[Okgrantsmanship] WIOA Town Hall invitation Irving, TX Oct 23 or online

Fri Oct 10 09:48:36 CDT 2014

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, is pleased to invite you to participate in the Region IV Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Town Hall to be held at the Sheraton DFW Hotel in Irving Texas on Thursday, October 23, 2014.  Stakeholders who cannot attend in person are invited to participate online.  The draft agenda is here: Download Agenda (PDF)<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.theeventconn.com/pdfs/R4_WIOA_Town_Hall_Meeting_Draft_Agenda.pdf&k=duJtd6bW0J8Ovo%2BhRcLKcw%3D%3D%0A&r=gdRd0mK9fynGtt2J4ueX6YYuwtwcxsPPXpxSrdmF5yQ%3D%0A&m=apDkAEZBJ6S6jPunIclqe5RgxHKo0vw6CL6T9tRERRs%3D%0A&s=fb0842f6b78feef5976fee84fef4f9e77c4fac917dea5c51dad88558d564ca49>.  We expect this to be a highly interactive facilitated opportunity to voice your questions, concerns and suggestions regarding implementation of WIOA.  Prior to the Town Hall, we would encourage all participants to review the WIOA material located at www.doleta.gov/wioa/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.doleta.gov/wioa/&k=duJtd6bW0J8Ovo%2BhRcLKcw%3D%3D%0A&r=gdRd0mK9fynGtt2J4ueX6YYuwtwcxsPPXpxSrdmF5yQ%3D%0A&m=apDkAEZBJ6S6jPunIclqe5RgxHKo0vw6CL6T9tRERRs%3D%0A&s=92972dd569f44cf066d82dcc67bda4c60391d98c5001052ebca935737b2efef6>.
About the Town Hall
The Region 4 Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Town Hall is one in a series of national listening sessions designed to support strong implementation of the new legislation. It will be an opportunity for our broad stakeholder group to share their questions, insights and suggestions regarding the changes outlined in the WIOA legislation - all of which will help us at the U.S. Departments of Labor (USDOL), Education, and Health and Human Services to develop regulations with an eye toward service design and customer/stakeholder input.  We are encouraging anyone who can to register and participate in-person.  Realizing that some stakeholders will not be able to travel to Irving, Texas, we also have arranged WebEx capabilities for groups to participate online.
Our aim for the day is also that attendees will leave with a common and clear understanding of USDOL's expectations for the WIOA implementation, a better insight into what key changes will be required of states and localities, and an enhanced sense of the required partnerships with the Offices of Career, Technical & Adult Education and Rehabilitation Services, and of TANF as a mandatory partner in the one-stop delivery system.
The session will provide a great deal of structured feedback to the U.S. Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services around implementation challenges and considerations. To that end, the town hall is a great opportunity for attendees to be heard, and to play a dynamic role in the ongoing process of WIOA implementation.
Download Agenda (PDF)<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.theeventconn.com/pdfs/R4_WIOA_Town_Hall_Meeting_Draft_Agenda.pdf&k=duJtd6bW0J8Ovo%2BhRcLKcw%3D%3D%0A&r=gdRd0mK9fynGtt2J4ueX6YYuwtwcxsPPXpxSrdmF5yQ%3D%0A&m=apDkAEZBJ6S6jPunIclqe5RgxHKo0vw6CL6T9tRERRs%3D%0A&s=fb0842f6b78feef5976fee84fef4f9e77c4fac917dea5c51dad88558d564ca49>
Who Should Attend?
State and local leaders who help to design and/or administer:
*         WIA/WIOA and Wagner-Peyser grants
*         Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education and Vocational Rehabilitation programs
*         TANF programs
*         Apprenticeship programs
*         Veterans employment and training programs
*         Secondary education systems
*         Higher education systems
Stakeholders and partners that include:
*         Technical schools
*         Employers
*         Industry associations
*         Organized labor
*         Economic developers
*         Community and faith-based organizations
*         Other Workforce System partners
Town Hall Location
Sheraton DFW Airport Hotel
4440 West John Carpenter Freeway
Irving, TX 75063 | 972-929-8400
Driving Directions<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/area/directions.html?propertyID%3D743&k=duJtd6bW0J8Ovo%2BhRcLKcw%3D%3D%0A&r=gdRd0mK9fynGtt2J4ueX6YYuwtwcxsPPXpxSrdmF5yQ%3D%0A&m=apDkAEZBJ6S6jPunIclqe5RgxHKo0vw6CL6T9tRERRs%3D%0A&s=79a522575c25bbd9cdfb22fd30f7c08af433d5138f20d0735cae07625f467237> | Local Area Map<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/area/map.html?propertyID%3D743&k=duJtd6bW0J8Ovo%2BhRcLKcw%3D%3D%0A&r=gdRd0mK9fynGtt2J4ueX6YYuwtwcxsPPXpxSrdmF5yQ%3D%0A&m=apDkAEZBJ6S6jPunIclqe5RgxHKo0vw6CL6T9tRERRs%3D%0A&s=c9d489ab5ade48c34ba71dd2cdd3f9bdb438d3a683e5070d796cf11497cb2e93> | Weather<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/area/weather.html?propertyID%3D743&k=duJtd6bW0J8Ovo%2BhRcLKcw%3D%3D%0A&r=gdRd0mK9fynGtt2J4ueX6YYuwtwcxsPPXpxSrdmF5yQ%3D%0A&m=apDkAEZBJ6S6jPunIclqe5RgxHKo0vw6CL6T9tRERRs%3D%0A&s=bb0fc226e6282bc288b1422e51d2a2a1d2b05ea9181962fbf21048e2f0a71f0f>
Stakeholders who are unable to participate in-person may register to participate online via WebEx.  Please select the appropriate option (in person or online) near the end of the registration process.
Hotel and Travel Arrangements
Participants are responsible for making their own travel and hotel arrangements. For your convenience, a room block has been reserved at the Sheraton DFW Airport Hotel. Hotel space is limited so reservations should be made by Wednesday, October 15, 2014.
Sheraton DFW Airport Hotel
4440 West John W Carpenter Freeway
Irving, TX 75063
Guest rooms may be reserved:

