF TO GO ASSIGN 00:41:42.690 --> 00:41:44.690 REALISTIC DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO EVERYTHING IN MY PROPOSAL, I 00:41:46.690 --> 00:41:49.690 THINK THEY HAVE SOME IDEA BASED ON SOME CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH THEM. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE 00:41:51.690 --> 00:41:54.690 ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT AT THE BID STAGE, SO THAT 00:41:54.690 --> 00:41:56.690 COULD CHANGE A LITTLE BIT. I 00:41:59.690 --> 00:42:01.690 WOULD SAY, IF WE LOOKED AT THIS 00:42:02.690 --> 00:42:04.690 IN TERMS OF $2 MILLION TO VR, 2 00:42:08.690 --> 00:42:11.690 MILLION AND TRAINING IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS, AND $2 MILLION 00:42:12.690 --> 00:42:14.690 TO SORT OF REVITALIZE THE 00:42:15.690 --> 00:42:17.690 OUTREACH EFFORTS AND THE JOBS 00:42:19.690 --> 00:42:22.690 REACTIVATION, THAT WOULD LEAVE $9 MILLION FOR THE THINGS THAT 00:42:23.690 --> 00:42:25.690 ARE CONTAINED IN MY ENDING THE 00:42:28.690 --> 00:42:31.690 MIDDLE SKILLS GAP CONCEPT. IT WOULD LET ME GET MY CONCEPT 00:42:31.690 --> 00:42:34.690 ADVANCED AND START SOME OF THESE TOOLS TOWARD WORKING. I THINK 00:42:42.690 --> 00:42:44.690 OUR COURSE OF ACTION TODAY MIGHT 00:42:45.690 --> 00:42:47.690 BE, AND WE CAN DISCUSS THIS AS NEEDED, BUT I THINK OUR COURSE 00:42:48.690 --> 00:42:51.690 OR OUR CONVERSATION TODAY WOULD BE TO PASS OUT (INDISCERNIBLE) 00:42:52.690 --> 00:42:54.690 TO MOVE OUT OF THIS WORK SESSION 00:42:55.690 --> 00:42:57.690 SO STAFF CAN BEGIN AND THE 00:42:58.690 --> 00:43:01.690 COMMISSION TO TAKE ACTION ON THE SPECIFIC ITEMS WE HAVE LAID OUT. 00:43:02.690 --> 00:43:04.690 MAYBE THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT I JUST SUGGESTED AND LET STAFF 00:43:07.690 --> 00:43:09.690 FLUSH THIS OUT AND GIVE US AN 00:43:10.690 --> 00:43:12.690 UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT COST. HOW MANY PEOPLE WITH $2 MILLION 00:43:13.690 --> 00:43:16.690 HELPED IN TERMS OF PARENTS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE IN SUBSIDIZED 00:43:17.690 --> 00:43:20.690 CHILDCARE IN TERMS OF SHORT-TERM TRAINING AND HOW MUCH WOULD $2 00:43:21.690 --> 00:43:23.690 MILLION DO IN OUTREACH EFFORTS. 00:43:26.690 --> 00:43:29.690 WE CAN PICK UP THE SPIRIT OF WORKING WITH FOSTER YOUTH AND OTHERS INTO AND THEN 00:43:30.690 --> 00:43:32.690 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ, YOU'VE 00:43:33.690 --> 00:43:35.690 CONFIRMED TO ME THAT OUR SHARED INTEREST IN METRICS CAN ADVANCE 00:43:36.690 --> 00:43:38.690 UNDER THIS PARTICULAR PLAN. SO, 00:43:39.690 --> 00:43:42.690 UM, I'M GOING TO DO THIS BACKWARDS. WE CAN STILL MAKE 00:43:43.690 --> 00:43:45.690 THIS WORK WITHIN PROPER 00:43:49.690 --> 00:43:51.690 PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE. I WOULD APPROVE THE TWO ITEMS THAT 00:43:52.690 --> 00:43:55.690 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ ADVANCED, THE ONE SHARED ITEM THAT I HAVE 00:43:56.690 --> 00:43:58.690 IN MIND, ALL OF THE REST OF MY 00:43:59.690 --> 00:44:02.690 ITEMS, AND THE THREE ITEMS THAT COMMISSIONER DEMERSON, TO 00:44:04.690 --> 00:44:07.690 APPROVE THOSE CONCEPTS AS THE PRIORITIES OF THE COMMISSION AT 00:44:07.690 --> 00:44:09.690 THIS TIME AND THEN WITH AN EYE 00:44:11.690 --> 00:44:14.690 TOWARD $2 MILLION FOR THE HEADSETS, $2 MILLION FOR THE 00:44:15.690 --> 00:44:17.690 SHORT-TERM TRAINING AND $2 MILLION FOR THE OUTREACH AND 00:44:19.690 --> 00:44:21.690 JOBS YA'LL EFFORTS AND $9 MILLION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 00:44:22.690 --> 00:44:24.690 THINGS ON MY LIST TO TAKE ACTION ON THAT TODAY, GIVE THAT TO 00:44:25.690 --> 00:44:27.690 STAFF, FIND OUT WHAT SURVIVES 00:44:28.690 --> 00:44:31.690 THE MONEY. AND BRING THAT BACK FOR SOME SORT OF FINAL 00:44:32.690 --> 00:44:34.690 RATIFICATION THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO 00:44:35.690 --> 00:44:37.690 WITHIN THE MONEY AND THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THEN, I'LL 00:44:38.690 --> 00:44:40.690 MAKE A COMMITMENT TODAY, IF THAT MOTION ENDS UP BECOMING 00:44:41.690 --> 00:44:44.690 ACCEPTABLE, I'LL MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT I'LL TAKE, I'LL 00:44:45.690 --> 00:44:48.690 TAKE THE HAIRCUT OUT OF MY LIST OF THINGS IF WE COME UP SHORT ON 00:44:49.690 --> 00:44:51.690 THE MONEY OR WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, PUT A 00:44:52.690 --> 00:44:54.690 LITTLE MORE MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT IS SORT OF HOW I SEE 00:44:56.690 --> 00:44:58.690 THE PATH TO COMPLETION ON THIS 00:44:59.690 --> 00:45:02.690 ITEM. BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS YOU MIGHT 00:45:03.690 --> 00:45:06.690 HAVE ON IT. >> ARE YOU GOING TO CUT YOUR HAIR? 00:45:06.690 --> 00:45:09.690 >> NO. IT WAS A FIGURE OF SPEECH. 00:45:09.690 --> 00:45:11.690 >> IF I FIND MORE MONEY, WILL YOU CUT YOUR HAIR, BUT IT LOOKS 00:45:12.690 --> 00:45:14.690 GREAT? >> NO, I'M NOT. I LIKE IT THE 00:45:15.690 --> 00:45:18.690 WAY IT IS. >> IT IS MORE MONEY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. ACCORDING TO THE 6-16 00:45:22.690 --> 00:45:25.690 RECOVERY REPORT, WE HAVE $1.2 MILLION LEFT OVER FROM 00:45:28.690 --> 00:45:30.690 IKEA. SO THERE'S YOUR 00:45:31.690 --> 00:45:34.690 ADDITIONAL MONEY. >> ARE WE DISCUSSING STATEWIDE 00:45:35.690 --> 00:45:38.690 INITIATIVES? I THOUGHT WE WERE -- I DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE LOOKING 00:45:39.690 --> 00:45:41.690 AT RESOURCES. >> WE ARE LOOKING AT RESOURCES 00:45:42.690 --> 00:45:44.690 UNTAPPED OR UNUSED. 