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SUFFOLK COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD

MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 24, 2018 MEETING



Members Present: Gerard Cairns

F.R.E.E


Kim Carsten

Commercial Driver Training, Inc.


Roger Clayman

LI Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO


James DiLiberto

Island Drafting and Technical Institute


Adrian Fassett

Economic Opportunity Council of Suffolk, Inc.


Tricia Folliero

SMM Advertising


Vincent Frigeria

PSEG Long Island


John Galiotos

Suffolk County Community College


Diana Kubik

New York Label and Box Works


Jeffrey Kuhr

The Home Depot

Elvira Lovaglio-Duncan

Urban League of Westchester County, Inc.


Patricia Malone

Stony Brook University


Frank Nardelli

S.C. Department of Labor, Licensing & Consumer Affairs


Teresa O’Halloran

Suffolk Transportation Service, Inc.


Reverend Roderick Pearson

Suffolk County Youth Bureau


Corinthia Price

Workforce Career Readiness


Elena Spera

American Maintenance


Nanda Viswanathan

Farmingdale State College

Youth Standing Members: Gerard Cairns

F.R.E.E


Barbara Egloff

Eastern Suffolk BOCES


Nancy Kelsey

Western Suffolk BOCES


Reverend Roderick Pearson

Suffolk County Youth Bureau


Dave Perkins

Walt Whitman High School


Sandra Townsend

Youth Advocate


Disability Standing Members: Gerard Cairns

F.R.E.E

Timothy Carew

S.C. Department of Labor, Licensing & Consumer Affairs


Rosemary Claus

NYS Office of Mental Health


Janet Draffin

S.C. Dept. of Social Services


Barbara Egloff

Eastern Suffolk BOCES


Jennifer Forni

Suffolk County Community College


Frank Krotschinsky

Suffolk County Office for People with Disabilities


Reverend Roderick Pearson

Suffolk County Youth Bureau


Elena Spera

American Maintenance


Representatives: Amy Lowth

NYSDOL


Briana O’Shaughnessy

Northwell Health

(Representing Cheryl Davidson)


Susin Packert

ACCES-VR

(Representing Veronica Rose-Craig)


Guests: Leah Arnold

Alexander Baez

Laura Certa

Courtney Hughes

Evita Marrow

Anne-Shybunko-Moore

Jamie Moore

Doreen Nobile

Rebecca Smith

Donna Spotton

Dominque Zummo

WDB Staff: Kristen Peldai

Jennifer Stavola


SCDOLLCA Staff: Marc Bossert

Barbara D’Amico

Craig Horowitz

Pam Killoran

Rich Krebs

Stacey Lesko

Beth Murphy

Raymond O’Rourke

CALL TO ORDER

The Suffolk County Workforce Development Board (WDB) held a breakfast meeting on Wednesday,

October 24, 2018 at Western Suffolk BOCES Wilson Tech. Center, 17 Westminster Avenue, Dix Hills, NY. Chair Jim DiLiberto called the meeting to order at 9:20 a.m. He welcomed everyone and thanked Nancy Kelsey for allowing us to hold the meeting at Western Suffolk BOCES and for the delicious breakfast that was prepared by the culinary arts students.


Chair DiLiberto announced that if any member would like to host an upcoming meeting to please contact Jennifer Stavola or Kristen Peldai.


He gave an update on what has been happening since the last meeting in April. The Board has voted on several items by email. Resolution 1-2018 authorizing Board Staff to conduct the One-Stop Career Center onsite evaluations for certification was approved by the Board. A copy of the resolution was in the folder. We received approval on April 17, 2018 for the Career Center onsite evaluation from the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL). The certification status of all of the Boards in New York is located on the NYSDOL website on the career center locator page. The Board also voted on approving the grievance officer and local level hearing officer who was nominated by the administration from the Career Center. Their contact information was included in the folder.


The Infrastructure MOU between Partner agencies was submitted to NYSDOL on April 27, 2018 by Board staff. NYSDOL has informed us that we should have the MOUs back for signature from them by the end of the year.