Online: Reserve a Guest Room<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id%3D1410016515%26key%3D287FEB64&k=duJtd6bW0J8Ovo%2BhRcLKcw%3D%3D%0A&r=gdRd0mK9fynGtt2J4ueX6YYuwtwcxsPPXpxSrdmF5yQ%3D%0A&m=apDkAEZBJ6S6jPunIclqe5RgxHKo0vw6CL6T9tRERRs%3D%0A&s=20e0226cec146441cb6afe4d3ac8e16e5c08c068986cde9a7f8b7a0118529654>

By Phone:

Call 888-627-8190 and mention "Region 4 WIOA Town Hall" to receive a special room rate

Register for the Town Hall

Please click here: Register - Region 4 WIOA Town Hall<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.theeventconn.com/R4WIOATownHall&k=duJtd6bW0J8Ovo%2BhRcLKcw%3D%3D%0A&r=gdRd0mK9fynGtt2J4ueX6YYuwtwcxsPPXpxSrdmF5yQ%3D%0A&m=apDkAEZBJ6S6jPunIclqe5RgxHKo0vw6CL6T9tRERRs%3D%0A&s=12952d4a9ed87cc14167a86ddc6f60add73cfd20e048fd47f59ad1a7e243371d> to register for the Region 4 WIOA Town Hall. ALL attendees must be registered by Thursday, October 16, 2014.
* Near the end of the registration process, you will be asked if you will participate in person or online (via WebEx).  We ask that, if more than one person from any office/organization will participate online, they do so in one location and only one person should register for the group.
About Region 4
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) supports grantees through a system of six regions. Region 4 covers Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. Note that some of ETA's Federal partners are organized in different ways, in which the Region's states might be identified as being under Region 6 or 7.
Questions
Should you have any questions about travel arrangements or onsite logistics, please contact:
*         Linda Metchikoff-Hooker, 714-374-1140 or lindamh at performexcel.com<mailto:lindamh at performexcel.com>
*         Teddy Hayes, 714-374-1140 or thayes at performexcel.com<mailto:thayes at performexcel.com>
Thanks and see you in Irving, Texas, soon!
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okgrantsmanship/attachments/20141010/9d71d8d4/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed...
Name: ATT00001.txt
URL: <http://lists.onenet.net/pipermail/okgrantsmanship/attachments/20141010/9d71d8d4/attachment-0001.txt>