00:45:45.690 --> 00:45:47.690 >> THERE MAY BE OTHER RESOURCES WITHIN THE AGENCY AS WELL. JUST 00:45:49.690 --> 00:45:51.690 OUT OF FAIRNESS TO STAFF, LET'S 00:45:54.690 --> 00:45:57.690 HAVE THEM WORK ON WHAT I JUST SAID AND THEN ALSO IN THE COURSE 00:45:58.690 --> 00:46:01.690 OF THAT DISCUSSION, IDENTIFY POTENTIAL OTHER SOURCES OF MONEY 00:46:03.690 --> 00:46:05.690 FOR OUR FURTHER DISCUSSION, DOES HA WORK? 00:46:06.690 --> 00:46:08.690 >> I WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT. >> JUST SO THAT DOESN'T GO 00:46:10.690 --> 00:46:13.690 SPENT. >> I STATED MY MOTION. I'M WILLING TO RESTATE THAT IF WE 00:46:13.690 --> 00:46:16.690 NEED TO FOR GENERAL COUNSEL'S PURPOSES OR ANY COMMISSIONER. I 00:46:18.690 --> 00:46:21.690 STATED THE INTENT OF MY MOTION. LET ME DO IT AGAIN. I MOVE THAT 00:46:23.690 --> 00:46:25.690 THIS COMMISSION INSTRUCT STAFF 00:46:26.690 --> 00:46:28.690 TO TAKE UP THE LIST, INCLUDING 00:46:30.690 --> 00:46:33.690 THE WHITE PAPER ENTITLED AND ENDING THE MIDDLE SKILLS GAP 00:46:34.690 --> 00:46:37.690 THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE CAREER PATHWAYS PRESENTED BY CHAIRMAN 00:46:38.690 --> 00:46:40.690 DANIEL. THE VIRTUAL REALITY 00:46:41.690 --> 00:46:44.690 GOGGLES PROJECT AND THE TRAINING OF LESS THAN THREE MONTHS 00:46:44.690 --> 00:46:46.690 PROJECT, ADVANCED BY COMMISSIONER -- ESTABLISHED BY 00:46:51.690 --> 00:46:53.690 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ AND 00:46:54.690 --> 00:46:56.690 DISABILITIES EMPLOYMENT. I WOULD ASK STAFF GIVE US A 00:47:00.690 --> 00:47:03.690 REALISTIC COST ESTIMATE FOR IMPLEMENTING EACH OF THESE 00:47:03.690 --> 00:47:05.690 ITEMS. CONSIDERING $2 MILLION 00:47:07.690 --> 00:47:10.690 FOR THE GOGGLES, $2 MILLION FOR THE TRAINING LESS THAN THREE 00:47:10.690 --> 00:47:13.690 MONTHS, $2 MILLION FOR THE JOBS YA'LL REACTIVATION AND OUTREACH 00:47:15.690 --> 00:47:17.690 EFFORTS WITH THE REMAINING, APPROXIMATELY $9 MILLION TO THE 00:47:18.690 --> 00:47:20.690 LIST CONTAINED IN THE WHITE PAPER AND AT THE SAME TIME, 00:47:23.690 --> 00:47:25.690 IDENTIFY POTENTIAL OTHER SOURCES 00:47:26.690 --> 00:47:29.690 OF MONEY THAT COULD BE USED TO THIS. THAT WOULD BE THE MOTION 00:47:29.690 --> 00:47:31.690 I WOULD MAKE. 00:47:32.690 --> 00:47:34.690 >> I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION. 00:47:36.690 --> 00:47:38.690 IF STAFF NEEDS ANY CLARIFICATION, WE CAN PROVIDE 00:47:39.690 --> 00:47:41.690 THAT. 00:47:44.690 --> 00:47:46.690 >> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY FURTHER 00:47:47.690 --> 00:47:49.690 CONSIDERATION? 00:47:50.690 --> 00:47:53.690 >> NONE HERE. >> IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, 00:47:53.690 --> 00:47:55.690 WE'LL JUST VOTE THAT RIGHT NOW. 00:47:56.690 --> 00:47:58.690 WE CAN TAKE A VOTE IF YOU WANT TO. I DON'T WANT TO PRESSURE 00:47:59.690 --> 00:48:01.690 ANYBODY INTO ANYTHING. NO OBJECTION, WE'LL ADVANCE THAT 00:48:02.690 --> 00:48:04.690 AND LET STAFF WORK ON THAT WITH THE ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION. AS 00:48:06.690 --> 00:48:09.690 SOON AS YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR LIST OF WHAT THINGS ARE GOING TO 00:48:10.690 --> 00:48:13.690 COST AND YOU BRING I THAT BACK TO A COMMISSION MEETING FOR FINAL ACTION, SO WE CAN SEE 00:48:14.690 --> 00:48:17.690 THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS. THINGS COULD CHANGE AND I JUST WANT TO 00:48:18.690 --> 00:48:21.690 LEAVE A LITTLE ROOM FOR THAT. AND I THINK WE CAN TAKE THIS UP 00:48:22.690 --> 00:48:24.690 AT A REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING AS A SINGLE ACTIONABLE ITEM. 00:48:26.690 --> 00:48:28.690 WITH NO OBJECTION, NO OBJECTION? 00:48:29.690 --> 00:48:31.690 OKAY. COURTNEY. DO YOU NEED 00:48:33.690 --> 00:48:36.690 SOMETHING ELSE FROM US RIGHT NOW? 00:48:37.690 --> 00:48:40.690 >> WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED. THANK YOU. >> WHAT DID YOU SAY? 00:48:40.690 --> 00:48:43.690 >> ABOUT AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE 2021 BALANCES, SO 00:48:44.690 --> 00:48:47.690 2022, WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SOME OF THE OTHER 00:48:47.690 --> 00:48:49.690 PROGRAMS SO THAT'S NEXT WEEK, BUT WE'LL WORK WITH THE GUIDANCE 00:48:50.690 --> 00:48:53.690 YOU HAVE GIVEN US TODAY. >> CHAIRMAN, FOR THE RECORD, 00:48:53.690 --> 00:48:56.690 CHRIS NELSON, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR, 00:48:57.690 --> 00:48:59.690 I'VE GOT ALL THE REQUESTS. WHAT 00:49:02.690 --> 00:49:04.690 I'M HEARING IS A, ARE YOU 00:49:06.690 --> 00:49:09.690 EXPECTING A COMPREHENSIVE KIND OF ALLOCATION DISTRIBUTION TO 00:49:09.690 --> 00:49:11.690 ALL WORKFORCE AREAS? THIS ISN'T 00:49:12.690 --> 00:49:14.690 SOME KIND OF COMPETITIVE THING. 00:49:15.690 --> 00:49:17.690 WE NEED TO DO THE MATH BEHIND THE SCENES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT 00:49:18.690 --> 00:49:20.690 EACH ONE OF THESE THINGS COST AND YOU'RE EXPECTING SOME 00:49:21.690 --> 00:49:23.690 DISTRIBUTION THAT WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL AREAS? 