The Suffolk County Department of Labor, Licensing and Consumer Affairs and the Suffolk County Office for People with Disabilities are hosting their fifth annual job fair together in recognition of National Disability Employment Month. The job fair will be held on Friday, October 26, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Suffolk County Career Center in Hauppauge.


MEMBERSHIP CHANGES

Currently the Suffolk County Workforce Development Board has 34 members – 18 businesses and 16 non-businesses. The following changes in the Board membership since the last meeting are: Dr. James Keane, the Executive Dean at the Grant Campus of Suffolk County Community College, Rob Salvatico, Sr. VP of Operations at Jaral Properties, Bruce MacArthur, Executive VP of Business Development at AMP Design Solutions and Elizabeth Morgan, Director of YouthBuild at United Way, have recently left the Board. Chair DiLiberto thanked them for their contributions to the Board and wished them all well. He welcomed Elena Spera, Quality Control and Compliance Manager of American Maintenance and Dr. John Galiotos, Sr. Associate Vice President of Workforce Development-STEM/CTE-Industry Partnerships-Community Relations from Suffolk County Community College/Grant Campus.


APPROVAL OF THE APRIL 12, 2018 MEETING MINUTES

Chair DiLiberto asked for a motion to accept the Minutes of the April 12, 2018 WDB Meeting. Vincent Frigeria made the motion to accept the Minutes and Elvira Lovaglio-Duncan provided the second.


MANUFACTURING TASK FORCE PRESENTATION

Ms. Anne-Shybunko Moore, CEO/Owner of GSE Dynamics gave a presentation about the Long Island Manufacturing Task Force. Suffolk County Legislator William J. Linsday, III unfortunately had a meeting and could not attend. She spoke about the manufacturing industry and the impact on Long Island. There are over 3,000 manufacturing companies on Long Island employing over 70,000 people. Companies are still growing and expanding despite what people think and one of the reasons the manufacturing task force was created. The members of the task force represent manufacturing and workforce development continues to be the theme within these companies. She stated the common theme among the manufacturing businesses on Long Island is the need to train and engage people, which is what the task force is focusing on.


As part of the Regional Economic Plan, Ignite was created to motivate people on what manufacturing does in our region. Ignite is an industry led advocacy organization representing all of manufacturing.


Ms. Shybunko-Moore spoke about the task force goals, which include: identifying Long Island industry clusters and full supply chain, identify limitations to growth on long Island, identify local government constraints to growth and develop how to promote Long Island manufacturing. Their mission statement is joining leaders throughout industry in order to create and promote growth with innovative solutions beyond limitations. She spoke of some of the challenges manufacturing companies face on Long Island, which includes the high cost of operations and increased national and global competition.


She stated there are several upcoming regional opportunities having to do with the collaborative effort of educational institutions and various stakeholders to create a regional manufacturing hub, an actual physical site on Long Island. This hub will provide workforce training located at the center. She would love to have a discovery center where kids can go and visit and see products that are produced locally and how they are made and get them engaged. The key is to have one regional hub on Long Island where everyone can go. They want to create a one-stop shop for manufacturing, where companies can learn about the available resources, train their future employees, and to educate the next generation about the career opportunities available at local manufacturers.


DISABILITY STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT

Chair Gerard Cairns gave an update on disability programs. The Committee last met on May 31, 2018.


Chair Cairns reported Committee member, Tim Carew, gave a summary about the activities related to serving individuals with disabilities at the Suffolk County Career Center.


Mr. Carew attends many meetings, fairs and expos to gain knowledge to help serve Suffolk County residents and to spread the word about the Career Center’s services. As a member of the Suffolk County Disability Advisory Board, he attends their monthly meetings. Mr. Carew, along with Frank Krotschinsky, Director of Suffolk County Office for People with Disabilities, attended the Abilities Expo for both adults and children where the latest and greatest technology was showcased for people with physical disabilities.


Mr. Carew spoke about the workshops that were given at the Career Center and offsite including Disclosure in the Workplace-Disclosing your Disability, mock job interviews for persons with disabilities in partnership with the Viscardi Center and “Path to Inclusion, No Limits, No Barriers, Just Opportunities and Accessing the Northwell Health’s Job Seeker Online Application Portal for Individuals with Disabilities” which focused on Employment Opportunities at Northwell Health.


