Thursday, July 19, 2007
Golden Horseshoe Agencies Share Their Experiences of Policy Changes
In June, ACTEW hosted a meeting with MTCU and employment and training service providers from the Hamilton-Burlington-Niagara region. Following a presentation by MTCU's Regional Director, Sherree Mahood at the 2nd Annual Golden Horseshoe / Bi-Regional Networking Day, the 180 attendees had the opportunity to share their concerns, experiences, and ideas in a working session.
Service providers were asked to chart their thoughts on the following two questions:
Service providers were asked to chart their thoughts on the following two questions:
- What challenges and opportunities have resulted from the changes MTCU is undertaking due to labour market development policy changes?
- How can agencies and government resolve issues that have emerged?
- Service providers need for more information and clearer communication from MTCU.
- The changes have brought many in the sector closer together in order to share information. Increasing networking and collaboration can ease some of the challenges arising from the changes.
- This is a time of opportunity for improving and increasing services.
- Employment Ontario will likely serve most clients well.
- Measures of evaluation need to be refined. In particular, participants are not convinced that clients with multiple barriers will be well served by outcomes-based evaluation and other aspects of the changes, nor are they clear about the definition of service "success".
- There are administrative and operational challenges arising from the changes, in particular, around funding.
- Regional variation in labour markets must be acknowledged at all levels of the design and expected outcomes of Employment Ontario.
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