00:49:24.690 --> 00:49:26.690 >> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION. SO SOME OF MY ITEMS WOULD NOT BE 00:49:28.690 --> 00:49:31.690 AN ALLOCATION AT ALL. IT WOULD BE A FUNCTION THAT TOOK PLACE 00:49:31.690 --> 00:49:33.690 HERE. I COULD IMAGINE -- 00:49:34.690 --> 00:49:36.690 >> NOT FROM THE PROCUREMENT LIKE 00:49:37.690 --> 00:49:39.690 THE APPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. >> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I DON'T 00:49:40.690 --> 00:49:42.690 KNOW THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT 00:49:44.690 --> 00:49:46.690 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ INTENDED ON THE GOGGLE PROJECT OR SHORT-TERM 00:49:48.690 --> 00:49:50.690 TRAINING AND I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER DEMERSON'S JOB IN 00:49:51.690 --> 00:49:54.690 HIS OUTREACH IS STATEWIDE. WE PROBABLY NEED TO CLEAR THAT UP 00:49:54.690 --> 00:49:56.690 RIGHT NOW. 00:49:58.690 --> 00:50:00.690 >> I WOULD SAY ALLOCATION WOULD 00:50:01.690 --> 00:50:03.690 BE APPROPRIATE FOR AN RFA FOR 00:50:06.690 --> 00:50:09.690 THE SHORT-TERM TRAINING. >> YEAH. >> FOR ALL OF THEM. ALL IDEAS. 00:50:11.690 --> 00:50:13.690 SHORT-TERM, RIGHT. OR VR 00:50:22.690 --> 00:50:24.690 GOGGLES. SOME BOARDS MAY NOT 00:50:26.690 --> 00:50:28.690 HAVE ACCESS TO BROADBAND. I 00:50:30.690 --> 00:50:33.690 WOULD SAY THE ALLOCATIONS FOR GOGGLES WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE OUTREACH 00:50:36.690 --> 00:50:39.690 SPECIALISTS, THAT WOULD BE A DIRECT ALLOCATION. 00:50:40.690 --> 00:50:43.690 >> FOR THE RECORD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TWC APP -- AND I 00:50:48.690 --> 00:50:51.690 UNDERSTAND WE WANT TO HEAVILY ENGAGE THE BOARD. I WOULD, LET 00:50:52.690 --> 00:50:55.690 US IN THE EVALUATION OF ALL THESE, DETERMINE WHETHER IT MAY 00:50:56.690 --> 00:50:59.690 BE BETTER FOR US TO EXECUTE A STATEWIDE CONTRACT FOR 00:50:59.690 --> 00:51:01.690 DISTRIBUTION OF THINGS TO THE BOARDS BECAUSE IF WE DISTRIBUTE 00:51:03.690 --> 00:51:06.690 MONEY, SOME OF THE SMALLER BOARDS ARE GOING TO GET A 00:51:06.690 --> 00:51:08.690 SMALLER ALLOCATION AND THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BUY AS MUCH 00:51:10.690 --> 00:51:12.690 EQUIPMENT. THEY WILL USE THE VR 00:51:14.690 --> 00:51:17.690 GOGGLES AND WE CAN EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR A LARGER NUMBER MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND WE CAN 00:51:18.690 --> 00:51:20.690 DISTRIBUTE THE EQUIPMENT. SO IF YOU GIVE US THE FLEXIBILITY ON 00:51:21.690 --> 00:51:24.690 AN ALLOCATION AND NOT SIMPLY, BECAUSE CHRIS DOES A GOOD JOB ON 00:51:25.690 --> 00:51:28.690 DEVELOPING THE ALLOCATIONS, BUT I'M AFRAID JUST THE WAY THE 00:51:28.690 --> 00:51:31.690 MODELS WORK, SOME OF OUR SMALLER BOARDS MIGHT GET, HAVING LESS 00:51:33.690 --> 00:51:35.690 FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO DO LESS THINGS. THIS WILL GIVE US THE 00:51:36.690 --> 00:51:38.690 OPPORTUNITY TO DO -- >> I'M OKAY WITH THAT. 00:51:39.690 --> 00:51:42.690 >> THE MOTION GIVES FLEXIBILITY TO STAFF. 00:51:46.690 --> 00:51:49.690 >> I AGREE. >> COMMISSIONER DEMERSON, IT 00:51:49.690 --> 00:51:52.690 DOESN'T SEEM LIKE HE'S DISAGREEING. 00:51:52.690 --> 00:51:55.690 >> WE HAVE ADDED OTHERS TO THE LIST. SOME MAY -- 00:51:57.690 --> 00:51:59.690 >> WHEN YOU BRING THAT BACK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO THE 00:52:00.690 --> 00:52:03.690 COMMISSION MEETING, JUST TELL US WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST 00:52:03.690 --> 00:52:05.690 THING. WE MAY DEBATE IT AT THAT 00:52:06.690 --> 00:52:08.690 TIME. I DOUBT IT, BUT WE MAY DEBATE IT AT THAT TIME, BUT 00:52:09.690 --> 00:52:11.690 LET'S DO IT AT THAT TIME. >> IF I MAY ASK, WILL YOU REACH 00:52:12.690 --> 00:52:14.690 OUT TO THE OUTREACH SPECIALIST. 00:52:19.690 --> 00:52:21.690 >> WE'LL ENGAGE STAFF. IT GIVES 00:52:22.690 --> 00:52:24.690 US THE OPPORTUNITY AND I'LL USE THE METRICS CONTRACT THAT WE 00:52:26.690 --> 00:52:28.690 EXECUTED LAST YEAR AS A GOOD 00:52:29.690 --> 00:52:31.690 EXAMPLE OF DOING THAT STATEWIDE. 00:52:37.690 --> 00:52:40.690 SOME OF THE BOARDS WOULDN'T HAVE HAD ENOUGH PURCHASING POWER TO HAVE A VENDOR PAY ATTENTION TO 00:52:42.690 --> 00:52:45.690 THAT. >> I'M OKAY WITH THAT, ED. GREAT IDEA. 00:52:45.690 --> 00:52:47.690 >> SORRY TO INTERRUPT. 00:52:50.690 --> 00:52:53.690 >> ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1? I THINK 00:52:54.690 --> 00:52:57.690 WE HAVE COVERED IT. LET'S MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 2. I CERTAINLY 00:53:02.690 --> 00:53:04.690 HAVE A WHITE PAPER ON AEL, AND 00:53:08.690 --> 00:53:11.690 DO YOU WANT TO FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT. 00:53:11.690 --> 00:53:14.690 >> I'LL BE OKAY WITH THAT, CHAIR. >> LET ME LAYOUT THIS, THIS IS 00:53:16.690 --> 00:53:18.690 MUCH SHORTER. SIMILARLY, 00:53:25.690 --> 00:53:28.690 THERE'S PAPERS AT THE DESK IF YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT IT. SO I 00:53:31.690 --> 00:53:33.690 PICKED UP OUR CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WHENEVER THAT WAS, WHERE 00:53:36.690 --> 00:53:39.690 WE TALKED ABOUT -- [LAUGHTER] -- AN INNOVATION FUND FOR AEL. 00:53:44.690 --> 00:53:46.690 I BROUGHT IT FORWARD AND I BROUGHT A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I 00:53:47.690 --> 00:53:49.690 PICKED UP FROM A STAFF DISCUSSION THAT CAPTURED MY 00:53:50.690 --> 00:53:52.690 ATTENTION. SO YOU SEE ON MY LIST, INTEGRATED EDUCATION AND 00:53:55.690 --> 00:53:58.690 TRAINING ACTIVITIES FOR FOLKS IN THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM THAT'S 00:53:59.690 --> 00:54:01.690 GOING TO COME OUT. IMPORTANT STUFF. EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT. I 00:54:03.690 --> 00:54:05.690 