Narrative: b. 1. D.

Colorado’s SCSEP demand-driven workforce is flexible and able to adapt quickly to changing economic conditions. The State plans to continue with the demand-driven model by means of on-going communication and continual feedback among employers, workers, educators, and governmental agencies.  The Colorado SCSEP program will maintain relations with local Workforce Centers, and enhance relationships where needed, to ensure there is a continued exchange of information about the program and the program’s goals.  This will include sharing of data and demographics, such as the Labor Market Information’s LMI Gateway, which is an online resource intended to meet informational needs of both the employer and employee community. The website (http://www.colmigateway.com/) contains an extensive amount of readily accessible labor market data as well as provides job search capabilities for SCSEP participants. 

A major goal of SCSEP is to ensure opportunities for placement for the maximum number of eligible individuals. Therefore, each project sponsor uses every reasonable means to place SCSEP enrollees into unsubsidized employment. The goal established by the U.S. Department of Labor is to place 22.4 percent of all authorized positions into unsubsidized employment during the program year. 

Project sponsors will be  encouraged to contact private and public employers directly in an effort to identify and develop suitable unsubsidized employment opportunities for enrollees. Sponsors will also encourage host agencies to employ enrollees. All enrollees must understand their obligation to demonstrate initiative in seeking unsubsidized employment whenever possible. As part of the effort to find unsubsidized placement, enrollees will be strongly encouraged to register as a job seeker with the appropriate local Workforce Center, as well as public sector employers.