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1	Youth Workforce Development Governor’s Office for Children, Youth and Families Governor’s Rural Development Conference Thursday, August 17, 2006
2	Today’s Overview = --Review Programs and Initiatives from the Governor’s Office --Engage in Discussion Questions
3	Goal = To ensure that all youth are prepared to work, contribute and succeed. Key = Building a comprehensive, youth-serving system including…education, workforce, businesses, social service agencies, and government collaborating together
4	"Working to create Arizona’s first..." Working to create Arizona’s first statewide policy framework to serve youth Policy areas of focus: Education --Youth Workforce Development Youth Leadership --Positive Youth Development Composed of 120 youth and adults from throughout the state Created by Executive Order by the Governor
5	"An interagency team working to..." An interagency team working to answer the question of “How do we best serve the neediest youth?” Originally convened by the US Dept. of Labor The neediest youth are: --Out of school youth --Youth who’ve dropped out of school --Youth in foster care --Runaway and homeless youth --Migrant youth --Children of incarcerated parents --Native American youth --Youth with disabilities --Youth leaving the juvenile justice system
6	"Goal = To provide a..." Goal = To provide a forum to begin discussion around creating a comprehensive to serve youth June 27-28, 2006 Approximately 100 people attended Audience was a broad range of youth development stakeholders Follow up information – www.volunteerarizona.org
7	"Goal = To provide educational..." Goal = To provide educational attainment support, career exploration and career readiness activities to youth ages 16-21. $400,000 has been granted out in total Competitive funding application
8	"Discussion Questions" Discussion Questions
9	"Discussion Questions" Discussion Questions: How do we make youth more attractive to businesses? Shift the paradigm from ‘inconvenience’ to ‘investment’. What is or can be the benefit to businesses to hire youth? What are the barriers to hiring youth? How do we overcome these or change the perception?
10	"Discussion Questions" Discussion Questions: How do we better connect the workforce system (WIA and their partners) to the K-12 education system? How can we better connect CTE to workforce services? What would be the barriers and benefits? How do we do it?
11	"Discussion Questions" Discussion Questions: How do we best serve the neediest youth? What would be the benefits? What are the barriers? How do we do it?
12	"Split into groups" Split into groups… Select a recorder
13	"Contact" Contact: Erin Hart Youth Development Manager 602-364-1347 ehart@az.gov