DON'T, I HAVE UP TO TWO MILLION 00:54:06.690 --> 00:54:08.690 BUDGETED BECAUSE FRANKLY WE WON'T EVER DO ENOUGH IN THAT 00:54:09.690 --> 00:54:12.690 AREA TO GET IT ALL DONE. SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF 00:54:13.690 --> 00:54:16.690 EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT, I HOPE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. I DID 00:54:17.690 --> 00:54:19.690 PICKUP THE CONTINUED IDEA OF THE 00:54:20.690 --> 00:54:22.690 AEL INNOVATION FUND THAT WE 00:54:23.690 --> 00:54:25.690 TABLED THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT. UP TO $200,000 A 00:54:28.690 --> 00:54:31.690 PIECE FOR A TOTAL OF $400,000. MY BUDGET FOR THIS LIST OF ITEMS 00:54:32.690 --> 00:54:34.690 FOR AEL IS 750 THOUSANDS FOR THE 00:54:39.690 --> 00:54:41.690 IT TO GET STARTED ON THAT. UP 00:54:42.690 --> 00:54:44.690 TO $400,000 AND THAT TAKES US 00:54:45.690 --> 00:54:47.690 CLOSE TO THE AVAILABLE BALANCE. THAT'S $3.1 MILLION ON MY LIST. 00:54:48.690 --> 00:54:50.690 SO, THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY 00:54:51.690 --> 00:54:53.690 LIST. I CAN DEFINITELY DISCUSS 00:54:54.690 --> 00:54:56.690 IN ANY DETAIL, ANYTHING ON THERE. BUT I THINK ALL THREE OF 00:54:57.690 --> 00:54:59.690 THESE ARE FAMILIAR TO YOU GUYS AND I'LL SPARE YOU EXTRA WORDS 00:55:02.690 --> 00:55:05.690 IF WE CAN TODAY. JUST A SUMMARY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING 00:55:05.690 --> 00:55:08.690 ELSE YOU WANT TO KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT. BUT I LOVE TO 00:55:08.690 --> 00:55:11.690 HEAR YOUR IDEAS AS WELL. >> CAN WE CLARIFY WHAT THE 00:55:11.690 --> 00:55:13.690 BALANCE IS? 00:55:14.690 --> 00:55:16.690 >> FOR ADULT ED, IT'S 00:55:17.690 --> 00:55:19.690 $3.7 MILLION. >> OKAY. 00:55:25.690 --> 00:55:28.690 >> SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF IDEAS, AND I AGREE WITH THE CHAIRMAN ON 00:55:36.690 --> 00:55:38.690 -- FOR SHORT-TERM TRAINING AND 00:55:39.690 --> 00:55:41.690 UPSCALING, I WAS ASKING AND OF 00:55:42.690 --> 00:55:44.690 COURSE, WE CAN NEGOTIATE ON THE AMOUNT. I HAD PROPOSED $1 00:55:45.690 --> 00:55:47.690 MILLION FOR A PRE-APPRENTICESHIP 00:55:50.690 --> 00:55:53.690 PROGRAM TO PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR APPLICANTS TO THE BUILDING 00:55:54.690 --> 00:55:57.690 TRADES APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THAT NEEDS INSTRUCTION IN MATH. 00:55:59.690 --> 00:56:02.690 A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS, IN SOME OF OUR APPRENTICESHIP 00:56:03.690 --> 00:56:05.690 PROGRAMS AROUND THE STATE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS OF 00:56:06.690 --> 00:56:09.690 GETTING ENTRY INTO A PROGRAM IS MANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS DO NOT 00:56:09.690 --> 00:56:11.690 KNOW HOW TO READ A TAPE MEASURE, 00:56:12.690 --> 00:56:14.690 SO WE HAVE DATA THAT SHOWS THAT 00:56:15.690 --> 00:56:17.690 HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS APPLY TO GO TO THESE SCHOOLS AND 00:56:18.690 --> 00:56:20.690 UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THEIR LACK OF MATH OR THEIR DEFICIENCY 00:56:23.690 --> 00:56:26.690 IN MATH, MANY STUDENTS ARE NOT ENTERED INTO SOME OF THESE 00:56:27.690 --> 00:56:29.690 PROGRAMS NOT BEING ABLE TO REACH 00:56:30.690 --> 00:56:33.690 A SIMPLE TAPE MEASURE. I'M ASKING FOR THE REMEDIAL TYPE OF 00:56:34.690 --> 00:56:37.690 PROGRAMS TO BE FUNDED SO WE CAN HELP THESE INDIVIDUALS GET INTO 00:56:38.690 --> 00:56:40.690 THESE PROGRAMS. AND AGAIN, IT MAY FIT INTO SPECIFICALLY WHAT 00:56:41.690 --> 00:56:43.690 THE CHAIRMAN HAS LAID OUT OR 00:56:44.690 --> 00:56:47.690 INTEGRATED ON EDUCATIONAL TRAINING AND I AGREE WITH HIM ON 00:56:47.690 --> 00:56:49.690 THE INTEGRATED EDUCATION 00:56:52.690 --> 00:56:54.690 TRAINING AND CORRECTION FUNDING, 00:56:55.690 --> 00:56:58.690 AND FOR THAT PROGRAM, I LIKE TO PROVIDE LITERATURE AND I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS GOING TO COST 00:56:59.690 --> 00:57:02.690 MONEY. THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING COURTNEY MAY BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE BOARDS. 00:57:05.690 --> 00:57:08.690 PROVIDE WORKFORCE SOLUTION SERVICES FOR CORRECTIONAL 00:57:09.690 --> 00:57:12.690 FACILITIES FOR TRANSITIONING INMATES. WAS IT LOCKHART 00:57:18.690 --> 00:57:21.690 PRISON. A WOMAN HAD A BABY. NO LITERATURE ON THE SERVICES SHE 00:57:23.690 --> 00:57:25.690 WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR. CHILDCARE, TANA FUNDING, COULD 00:57:29.690 --> 00:57:31.690 SHE QUALIFY FOR SNAP OR 00:57:32.690 --> 00:57:34.690 RESOURCES WE HAVE. WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, IF THIS IS, I THINK 00:57:35.690 --> 00:57:38.690 IT'S APPROPRIATE TIME, AND IF THERE'S A FISCAL NOTE TO IT OR 00:57:39.690 --> 00:57:42.690 FINANCIAL AMOUNT WE NEED TO ALLOCATE, I WOULD BE WILLING TO 00:57:44.690 --> 00:57:46.690 NEGOTIATE THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE IS. ALL I WANT 00:57:47.690 --> 00:57:50.690 CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONER DEMERSON, JUST LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IN MARKETING, FOR 00:57:51.690 --> 00:57:54.690 OUR SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR CLAIMANTS AROUND THE STATE 00:57:55.690 --> 00:57:57.690 TO PRO BE -- TO BE PROVIDED TO 00:58:00.690 --> 00:58:03.690 INMATES BEHIND BARS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH IF THAT'S OKAY. THE 00:58:04.690 --> 00:58:06.690 