The guest speaker for the meeting was Rob Melnick, Assistant Vice President of Work Readiness Services from F.R.E.E. He gave a presentation on employment for differently abled individuals at the Freedom Farm. The 100% certified organic farm is in its sixth season and is located on the property of the Sisters of the Saint Joseph in Brentwood. Mr. Melnick explained how he started the farm with individuals in their day services program using a small box garden and small spot sales and now they have a football-sized plot that is approximately three acres with 150 rows.


Over the last four years, they have turned it into a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model, offering shares for the 2018 season. They received a grant and a van donated by Northwell Health and this allows them to go to six mobile locations on Long Island to sell their products.


Mr. Melnick also spoke about collaborating with the local Brentwood School District over the last three years. Students from the school volunteer and help at the farm throughout the year. They also collaborate with mobile sites for the farmers market. The Freedom Farm has received grants from The Home Depot and TD Bank to obtain equipment and supplies. They currently have two job coaches through F.R.E.E. who help people who want to work there.


Mr. Cairns announced the next Disability Standing Committee meeting will be held December 12, 2018.


FINANCIAL REPORT

Barbara D’Amico, Finance Director for the Suffolk County Department of Labor, Licensing and Consumer Affairs, gave an update of this Program Year’s funding and expenditures.


Enclosed in the folder was a chart of the Program Year 2018 Funding Availability along with a comparison of the Program Year 2017 vs. Program Year 2018 funding. Ms. D’Amico reported that there was a slight decrease of funding this year in our Dislocated Worker program and increases in the other programs giving us an overall increase of 3%. As of June 30, 2018, we completed our Program Year 2017 program and the department met the requirement of 80% expenditure rate. The Program Year 2017 accrued expenditures as of June 30, 2018 was $5.4 million, which is 83% of the allocation of $6.5 million. This left the department with $1.1 million to carry-in to the Program Year 2018 funding for a total of $ 7.8 million. Ms. D’Amico reported that the department has applied for two federal grants for additional funding to supplement our WIOA funds. If awarded, these grants will provide approximately $900,000 for staff salaries and training services to customers.


WIOA PROGRAM UPDATE

Marc Bossert, Assistant Administrative Director over the One-Stop Employment Center in Hauppauge, gave an update on WIOA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs. The One-Stop Career Center along with New York State saw 16,000 customers and trained a few hundred customers. The SCDOLLCA continues to apply for grants. Mr. Bossert gave an update on the Linking to Employment Activities Pre-Release (LEAP) grant by the United States Department of Labor and Training Administration. This grant ran from October 2016 through September 2018. Department staff members went in the Yaphank and Riverhead jail to engage young people ages 18-25 while they are in the facilities and provide them with counseling. They were offered an assessment and have a plan in place while waiting for their release and then when they are released they come to the career center. The goal was to provide the individuals training while they are in the facility so when they are released they have a skill. Over 300 individuals were served at both jail facilities before they were released and over 50% came to the One-Stop Career Center after their release for services. Mr. Bossert reported that to date, our community based initiatives located in Huntington, Brentwood, Wyandanch, Central Islip and Bellport, have served over 1,000 customers outside the One-Stop Center.


YOUTH STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT

Chair Revered Roderick Pearson gave an update on youth programs. The Youth Standing Committee last met on June 8, 2018.


At the meeting, Stacey Lesko, Director of Suffolk County Department of Labor, Licensing and Consumer Affairs Youth program gave a report on the year round In-School and Out-of-School Programs as well as the 2018 Summer Youth Employment Programs. Ms. Lesko reported that during the last program year, 113 participants were enrolled in the Out-of-School program exceeding their goal of 92. The in-School Youth program goal was to enroll 76 and they enrolled 66, 87% of the goal. The participants received the required financial literacy training through Wells Fargo and CitiBank where they learned how to set up a bank account and budgeting.


