Narrative: a. 3.

Per the Workforce West Virginia (WFWV), Labor Market Information (LMI) Ten(10) year projections of the high demand occupations that require minimum education and fit our SCSEP participants’ education and training levels include the following:  

• • Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity  
• • Customer Service Clerks 
• • Social and Human Service Assistants
• • Community Health Workers 
• • Animal Caretakers • Post Secondary School
• • Personal Care Aides 
• • Home Health Aides 
• • Rehabilitation 
• • Janitors 
• • Counter Attendants 

Some of these occupations require less than a high school education. Others require a high school diploma or some college. Per the data received from GPMS, the majority of our participants meet the education requirements for the jobs listed above. Hourly wages for the listed occupations start at a minimum of $10.41. Table 5- SCSEP provides the educational level of program participants. Table 5a- SCSEP showcases West Virginia's occupational projections by level of education. 

Table 5- SCSEP 

(Source GPMS; Quarterly Progress Report PY 20 & PY 22, Quarter 4 Final)

Table 5a - SCSEP

Table 6 - SCSEP illustrates the required level of education, on-the- job training, work experience required, and growth rate of each occupation.

Table 6 - SCSEP

Not only does the WFWV consist of seven (7) geographic regions, the seven (7) regions each have at least one comprehensive AJC, at minimum. In total, the seven regions hold Ten (10) comprehensive centers, five (5) satellite centers and seventeen (17) affiliate sites throughout the State. One of the goals of the AJCWV is to offer job seekers and employers ready access to the many workforce development resources available in a local region. The WVWF office offers resources equally across the state as stated above. The SCSEP Network will continue to partner and utilize resources such as transition programs, adult displacement resources, utilization of the MAAC database, resume enhancement, computer classes, mock interviews and all other events that are offered at the AJC WV. 

Within the seven (7) regions that WFWV has divided the state into, each region shows that Host Agency recruitment and enrollee training will have to be individualized to adapt to that particular Region’s occupational demands and projections. The SCSEP Network will maintain working relationships with all WFWV offices to obtain relevant employment and training information that pertains to that Region. Sub-grantees will continue to inform enrollees of their specific region’s occupational projections.  

Also as the State continues to adapt to the unforeseen  changes that have and continue to occur due to the pandemic, we will continue to develop and offer opportunities for program participants to participate when appropriate in a  virtual platform to keep participants and program partners safe.