INITIATIVE THAT I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT NEXT WOULD BE ON THE 00:58:07.690 --> 00:58:09.690 FAMILY LITERACY INITIATIVE. LET 00:58:17.690 --> 00:58:19.690 ME TALK ABOUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE 00:58:23.690 --> 00:58:26.690 TO PROPOSE AND THIS IS JUST THE AMOUNT THAT I HAD, I WAS LOOKING 00:58:27.690 --> 00:58:30.690 AT. WE COULD NEGOTIATE. I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE 1 MILLION 00:58:31.690 --> 00:58:34.690 TO EXPAND MATH ASSISTANT CALL CENTER TO THE FAMILY OF AN AEL 00:58:37.690 --> 00:58:39.690 PARTICIPANT SO IF A CHILD 00:58:40.690 --> 00:58:43.690 REQUIRES MATH TUTORING AND THEIR PARENT IS ENGAGED IN AEL, THE 00:58:47.690 --> 00:58:50.690 CHILD CAN CALL IN. IF THE CHILD IS THERE WITH THE PARENT, NO 00:58:51.690 --> 00:58:53.690 REASON WHY THEY CAN'T TRANSFER THE PHONE AND LET THE CHILD BE A 00:58:54.690 --> 00:58:57.690 PART OF THE DISCUSSION WITH THE TUTORIAL OR WITH THE TUTOR 00:58:57.690 --> 00:58:59.690 THAT'S AVAILABLE. JUST AN IDEA. 00:59:01.690 --> 00:59:04.690 MY LAST ONE WOULD BE $1 MILLION IN STATE LEADERSHIP FUNDING TO 00:59:04.690 --> 00:59:06.690 SUPPORT CURRICULUM FOR AEL 00:59:09.690 --> 00:59:11.690 CUSTOMERS AND CONSTRUCTION TRAINING. THIS WOULD BE 00:59:13.690 --> 00:59:15.690 DEVELOPING INTO CURRICULUM 00:59:17.690 --> 00:59:19.690 INCLUDING INCORPORATING READING, 00:59:20.690 --> 00:59:22.690 INSTRUCTION AS SUCH COMPONENTS 00:59:23.690 --> 00:59:25.690 RELATE TO -- AND CAREER 00:59:27.690 --> 00:59:29.690 PATHWAYS. WE CAN LOOK AT DUAL 00:59:32.690 --> 00:59:34.690 LANGUAGE ON THAT. THOSE WERE THE ONES AND I'LL BE WILLING TO 00:59:36.690 --> 00:59:38.690 NEGOTIATE. THOSE ARE IDEAS, CHAIRMAN, THAT AS WE RELAYED OUT 00:59:41.690 --> 00:59:44.690 EARLIER, WE CAN INCORPORATE TOGETHER ON THE THINGS THAT, 00:59:45.690 --> 00:59:47.690 THESE ARE JUST SPECIFICS ON WHAT I'D LIKE TO USE THE MONEY FOR. 00:59:48.690 --> 00:59:51.690 THAT'S REALLY IT. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. 00:59:52.690 --> 00:59:55.690 COMMISSIONER DEMERSON. >> I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE LAID OUT IS FINE. PARTICULARLY 00:59:56.690 --> 00:59:58.690 INTEREST IS EMPLOYMENT 00:59:59.690 --> 01:00:02.690 ENGAGEMENT AND THE $2 MILLION WE HAVE. 01:00:02.690 --> 01:00:05.690 >> OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. WE'VE GOT $3.7 MILLION TO WORK WITH. 01:00:09.690 --> 01:00:11.690 BY MY ESTIMATE, WE'VE LAID OUT 01:00:12.690 --> 01:00:14.690 ABOUT $6 MILLION IN ITEMS. I 01:00:21.690 --> 01:00:23.690 CAN'T USE THE WORD HAIRCUT ANYMORE, SO WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR 01:00:24.690 --> 01:00:26.690 ACTUAL CUTS. [LAUGHTER] 01:00:33.690 --> 01:00:36.690 ALL RIGHT. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ON HERE, FROM A 01:00:37.690 --> 01:00:39.690 CONCEPT, NOT A DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT FROM A CONCEPT THAT I DON'T 01:00:41.690 --> 01:00:44.690 THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO SOME TEXANS. COMMISSIONER 01:00:45.690 --> 01:00:48.690 DEMERSON, DO YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU 01:00:49.690 --> 01:00:52.690 DON'T LIKE THAT'S ON THE LIST? >> I THINK WHAT WE HAVE LAID OUT 01:00:52.690 --> 01:00:55.690 IS FINE. >> COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ, 01:00:55.690 --> 01:00:58.690 EVERYTHING ON THE LIST, NOTHING NEEDS TO COME OFF THE LIST, OKAY. 01:00:58.690 --> 01:01:01.690 >> HUH-UH. >> SO, I HEARD YOU SAY, 01:01:06.690 --> 01:01:08.690 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ, YOU DEFINITELY WERE OKAY WITH WHAT I 01:01:12.690 --> 01:01:14.690 HAD LAID OUT IN TERMS OF IET AT 01:01:16.690 --> 01:01:18.690 $750,000. YOU THOUGHT YOUR 01:01:19.690 --> 01:01:22.690 CONCEPT WAS A CONFLICT BECAUSE IT WAS MORE ABOUT MATERIALS. 01:01:23.690 --> 01:01:25.690 LET ME DO THIS. ON EMPLOYER 01:01:28.690 --> 01:01:30.690 ENGAGEMENT, THIS IS SOMETHING I DREW FROM A REAL BRIEF SET OF 01:01:32.690 --> 01:01:34.690 STAFF NOTES. DO YOU HAVE AN 01:01:35.690 --> 01:01:38.690 IDEA OF WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE IN TERMS OF EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT, IN 01:01:39.690 --> 01:01:41.690 TERMS OF A DOLLAR AMOUNT FROM WHERE YOU SIT? I SAID $2 01:01:43.690 --> 01:01:46.690 MILLION BECAUSE I ALWAYS THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT IT COULD BE $200 MILLION, AND IT WOULDN'T 01:01:50.690 --> 01:01:52.690 BE A ENOUGH. >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. 01:01:55.690 --> 01:01:57.690 MAHALIA, ADULT EDUCATION AND 01:02:02.690 --> 01:02:04.690 LITERACY. WE CAN DO DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT 01:02:06.690 --> 01:02:09.690 IN TERMS OF THIS INITIATIVE. OUR CORE GRANTORS AND WE HAVE 37 01:02:11.690 --> 01:02:13.690 CONTRACTS STATEWIDE AND THIS IS 01:02:14.690 --> 01:02:16.690 SOMETHING THEY CAN DO WITH THEIR ALLOCATION. