Texas Workforce Commission 2011 Annual Report
Texas Workforce Commission 2011 Annual Report
Texas Workforce Commission 2011 Annual Report
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Program Highlight:<br />
Veteran Outreach Services<br />
<strong>Workforce</strong> Solutions Northeast <strong>Texas</strong> (Northeast <strong>Texas</strong>) works closely with several organizations to<br />
provide services to area veterans. The <strong>Texas</strong> Veterans <strong>Commission</strong> staff at Northeast <strong>Texas</strong> ensure that<br />
veterans receive priority in job referrals and training. Northeast <strong>Texas</strong> works with Disabled American<br />
Veterans to locate homeless veterans. Northeast <strong>Texas</strong> also teams up with Randy Sams Outreach<br />
Shelter and the Friendship Center of Texarkana to give a full range of employment and training<br />
services to their veteran clients.<br />
These efforts have given the veteran population needed skills to return to the workplace making a<br />
self-sufficient wage.<br />
...by providing education,<br />
training, and employment<br />
assistance to SNAP<br />
recipients<br />
<strong>Workforce</strong> Solutions staff provided more than 53,000<br />
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAPformerly<br />
known as Food Stamps) benefit recipients<br />
with employment services and provided training to<br />
404 participants in FY <strong>2011</strong>. The SNAP employment<br />
and training program promotes long-term selfsufficiency<br />
and independence by preparing SNAP<br />
recipients for employment through work-related<br />
education and training activities.<br />
...by assisting migrant<br />
seasonal workers<br />
<strong>Workforce</strong> Solutions staff is required by the U.S.<br />
Department of Labor (DOL) to ensure that migrant<br />
seasonal farm workers (MSFW) are informed about<br />
the full range of services available through the <strong>Texas</strong><br />
workforce system and offered to all job seekers. The<br />
intended purpose of the mandate is to enhance the MSFW<br />
population’s employability and to provide needed services.<br />
In Program Year (PY) 2010, TWC and the 28 local workforce<br />
development boards reached out to 14,213 MSFWs and<br />
registered a total of 13,208 on WorkIn<strong>Texas</strong>.com. During<br />
PY 2010, <strong>Texas</strong> met all five DOL equity indicators, which shows that MSFWs received workforce services, such as<br />
job referrals and career guidance, at a rate equivalent to or greater than the general population.<br />
<strong>2011</strong> <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Workforce</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 15
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