Generally describe how you will begin planning for sustainability of the system, once the One-Stop implementation funds are expended. Planning for the sustainability begins with the commitment of regional partnership to significantly changing the way we all do business. The implementation funds can provide start-up costs such as technology, physical infrastructure changes and cross training for partner agency staff. These are necessary but one-time or limited duration activities. Implementation of a new system begins with the first day of implementation involving support and resources from the partners' regular budgets not the implementation grant.
All partners are to contribute resources in an equitable manner.
The planning process for the implementation plan envisions institutional changes in how services are delivered. We expect a mutual benefit to accrue to customers and the partner members themselves. We see an increase in use of the system itself, a rising customer satisfaction with the services and an Increase in outcomes. The PIC also receives local funding for pre-apprenticeship and youth internships that will benefit from this new design. The separation of the Unemployment Insurance function from Job Service Centers will create an opportunity for the Employment Security Department to reconfigure how the labor exchange function is provided and successfully integrate it with the Career Development Center, Affiliate Sites and Self-Service Sites.