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING 01:02:17.690 --> 01:02:20.690 AT DOING IS BUILD A QUALITY MODEL. SO MANY OF OUR STATE 01:02:22.690 --> 01:02:24.690 LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES THAT INVOLVE STUDENTS AND WE WANT TO 01:02:25.690 --> 01:02:28.690 EXPAND THESE MODELS, WE WANT TO COME UP WITH QUALITY MODELS THAT 01:02:28.690 --> 01:02:30.690 THEN CAN GO BACK TO THOSE CORE 01:02:32.690 --> 01:02:34.690 GRANTEES AND SAY THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT. THIS IS WHAT THE 01:02:35.690 --> 01:02:37.690 CURRICULUM LOOKS LIKE, THIS IS HOW YOU WORK WITH AN EMPLOYER TO 01:02:38.690 --> 01:02:41.690 DEVELOP THOSE PROGRESS MILESTONES. SO, WITH THAT BEING 01:02:42.690 --> 01:02:44.690 SAID, $2 MILLION SOUNDS LIKE A 01:02:45.690 --> 01:02:47.690 GOOD NUMBER. IT'S A GOOD NUMBER TO PUT OUT THERE. WE'LL GET A 01:02:48.690 --> 01:02:50.690 LOT OF APPLICANTS, I THINK FOR 01:02:51.690 --> 01:02:54.690 THIS MONEY. IT WAS THE FEEDBACK WE HAD RECEIVED FROM OUR PROVIDERS AS SOMETHING THEY 01:02:55.690 --> 01:02:57.690 REALLY WANTED TO DO. SO, I 01:02:58.690 --> 01:03:00.690 DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS YOU WITH YOUR DECISION. 01:03:01.690 --> 01:03:03.690 >> REALLY NOT AT ALL BECAUSE YOU AGREED WITH ME THAT $2 MILLION 01:03:04.690 --> 01:03:07.690 -- BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY, BUT YOU'RE SAYING, HEY, 01:03:08.690 --> 01:03:10.690 BRYAN, NOW DO YOUR JOB AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THE MONEY IS 01:03:11.690 --> 01:03:14.690 GOING. I HEAR YOU. I'M GIVING YOU A HARD TIME. WORKING OFF MY 01:03:17.690 --> 01:03:19.690 LIST, SO, I KIND OF HAD IN MY 01:03:24.690 --> 01:03:26.690 MIND THAT EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT WAS ONE THING AND THE AEL 01:03:31.690 --> 01:03:33.690 INNOVATION FUND WAS AN 01:03:34.690 --> 01:03:37.690 INSTRUCTIONAL THING. IN THE INTEREST OF MONEY, I COULD PROBABLY MOVE THE AEL INNOVATION 01:03:43.690 --> 01:03:46.690 FUND TO EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT AND DEAL WITH WAYS TO WORK WITH THE 01:03:48.690 --> 01:03:51.690 EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT AND PROBABLY SAVE MONEY THAT WAY. THAT'S 01:03:54.690 --> 01:03:57.690 SOMETHING I THINK WE CAN GET CLOSER TO GETTING THIS DONE FOR 01:03:57.690 --> 01:03:59.690 THE MONEY. COMMISSIONER 01:04:00.690 --> 01:04:02.690 ALVAREZ, IT WOULD STRIKE ME THAT 01:04:03.690 --> 01:04:06.690 THE $1 MILLION YOU HAVE ADVANCED FOR YOUR PRE-APPRENTICESHIP JOB 01:04:08.690 --> 01:04:10.690 PREPAREDNESS SECTION AND YOUR 01:04:17.690 --> 01:04:19.690 CURRICULUM TRADES, A MILLION 01:04:21.690 --> 01:04:24.690 DOLLARS WOULD BE GREAT, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY, 01:04:24.690 --> 01:04:27.690 IT SEEMS SCALABLE TO ME. MAYBE THE SAME THING CAN BE SAID FOR 01:04:29.690 --> 01:04:31.690 THE FAMILY LITERACY INITIATIVE, THAT WHILE, JUST LIKE I FEEL 01:04:35.690 --> 01:04:38.690 $1 MILLION OR TWO MILLIONS IS IDEAL FOR EMPLOYER RELATIONS, I 01:04:39.690 --> 01:04:41.690 BELIEVE THAT'S SCALABLE AND WE NEED TO WORK OUR WAY UP FROM THE 01:04:42.690 --> 01:04:44.690 BOTTOM. IF I'M INACCURATE IN MY 01:04:48.690 --> 01:04:51.690 ASSUMPTION HERE, PLEASE TELL ME SO I CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF 01:04:52.690 --> 01:04:54.690 TRYING TO FIND SOME COMMON GROUND FOR THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS. 01:04:55.690 --> 01:04:58.690 I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE CUT IT TO ANY ONE THING. I THINK IT CAN 01:04:59.690 --> 01:05:02.690 BE CUT IF IT NEEDS TO BE CUT AND HAVE THE INITIATIVE. 01:05:02.690 --> 01:05:05.690 >> SURE. I THINK I PROPOSED A MILLION. WAS THAT A LITTLE TOO 01:05:07.690 --> 01:05:09.690 MUCH? >> SO, WE'RE IN THE POSITION OF, 01:05:11.690 --> 01:05:13.690 WE ALL LIKE ALL THE IDEAS THAT HAVE BEEN ADVANCED. 01:05:14.690 --> 01:05:17.690 >> I AGREE. >> IT WAS $7 MILLION WORTH OF STUFF. 01:05:19.690 --> 01:05:21.690 >> CHAIRMAN, I WOULD BE WILLING TO NEGOTIATE THAT AGAIN. AGAIN, 01:05:24.690 --> 01:05:27.690 THIS IS JUST BECAUSE OF THE REMEDIAL MATH THAT'S NEEDED FOR 01:05:28.690 --> 01:05:30.690 SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AND I'LL 01:05:34.690 --> 01:05:36.690 BE WILLING TO NEGOTIATE THAT TO 01:05:37.690 --> 01:05:39.690 $500,000. >> OKAY. LET ME ASK YOU A 01:05:42.690 --> 01:05:45.690 QUESTION. >> UH-HUH. 01:05:45.690 --> 01:05:47.690 >> IS IT A LITERACY ISSUE OR A 01:05:53.690 --> 01:05:55.690 APPLICATION ISSUE? YOU GAVE THE EXAMPLE OF NOT READING A TAPE 01:05:57.690 --> 01:05:59.690 MEASURE. IS IT NUMERICAL 01:06:06.690 --> 01:06:09.690 LITERACY. THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT EDUCATION OR DON'T HAVE THE FUNCTION TO READ A TAPE 01:06:11.690 --> 01:06:13.690 MEASURE. >> THEY CAN'T READ FRACTIONS AND 01:06:14.690 --> 01:06:16.690 THOSE INDIVIDUALS GOING INTO THE 01:06:17.690 --> 01:06:19.690 PROGRAMS ARE OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND NOT TO PUT BLAME ON ANYONE 01:06:20.690 --> 01:06:22.690 AND SOME ARE ADULT LEARNERS WHO 01:06:23.690 --> 01:06:26.690 HAVEN'T DONE MATH FOREVER. SOME STUDENTS DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO 01:06:27.690 --> 01:06:30.690 FRACTIONS, BOTTOM LINE. >> UNDERSTOOD. 01:06:33.690 --> 01:06:35.690 >> BUT I'M WILLING TO NEGOTIATE 01:06:37.690 --> 01:06:39.690 MR. CHAIRMAN, FROM THE ONE 01:06:40.690 --> 01:06:43.690 MILLION TO 5,000. >> WE MAY COME OUT FROM THIS, 01:06:44.690 --> 01:06:47.690 BUT WHAT'S YOUR BOTTOM LINE ON FAMILY LITERACY AND CURRICULUM. 01:06:53.690 --> 01:06:56.690 >> I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO $500,000. 