Texas Workforce

Service to Workers Award

2018Nomination Form

The Service to Workers Award honors a Workforce Development Board that has demonstrated a commitment to Texas workers through local coordination efforts that significantly improved Texas workforce system services to workers. Your nomination should detail innovative approaches, which may include marketing/outreach and technology innovations, to meeting worker needs through recruiting, hiring, training, upgrading skills, retaining and transitioning workers, and involving the community. Describe how the Board served workers through service integration and collaboration with employers and other community resources, focusing on results and the benefits gained by workers, employers, and the community. Identify worker needs, Board goals and objectives, and the economic and social impact on workers, business, and the Texas workforce system.

Nomination Form Instructions:

  • Download, complete, and save the nomination form.
  • Emailthe completed nomination form and supporting documentation to with a courtesy copy to theBoard Chair and Executive Director.

Need help?

Email or call Awards Committee Co-chairsReed O’Brien, (512) 463-5624, or Fabiana Ramirez, (512) 936-3297.

Submission deadline is Thursday, June 21, 2018.

WDB Information

WDB Information

WDB Name A-H(Choose from drop-down):

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Click to Choose WDBAlamoBorderplexBrazos ValleyCameron CountyCapital AreaCentral TexasCoastal BendConcho ValleyDeep East TexasEast TexasGolden CrescentGreater DallasGulf CoastHeart of Texas

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Click to Choose WDBLower Rio GrandeMiddle Rio GrandeNorth Central TexasNorth TexasNortheast TexasPanhandlePermian BasinRural Capital AreaSouth PlainsSouth TexasSoutheast TexasTarrant CountyTexomaWest Central Texas

WDB Contact Name:

WDB Contact Phone Number:

WDB Mailing Address

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Nomination Responses

1.Provide an overview of no more than 350 words describing WDB services to workers through the Texas workforce system. Identify worker needs, and describe innovation, partnership, and collaboration the Board used to build capacity to meet economic and workforce objectives.(30 points)

2.Describe Board involvement with workers and the benefits each received. (10 points)

3.What were the results? Identify the economic impact or other measurable results on workers, business, the local community, and the state of Texas within the past 12 months or most recent reporting period. (Examples: jobs retained, upgraded skills, expanded opportunity, new business.)(10 points)

4.Explain how local workers gained leverage, capacity, and advantage from these efforts.(10 points)

5.Identify those involved, including collaborators, both inside and beyond your workforce area.(10 points)

6.Describe the scope of this initiative, including the budget, human resource requirements, time invested, and timeframe. In terms of any or all of the elements identified above, what was the approximate cost of this endeavor? (10 points)

7.Describe innovative methods or essential ideas. (10 points)

8.Explain how others are using or might replicate these efforts. (10 points)

Supporting Documentation

Scan supporting documentation, such as newspaper articles or other relevant documents, and attach them to your email nomination.

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Nomination Summary for Conference Materials

Please prepare an 80- to 100-word summary of your nomination for conference materials.

Your write-up should describe how this program stands out and explain why it is worthy of receiving this award.

Please remember to:

  • describe the challenge and solution that your program addressed;
  • include positive results or outcomes, or draw comparisons to past years;
  • quantify results with data where possible;
  • avoid programmatic language in favor of a public voice; and
  • provide a title for your summary.

Example: Workforce Solutions for Imaginary Area in Texas,Mystery Company ABC

Mystery Company ABC is the largest operator of blankety blank in Texas. It also directly supports workforce development through its membership on the Workforce Solutions Imaginary Board X, aligning with X’s initiative to attract, develop and retain a quality workforce for the Imaginary X area. ABC currently employs 7,500 team members in Location A and is a strong proponent of developing a highly skilled future workforce. To support the Texas workforce system’s goal of ensuring that both employers and workers have the resources and skills needed to remain competitive in the global market last year, Mystery Company ABC initiated and created the Texas Two-Step Education Alliance. This partnership resulted in the direct hiring of eight veterans.

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