Service to Community Award

Texas Workforce

Service to Community Award

2018Nomination Form

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

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

WDB Name L-W(Choose from drop-down):

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

Street/PO Box:

City:

State:

TX

ZIP Code:

WDB Contact Email Address:

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Service to Community Award 2018

WDB Name (A-H): Click to Choose WDBAlamoBorderplexBrazos ValleyCameron CountyCapital AreaCentral TexasCoastal BendConcho ValleyDeep East TexasEast TexasGolden CrescentGreater DallasGulf CoastHeart of TexasWDB Name (L-W): Click to Choose WDBLower Rio GrandeMiddle Rio GrandeNorth Central TexasNorth TexasNortheast TexasPanhandlePermian BasinRural Capital AreaSouth PlainsSouth TexasSoutheast TexasTarrant CountyTexomaWest Central Texas

Nomination Responses

1.Provide an overview of no more than 350 words describing WDB services to the community through the Texas workforce system. Identify community 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 the community and the benefits each received. (10 points)

3.What were the results? Identify the economic impact or other measurable results on the community, workers, business, and the state of Texas within the past 12 months or most recent reporting period. (Examples: more services, less duplication, expanded opportunity.)(10 points)

4.Explain how the local community 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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Service to Community Award 2018

WDB Name (A-H): Click to Choose WDBAlamoBorderplexBrazos ValleyCameron CountyCapital AreaCentral TexasCoastal BendConcho ValleyDeep East TexasEast TexasGolden CrescentGreater DallasGulf CoastHeart of TexasWDB Name (L-W): Click to Choose WDBLower Rio GrandeMiddle Rio GrandeNorth Central TexasNorth TexasNortheast TexasPanhandlePermian BasinRural Capital AreaSouth PlainsSouth TexasSoutheast TexasTarrant CountyTexomaWest Central Texas

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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