Ms. Lesko then reported that the 2018 Summer Program funded through OTDA would start on July 2, 2018 and there would be 772 youth enrolled into the TANF Summer Program, an increase of 50 from last summer. The Department also received an additional $150,000 in funding from New York State for 76 youth that are at risk of involvement in gang activity. With the enrollment of Out-of-School youth continuing in the summer, approximately 890 youth were scheduled to work at over 80 sites throughout Suffolk County earning $11 per hour as custodial aides, camp counselors, clerical aides and food service workers. Chair Pearson announced that 18 high school and college students were also employed this summer through the Bank of America Summer Youth Employment Program. This is a collaborative effort with the United Way of Long Island.


The first guest speaker, Lou Medina from the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) gave a presentation about gangs. Mr. Medina identified the top five gangs in Suffolk County, which are: Bloods, Crips, 18th Street, Latin Kings and MS-13. He mentioned a lot of what happens in terms of recruitment is due to housing situations, economics, lack of jobs and single-headed households. OCFS was awarded a $1 million grant from NYS to provide programs to teach social skills, relationship building and vocational training within their 12 facilities. Through the funding they received, OCFS is doing prevention and intervention with young adults who are at risk by offering training in cosmetology, barbering, auto mechanics, certified personal trainers and cooking where they can earn a certification of completion.


The next presenters were Dr. Idalia Amaya and Roxana Bradley from the Youth Entrepreneurs in Action who gave a presentation about their partnership with the Entrepreneurial Center of SUNY Farmingdale. Dr. Amaya spoke about her work with the long Island Educational Opportunity Center. The free program prepares eligible members of the local communities to foster the academic and workforce development skills necessary to become self-sufficient, self-directed and empowered. Because the program is having great success, Dr. Amaya teamed up with the Entrepreneurial Center and created youth Entrepreneurs in Action where they seek out students who are in need of their services. The mission of youth Entrepreneurs in Action is to teach young men and women from under-served communities how to identify opportunities, develop their own businesses and become leaders while improving their economic opportunities.


The next Youth Standing Committee meeting will be held November 29, 2018.


SPEAKER PRESENTATION

Nancy Kelsey, Executive Director of the Career and Technical Division of Western Suffolk BOCES discussed Workforce Preparation and Development for Adults and Secondary Students. She explained they start working with students as early as middle school and begin engaging them at career fairs at school. Primarily they are working with secondary students beginning in their junior and/or senior year of high school. Each of the BOCES on Long Island cover eight cluster areas such as technology and service programs. Students choose a career path that they are interested in and most of these programs are certified by New York State to receive academic credit. BOCES also has articulation agreements with post-secondary institutions so students who graduate from a two-year program at BOCES can continue their education or they can chose to enter directly into the workforce. Ms. Kelsey explained how BOCES works with the local communities, industries and businesses to create new programs to meet the needs of the students. She spoke about the Aviation Career Exploration (ACE) Program. The ACE Project was developed in preparation of baby boomers retiring from the aviation industry that will allow for 650,000 job opportunities over the next 15 years. They came up with an after school program to entice students to want to enroll in an aviation program. They collaborated with businesses and did field trips to their facilities with the students after school.


Ms. Kelsey provided information on their Adult Programs. Western BOCES has over 4,000 students enrolled in their literacy program to teach them English or lead to a high school diploma. The goal is to have their students in training programs. They create programs based on industry needs. She spoke of the wonderful partnerships between Suffolk County Department of Labor, Licensing and Consumer Affairs and Western Suffolk BOCES as well as the partnership with NorthWell. She spoke about all the different programs that are offered at Western BOCES, which were listed in the brochures included in the folders.


MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS/MEETING CLOSURE

Roger Clayman announced that the Board of Elections was looking for 40 people for Election Day to earn $125 for the day. He also announced that Opportunities Long Island continues their recruitment for pre-apprenticeship programs and a new class will begin in February.


Chair DiLiberto thanked all the speakers including Ms. Anne Shybunko-Moore and a special thanks to Youth Standing Committee member Nancy Kelsey, the Culinary Arts Students and Western Suffolk BOCES for their hospitality.


Chair DiLiberto thanked everyone for attending. He asked for a motion to adjourn the meeting.


Reverend Pearson made the motion and Teresa O’Halloran provided a second. The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 a.m.


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