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b. 5. Describe the Long-term Strategy to Improve Scsep Services, Including Planned Long-term Changes to the Design of the Program Within the State, and Planned Changes in the Use of Scsep Grantees and Program Operators to Better Achieve the Goals of the Program. This May Include Recommendations to the Department as Appropriate. (20 Cfr 641.302(k))

Current Narrative:

In keeping with the DOL’s principle of continuous improvement, ADSS will strive to increase our “Common Measures Entered Employment” rate by 5% each program year through 2019. Additionally, Alabama will make every effort to meet the higher of the state and national goals each program year.

In order to meet and exceed our goals, ADSS will continue to develop new relationships, as well as foster current relationships, with local and national employers throughout Alabama. ADSS will work to educate employers on balancing their workforce needs with the “aging workforce”. Efforts will also be made to identify and train local HR Managers and their staff on “The Myths of Hiring Older Workers”, thus allowing them to become engaged with our mission to find employment opportunities for SCSEP participants’.

ADSS will employ a variety of means to monitor and achieve state and national goals, such as providing ongoing and continuous training for sub-grantee staff as well as using a variety of management reports to track progress. Some of the strategies sub-grantees in Alabama use to place participants’ in unsubsidized employment are:

• Offering job-seeking skills training courses • Enforcing job search requirements and written IEP’s • Contacting participants with job leads • Ensuring quality training is being provided through host agency assignments • Requiring participants to register at local One-Stop Career Centers • Encouraging participants to attend local job fairs

National grantees will continuously monitor the performance of sub-grantees with regard to unsubsidized placement. Sub-grantees identified as at risk for not meeting this performance measure will be provided additional technical assistance and training specific to identifying “job ready” participants and how best to identify unsubsidized employment opportunities.