Outreach Resources. $10M • Invest up to $8M in resources that support career coaching and navigation for Hoosiers who need individualized help determining the best path forward for them, serving at least 125K more people. o Create a single online network that can direct Hoosiers to career coaches. Currently, too few people know these career coaching opportunities exist or where to find them. o Ensure better training for career coaches and employers by expanding the Governor’s Skillful State Initiative. o Ensure data-driven navigation tools (skills assessments) to help Hoosiers determine the right path for them based on their skills and aspirations. o Apply any excess funding to support the Workforce Ready Grant and the Employer Training Grant. • Invest $1M to increase the number of Hoosiers who earn credit for what they already know and can do. This is especially important right now as many skilled and experienced Hoosiers are experiencing unemployment for the first time. • Invest $1M to increase awareness of Rapid Recovery programs and supports for Hoosiers. Marketing, outreach, and targeted digital messaging of these programs will continue to be necessary to ensure Hoosiers know ways they can access necessary training as they prepare to go back to work. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING Between the INDIANA STATE BUDGET AGENCY and the INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT This is an Amendment to the existing Memorandum of Understanding entered into by and between the Indiana State Budget Agency (hereinafter referred to as SBA) and the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (hereinafter referred to as DWD) approved by the last State signatory on June 30, 2020. In consideration of the mutual undertakings and covenants hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows:
Outreach Resources. $10M Invest up to $8M in resources that support career coaching and navigation for Hoosiers who need individualized help determining the best path forward for them, serving at least 125K more people. o Create a single online network that can direct Hoosiers to career coaches. Currently, too few people know these career coaching opportunities exist or where to find them. o Ensure better training for career coaches and employers by expanding the Governor’s Skillful State Initiative. o Ensure data-driven navigation tools (skills assessments) to help Hoosiers determine the right path for them based on their skills and aspirations. o Apply any excess funding to support the Workforce Ready Grant and the Employer Training Grant. Invest $1M to increase the number of Hoosiers who earn credit for what they already know and can do. This is especially important right now as many skilled and experienced Hoosiers are experiencing unemployment for the first time.
