May 9, 2022
Job Path Tucson Presentation by Anna Greif
Program website: https://www.jobpath.net/
- Coaching staff removes barriers to completing studies
- Funding to support students with unexpected expenses
- Pima County/City of Tucson funded; Add’l funding this year by state to expand beyond Pima County to extended Southern Arizona region.
- Counterpart in Maricopa: AZ Career Pathways
- Focus on dislocated adults, avg age 35, with goal to engage high-school students, first generation college bound
- Intake follows HUD guidelines for funding qualifications, average $1800-2000 per year
- Reimbursement process with documentation funneled to debit card
- 90% graduation rate; 85% get job within 6 month of graduation; avg income increase $40k, ROI 300%
Joel M. covered June 16th event which will have similar format to Nov. 21 Business, Education and Workforce Development Summit
- Goal to educate Workforce Development Board, take advantage of work already being done in established partnerships
- Pick up where deeper dive session left off, leverage resources to keep momentum
- James Smith to give overview, Trevor Stokes update on analysis, Aaron Ball is sending representative; table topic exercises to follow lunch in the afternoon
- Info collected for next action steps
- Joel V. will send out editable document for feedback on table talk topics
- Flyer for event at May 20th and June 10th PP Breakfasts; Joel minute at mic opportunity
Next meeting date is: June 13th, 2022