01:06:56.690 --> 01:06:58.690 >> THAT'S VIABLE. >> TWO FOR ONE. 01:07:05.690 --> 01:07:07.690 >> WHAT DOES THAT GET THAT DOWN 01:07:08.690 --> 01:07:11.690 TO? >> I'M STUCK WITH TEXAS TECH MATH. SOMEBODY ELSE -- 01:07:15.690 --> 01:07:17.690 >> WHERE WOULD THAT LEAVE YOUR REQUEST IF YOU REDUCE DOWN TO 01:07:19.690 --> 01:07:22.690 $400,000. >> IF HE REDUCED ALL OF HIS REQUEST, I'M NOT SAYING WE HAVE 01:07:23.690 --> 01:07:25.690 TO, BUT IF WE TOOK HIM DOWN TO 01:07:26.690 --> 01:07:29.690 $500,000, THAT'S 1.5 FOR THE THREE AND THE IET, I HAD IT AT 01:07:32.690 --> 01:07:35.690 $750,000. IF WE TOOK IT TO $500,000, ALSO JUST FOR THIS 01:07:36.690 --> 01:07:39.690 EXERCISE, THAT'S AT $2 MILLION AND THAT LEAVES US 1.7 FOR 01:07:43.690 --> 01:07:45.690 EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT. AND THEN 01:07:47.690 --> 01:07:49.690 AS I SAID, I'M WILLING TO BURY 01:07:50.690 --> 01:07:53.690 THE INNOVATION FUND BACK UP IN THE EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT. WE ARE 01:07:55.690 --> 01:07:57.690 CONSIDER THAT AT ZERO FOR PURPOSES OF THIS EXERCISE. OR 01:07:58.690 --> 01:08:00.690 WE COULD, SO I TOOK IET TO 500 01:08:04.690 --> 01:08:06.690 AND WE CAN RESTORE IT TO 01:08:07.690 --> 01:08:09.690 $750,000 BECAUSE I THINK ALL 01:08:10.690 --> 01:08:13.690 THREE OF US SORT OF AGREED ON THAT. AND THEN IF WE TAKE THE 01:08:14.690 --> 01:08:16.690 EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT DOWN TO -- 01:08:18.690 --> 01:08:21.690 >> CHAIRMAN, COURTNEY, WORKFORCE DIVISION. CAN I JUMP IN ON THE 01:08:21.690 --> 01:08:24.690 EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT PIECE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE ANSWERED 01:08:25.690 --> 01:08:27.690 DIRECTLY, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MODEL, WE WERE 01:08:28.690 --> 01:08:30.690 THINKING $400,000 PER GRANT AND WE CAN DO 3 OR 4 AWARDS TO HAVE 01:08:33.690 --> 01:08:35.690 THEM BUILD OUT A MODEL THAT WE CAN TRY TO REPLICATE. 01:08:36.690 --> 01:08:39.690 >> SO 1.2 MILLION? >> OR 1.6, IF YOU WANTED THREE 01:08:40.690 --> 01:08:42.690 OR FOUR AWARDS. 01:08:43.690 --> 01:08:45.690 >> ALL RIGHT. 01:08:49.690 --> 01:08:52.690 >> YOU THINK YOUR MATH IS BAD, I'M ALREADY RUNNING OUT OF 01:08:52.690 --> 01:08:54.690 PAPER. [LAUGHTER] 01:08:55.690 --> 01:08:58.690 BUT I'M OKAY WITH REDUCING THE AMOUNTS THAT I PROPOSED BECAUSE 01:08:59.690 --> 01:09:01.690 I KNOW COMMISSIONER DEMERSON, 01:09:02.690 --> 01:09:04.690 LAST WEEK, ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE AWARD AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T 01:09:05.690 --> 01:09:08.690 WANT TO FORGET ABOUT THAT. SO I'D BE OKAY WITH MY INITIATIVES 01:09:09.690 --> 01:09:11.690 GOING $500,000 EACH INSTEAD OF 01:09:12.690 --> 01:09:14.690 THE MILLION. IF THAT WORKS WITH STAFF AND WITH THE COMMISSION. 01:09:16.690 --> 01:09:18.690 >> SO THAT'S 1.5 FROM 01:09:19.690 --> 01:09:21.690 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ, RIGHT? 01:09:22.690 --> 01:09:24.690 >> SO, IF JOB PREPAREDNESS 01:09:26.690 --> 01:09:28.690 APPRENTICESHIP AND FAMILY LITERACY AND CURRICULUM 01:09:29.690 --> 01:09:32.690 DEVELOPMENT CAME IN AT $500,000. SO THAT'S 1.5. 01:09:33.690 --> 01:09:35.690 >> UH-HUH. >> AND THEY'RE BROADCASTING MY 01:09:36.690 --> 01:09:39.690 MATH SKILLS OUT TO THE WORLD RIGHT NOW, AREN'T THEY. AND 01:09:40.690 --> 01:09:42.690 THEN, IF WE SAY, $750,000 FOR 01:09:45.690 --> 01:09:48.690 IET, LET'S SEE WHERE THIS TAKES US. THAT'S 2.2. THAT LEAVES 01:09:52.690 --> 01:09:54.690 ABOUT 1.5. WHAT IF WE DID THIS? 01:10:10.690 --> 01:10:13.690 >> COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK NOTE, COURTNEY, 01:10:15.690 --> 01:10:17.690 OUR WORKFORCE BOARD, THE MATH 01:10:18.690 --> 01:10:21.690 CALL CENTER AND THE IDEA ARE YOU PROPOSED ABOUT THE CHILDREN 01:10:21.690 --> 01:10:24.690 BEING ABLE TO ACCESS THAT ALSO, FAMILY LITERACY IS AN ALLOWABLE 01:10:26.690 --> 01:10:28.690 ACTIVITY AND WE NEED TO WORK WITH LEGAL TO MAKE SURE THIS 01:10:29.690 --> 01:10:31.690 MEETS THE FAMILY LITERACY 01:10:32.690 --> 01:10:34.690 ACTIVITY, BUT WE'LL WORK ON THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU. IF YOU 01:10:36.690 --> 01:10:39.690 WANT TO SETTLE ON A DOLLAR AMOUNT, BUT KNOWING WE NEED TO DO MORE RESEARCH ON THAT. 01:10:39.690 --> 01:10:41.690 >> THAT'S FINE. LOWERING IT TO 01:10:44.690 --> 01:10:46.690 $500,000 IS FINE WITH ME. >> SO, I THINK WE COME IN UNDER 01:10:47.690 --> 01:10:49.690 BUDGET IF WE DO $750 TO IET AND 01:10:58.690 --> 01:11:01.690 $500,000 TO ALVAREZ FAMILY INITIATIVE AND THE CALL CENTER. 01:11:05.690 --> 01:11:07.690 500,000 CURRICULUM FACILITIES. 01:11:08.690 --> 01:11:10.690 THAT SHOULD LET US GET TO 01:11:11.690 --> 01:11:13.690 1.2 MILLION FOR EMPLOYER 01:11:15.690 --> 01:11:17.690 ENGAGEMENT AND I WAS OPERATING UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE 01:11:18.690 --> 01:11:20.690 WOULD SORT OF WAIVE OFF THE AEL 01:11:29.690 --> 01:11:31.690 -- INNOVATION FUND. DID I COME 01:11:32.690 --> 01:11:34.690 IN UNDER BUDGET. >> YOU'RE LOWERING THE EMPLOYER 01:11:36.690 --> 01:11:38.690 RELATIONS TO 1.2? 01:11:39.690 --> 01:11:41.690 >> COMMISSIONER DEMERSON, YOU 01:11:42.690 --> 01:11:44.690 AND I WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION 01:11:46.690 --> 01:11:49.690 -- IN THIS INSTANCE, IN LIGHT OF ALL THESE ACTIVITIES, I COULD 01:11:51.690 --> 01:11:54.690 FORGO THAT ONE IN FAVOR OF THE OTHERS WHICH I THINK HAVE MERIT. 01:11:55.690 --> 01:11:57.690 >> SO THE INNOVATION FUND THAT 01:11:58.690 --> 01:12:00.690 WE WERE DISCUSSING LAST WEEK, THAT WAS TIED TO THE SAME 01:12:03.690 --> 01:12:05.690 FUNDING SOURCE. SO WE'RE AT 1.2 01:12:15.690 --> 01:12:17.690 FOR EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT. SO 01:12:21.690 --> 01:12:24.690 WE'RE MADE WHOLE AT THAT POINT. >> YEAH. 01:12:24.690 --> 01:12:27.690 >> WE'RE GAINING 1.2 AND COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ IS AT 1.5 01:12:29.690 --> 01:12:31.690 AND THE TRAINING AT $750,000. 