MSESP Grantee Webinar

1. MSESP Grantee Webinar December 4, 2012

2. Agenda • Record Webinar • Welcome • Administrative Updates • Getting to know you…. • Grantee Presentation: City of Minneapolis Employment & Training • Participant/Outcome Projection Updates • RAD Update • Grantee Updates • Next Meeting

3. Administrative Updates • No January Webinar • NGA Conference Update • Re-allocation of MSESP funds

4. Grantee Presentation • City of Minneapolis Employment & Training

5. City of Minneapolis Employment and Training Program Presented by Marie Larson, Industry Relations Manager

6. RENEW Green Homes North • Background information • Development projects • Internship focus • Credential alignment

7. RENEW Green Homes North RENEW- Green Homes North will engage Minneapolis residents in industry-driven job training programs, ensuring a well-prepared and certified labor pool. Through this process, METP will establish best practices for interns and contractors receiving instruction in Minnesota Green Communities building criteria, as well as other key site-based and/or participant-specific certifications. Training options include green residential construction and building systems maintenance. • The City of Minneapolis Employment and Training Program (METP) will provide free training, site-based internships and job placement services through RENEW- Green Homes North, delivering high-quality workforce development focused on green construction skills.

8. RENEW Green Homes North Target region Demographics African Americans Candidates have some work experience in construction • North Minneapolis Focus: geographies in which poverty rates range from 19-42% • RFP for Green Homes North development

9. Training Project Partners • Original to the grant application: • Project for Pride in Living (business partner) • Dunwoody College of Technology • Minneapolis Community and Technical College • Minnesota Resource Center (a division of RESOURCE, Inc.) • Employment Action Center (a division of RESOURCE, Inc.) • City of Minneapolis Community Planning and Economic Development – Housing Development and Policy team • Partners added through approved modification: • EMERGE Community Development • Sherman Associates (business partner)

10. RENEW Green Homes North • Deliverables: • Train and credential 30 participants • Support internship experiences on-location with business partners • Place 24 trainees in jobs • Of the 24 employed, at least 20 will be placed in training-related employment

11. Credentials • MN Green Communities Standards • LEED Green Associate • Renovation and Painting Certification • BPI Envelope Professional • Residential Energy Auditor/MN Energy Scorecard • Boiler Operators Licensure • Green Building Operations Manager

12. RENEW Green Homes North • The City of Minneapolis has identified four goals for Green Homes North: • Build 100 green homes in North Minneapolis • Increase energy efficiency and sustainability • Create job opportunities for local residents and minority and women-owned businesses • Promote Minneapolis businesses providing green housing products

13. RENEW Green Homes North

14. Green Homes North Design Review Committee • Each of the proposals was reviewed by the design review committee to encourage the highest quality and most innovative green energy efficient homes. • Members: • CPED Housing Director • CPED Planning staff • Architect • North Minneapolis neighborhood representative • The design review committee will continue to provide feedback on specific designs and encourage innovative green design.

15. RENEW Green Homes North • Residents of North Minneapolis • North Minneapolis Neighborhoods • Minnesota Housing • The McKnight Foundation • Family Housing Fund • Northside Home Fund • Twin Cities Community Land Bank • University of Minnesota -The Center for Sustainable Building Research and the College of Design • Architects • Employers • Green Product Providers • Realtors • Developers • Builders

16. Green Homes North Projects

17. Construction to Minnesota Green Communities Standards • Green, energy efficient and sustainable materials that may be used include: • SmartSide (an engineered, environmental friendly wood siding) • Anderson double or triple glazed windows • Low VOC paints • Green label carpets, recycled carpeting • Dual flush toilets • WaterSense labeled products • Continuously active ventilation systems • Whole house air exchanger systems • ENERGY STAR appliances • Compact fluorescent light bulbs • Concrete that has a 40% fly ash content, Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) foundations • 95% efficient power vented furnaces and power vented water heaters • Programmable thermostats and water heaters • Recycling 65% of construction waste from job sites • Planting trees • Landscaping and surface storm water management and water reuse

18. Contact Information • Marie Larson • Marie.Larson@minneapolismn.gov • 612-673-5292

19. Participant Update

20. December 4, 2012

21. RAD Updates • Help will be available for participant employment and retention follow-ups • Summary placement reports • Retention reports • Review and respond • Placement follow-ups needed • Retention follow-ups needed • Incumbent worker (in same position) – no follow-up needed • Incumbent worker (unknown if new position) – follow-up needed • Incumbent workers in new positions – was their position backfilled?

22. Grantee Updates • Let us know what is happening with your MSESP project

23. Next Grantee Webinar Tuesday, February 5 10:00 AM Presenter: Workforce Development, Inc. (Alignment/Expansion Trades Academy & Welding)