01:12:33.690 --> 01:12:35.690 THAT TOTALS -- SAY THAT AGAIN, 01:12:38.690 --> 01:12:40.690 COMMISSIONER. >> SO THE EDUCATION TRAINING 01:12:41.690 --> 01:12:44.690 DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT'S $750,000. I THINK THE PROPOSES LAID OUT BY 01:12:45.690 --> 01:12:48.690 COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ, THAT TOTALS 1.5. 01:12:50.690 --> 01:12:52.690 >> CORRECT. >> AND THEN THE EMPLOYMENT 01:12:53.690 --> 01:12:56.690 ENGAGEMENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT 1.2? 01:12:58.690 --> 01:13:01.690 >> UH-HUH. >> WHAT'S THAT TOTAL? >> 3.4. 01:13:03.690 --> 01:13:06.690 >> 3.4. WHAT'S OUR ALLOCATION, 3.7? 01:13:07.690 --> 01:13:10.690 >> YES. 3.7 IS THE BALANCE. >> OKAY. 01:13:10.690 --> 01:13:12.690 >> I'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON THE INNOVATION FUND BECAUSE THERE 01:13:13.690 --> 01:13:15.690 WAS, I BELIEVE WEREN'T WE 01:13:17.690 --> 01:13:20.690 TRANSFERRING FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR THE AWARDS TOO. 01:13:20.690 --> 01:13:23.690 >> I THOUGHT THAT TOO. >> I NEED TO MAKE SURE YOUR 01:13:23.690 --> 01:13:26.690 PROPOSAL ISN'T COMING OUT, THE FULL AMOUNT ISN'T COMING OUT OF 01:13:27.690 --> 01:13:29.690 THE 3.7 MILLION, BUT I'LL DOUBLE 01:13:30.690 --> 01:13:33.690 CHECK. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS A SEPARATE PILE, SO WE'RE AT 3.2 AND WE 01:13:34.690 --> 01:13:36.690 HAVE 3.7, SO WE HAVE A LITTLE 01:13:37.690 --> 01:13:40.690 LEFT OVER. >> THAT LEAVES A CUSHION IF WE FIND OUT SOMETHING IS A BUMP OR 01:13:41.690 --> 01:13:43.690 SOMETHING. >> YEP. 01:13:44.690 --> 01:13:47.690 >> I'M OKAY WITH THAT. >> UH-HUH. 01:13:47.690 --> 01:13:49.690 >> ALL RIGHT. LET ME RESTATE THIS IN THE FORM OF A MOTION. 01:13:50.690 --> 01:13:52.690 >> BEFORE YOU DO THAT, CHAIRMAN. 01:13:53.690 --> 01:13:55.690 I WANT TO MAKE ONE POINT CLEAR AND IT DIDN'T REQUIRE AN AMOUNT, 01:13:57.690 --> 01:14:00.690 COURTNEY, CAN YOU AND STAFF ASSIST ME. REITERATING THE 01:14:00.690 --> 01:14:02.690 VALUE OF HAVING OUR INFORMATION 01:14:04.690 --> 01:14:06.690 DISSEMINATED OR DISTRIBUTED TO 01:14:07.690 --> 01:14:10.690 INMATES BEHIND BARS AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S A COST, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR 01:14:10.690 --> 01:14:12.690 ME TO MENTION THAT DURING THIS 01:14:13.690 --> 01:14:16.690 TIME AND SO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEARER. NO MONEY 01:14:16.690 --> 01:14:19.690 INVOLVED IN THAT, CHAIRMAN. IT'S HAVING LITERATURE IN 01:14:20.690 --> 01:14:23.690 ENGLISH AND SPANISH TO INMATES BEHIND BARS. LOCKHART, 01:14:25.690 --> 01:14:28.690 HUNTSVILLE, ALL THAT. >> CERTAINLY NO OBJECTION FROM ME. 01:14:28.690 --> 01:14:31.690 >> MR. CHAIRMAN, LET ME BRING THIS UP. IF WE FIND OUT THAT THE ALLOCATION FOR AWARDS WAS 01:14:34.690 --> 01:14:37.690 SEPARATE FROM THIS 3.7, WE STILL HAVE $500,000 ON THE TABLE HERE, 01:14:39.690 --> 01:14:42.690 SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT OR IF WE'LL 01:14:43.690 --> 01:14:45.690 HAVE TIME TO COME BACK TO DO 01:14:46.690 --> 01:14:49.690 SOMETHING IF WE FIND OUT THEY'RE SEPARATE FILES. >> THE ITEM HERE THAT DOESN'T 01:14:49.690 --> 01:14:51.690 GET TAKEN UP IS THE INNOVATION 01:14:53.690 --> 01:14:56.690 FUND SO IF WE FIND OUT THE AWARD MONEY WAS NOT INCLUDED, WE CAN 01:14:57.690 --> 01:14:59.690 BRING BACK THE INNOVATION FUND 01:15:00.690 --> 01:15:02.690 OR SUPPLEMENT THE MONEY IN THE 01:15:03.690 --> 01:15:06.690 ONES WE HAVE FUNDED. I'M COMFORTABLE WITH LEAVING A 01:15:07.690 --> 01:15:10.690 LITTLE BALANCE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU BID IT OUT 01:15:10.690 --> 01:15:13.690 AND YOU GET THE BIDS BACK, SO I'LL ALWAYS IN FAVOR. ANY OF 01:15:15.690 --> 01:15:18.690 THESE COULD ACCEPT MORE MONEY THE MINUTE WE WANT TO PUT IT IN 01:15:19.690 --> 01:15:21.690 THERE. >> I AGREE. 01:15:22.690 --> 01:15:25.670 >> SO I MOVE WE, FROM THE AEL ALLOCATION FUND, ON THIS LIST, 01:15:29.680 --> 01:15:32.680 700 PEOPLE TO TRAINING CORRECTIONS. $1.2 MILLION FOR 01:15:33.680 --> 01:15:36.680 EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT. $500,000 FOR JOB PREPAREDNESS WHICH IS 01:15:37.680 --> 01:15:40.680 THE PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THAT COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ 01:15:41.680 --> 01:15:44.680 OUTLINED. $500,000 TO THE FAMILY LITERACY INITIATIVE FOR 01:15:45.680 --> 01:15:47.680 MATH ASSISTANCE AND CALL CENTERS THAT COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ 01:15:48.680 --> 01:15:50.680 OUTLINED AND $500,000 AND THE 01:15:51.680 --> 01:15:53.680 CONSTRUCTION TRADE. IT'S MORE TO YOU, BUT IT'S WHAT YOU 01:15:54.680 --> 01:15:56.680 OUTLINED. AND THAT'S MY MOTION. 01:15:57.680 --> 01:16:00.680 >> SECOND. >> YOU HAVE AN UNANIMOUS. 01:16:00.680 --> 01:16:02.680 >> IT'S UNANIMOUS. IS THERE ANY 01:16:04.680 --> 01:16:06.680 ORDER OF BUSINESS THAT COMES BEFORE THE COMMISSION WORK 01:16:07.680 --> 01:16:10.680 SESSION. >> NONE HERE, CHAIRMAN. >> I'M GOOD. 01:16:10.680 --> 01:16:13.680 >> WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> CHAIRMAN, I MOVE WE ADJOURN. >> SECOND THAT MOTION. 01:16:13.680 --> 01:16:15.680 >> IT HAS BEEN MOTIONED AND 01:16:20.680 --> 01:16:23.680 SECONDED FOR US TO ADJOURN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.