Veterans' Employment Committee Meeting

September 13, 2017: 10:00 AM
Frances Perkins Room, 45 Commerce Drive Augusta

AGENDA State Workforce Board (SWB) Veterans Employment Committee (VEC) September 13, 2017 (10:00am ? 12:30pm) Location: MDOL, Commerce Center, Frances Perkins Room Call-In Option: 1-877-455-0244 Code: 8234977613 Jonathan Farr, SWB Chair Welcome and Opening Remarks Jonathan Farr Around the Room Introductions Jonathan Farr/ALL Approval of Meeting Notes from May 10, 2017 Meeting SWB VEC Members Strategic Planning Priorities 2017 ? Progress Updates If Any and Guests - Marketing - MBVS Website and Portal, MBVS o Adria Horn, Director, Maine Bureau of Veterans? Services o Laura Allen, Outreach Specialist, Maine Bureau of Veterans? Services - Education/Veterans ? Internships for Veterans/Advanced Manufacturing / EWI o Bob Carr, Director, Technological Innovations, LLC - Education/Veterans ? Occupational Licensing ? LD1592, An Act To Remove Barriers to Professional Licensing for Veterans - Education/Veterans ? Medic to RN (and other medical) ? Proposed LD1327 o Anne Head, Commissioner, Dept of Professional & Financial Regulation o Debbie Kelly, Maine Director, Veterans? Employment and Training, USDOL o Auta Main, Veterans? Program Manager, MDOL - Education/Veterans ? Civilian Employment 101 / Demilitarizing Veterans o Dave Stearns, President, Dale Carnegie Maine - Education/Employers - MHAV Update / Advanced Military Culture 101 (COL Andy Gibson, Auta Main, Steve Roy, Omar Andrews) Steven Roy Maine Hire-A-Vet Updates/Progress MHAV Campaign Coordinator LVER Augusta CareerCenter All SWB VEC Member Updates All Dates for 2017 SWB VEC Meetings, Frances Perkins Room, MDOL ◦ Sept 13, 2017 - Nov 8, 2017 Jonathan Farr Miscellaneous / Adjourn

Meeting Minutes from SWB Veterans Employment Committee MDOL, Commerce Center, Frances Perkins Room September 13, 2017 (10:00am ? 12:30pm)

Member Attendees:, Laura Allen, Outreach Consultant, Maine Bureau of Veterans Services, Mark Cafiso, LVER, Portland CareerCenter, Bob Carr, Director, Technological Innovations, LLC, Mark Cater, Director, Veteran Employment and Strategy, Military Talent Source, Jeremy Kendall, Director, Military & Veterans Services, Easterseals Maine, Nathaniel Grace, Consultant Contractor, Maine Military OneSource, Steven Roy, LVER, Augusta CareerCenter and MHAV Campaign Coordinator, Dave Stearns, President, Dale Carnegie Maine, Joe Tatem, Executive Director, National Guard Employment and Support Program, Fred Webber, SWB Board Chair

Guests & Interested Party Attendees: Andy Gibson, Director of Deployment Cycle Support, MEARNG, Anne Head, Commissioner, Maine Dept of Professional and Financial Regulation, Debbie Kelly, Maine DVET, VETS, USDOL, Michael Merrill, Program Manager, VOANNE Veterans Services, Scott Young, Deputy Commissioner, Dept of Defense and Emergency Management, SWB Staff: Josh Howe, Workforce Development Program Coordinator, State Workforce Board, Cheryl Moran, Labor Program Specialist, State Workforce Board

Staff: Auta Main, MDOL BES Veterans? Program Manager

SWB VEC Acting Chair, Fred Webber: Welcome & Opening Remarks

SWB Acting VEC Chair, Fred Webber: Round the room introductions.

SWB VEC Acting Chair, Fred Webber: Approval of notes from September 13, 2017.

SWB VEC STRATEGIC Priorities 2016/2017 ◦ Selected Priorities for 2016/2017 ▪ Marketing ? focus on driving veterans to MBVS web portal (and other) ▪ Education ? Focus on employers and veterans ▪ Misc Other ? Important and easy to do tasks

Agenda and Discussion Topics:

Marketing and Outreach: Laura Allen, Outreach Coordinator, MBVS - New Communications Director, Melissa Willette at MBVS - Melissa, through her outreach, was able to obtain Mix Maine Media/Richard Dyer to provide radio communication for the entire MHAV Kick-Off event on August 29, 2017 at the Augusta Armory. An ongoing relationship between MHAV and this station continues. - Maine Biz reached out to Adria Horn to do an editorial about MBVS and veterans services in Maine. - MBVS is doing a monthly interview with Blueberry Broadcasting. Education/Internships ? Bob Carr, Director, Technological Innovations, LLC - Wants manufacturing training back in Maine at Brunswick Landing / Desperately needed - Composite Training, Precision Machining, Advanced Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Robotics and more - There is a very robust national initiative to restore and expand the American manufacturing sector within the global marketplace. Maine has a strong manufacturing tradition. Maine?s manufacturing sector consists primarily of small and medium size manufacturers who are very capable but too limited to invest in innovative, technical automation equipment and/or sophisticated testing equipment and procedures. They need a facility to provide knowledgeable assurance of probably financial feasibility before investing.
- *See Bob?s Executive Summary Attached FMI Education/Veterans ? Occupational Licensing LD 1592 and LD 1327 ? Anne Head, Commissioner, Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation - LD 1327: New Proposed Title: An Act To Expedite Healthcare Employment for Military Veterans This bill was carried forward and is in the process of rewrite. The intent is to create new pathways for military medical personnel, creating more civilian options, including an apprenticeship component. The bill also proposes the creation of a full-time position, Military Liaison professional, who would be housed at MDOL under the JVSG umbrella (likely a DVOP) whose primary function is the assist veterans with pulling together their military education and experience portfolios to share with colleges/universities and licensing to speed up the process to apprenticeships, jobs, certificates, degrees and licensing.
- LD 1592: An Act To Remove Barriers to Professional Licensing for Veterans. This bill passed and was signed into law, effective October 2017. Essentially the bill grants the Director of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation the authority to modify licensing requirements of professional licensing boards administered by the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation on a case-by-case basis for applicants for licensure who are military veterans.

Education/Veterans ? Civilian 101/Demilitarization of Veterans, Dave Stearns, President, Dale Carnegie Maine and Mark Cater, Director, Veterans Employment, Military Talent Source Still exploring best options for developing this day long workshop for job seeking veterans in Maine. Primary challenge is funding. Dale Carnegie has been providing pro-bono slots in their regularly scheduled trainings several times per year for veterans. Several of Maine?s DVOPs and/or LVERs have had the opportunity to take advantage of this generous offer and they state that it has changed their lives. In fact, Commissioner Anne Head shared that she, too, had participated in a Dale Carnegie training many years ago, with Dave Stearns, as instructor. Anne couldn?t say enough about how beneficial this training was for her. Others agreed. Strong consensus that we?d like move ahead with the development of this workshop as soon as possible, when funding allows. Suggestion was to reach out to the Elks Club for possible funding, Dave Hassen. Did anyone do this?

Education/Employers ? Andy Gibson is working with a team of committee members and others on the development of an Advanced Military Culture 202 training for employers. The slides begin with a soft opening of sorts / easing the minds of employers regarding myths and misconceptions about hiring veterans, then big picture, importance of structure, utilizing leadership skills and experience, educational advantages and ends with an employer panel sharing best practices for recruiting, hiring and retaining veterans. One suggestion was made to include a slide that more specially talks about the resources for employing people/veterans with disabilities. Andy will showcase this training in a test-run at the November 8th, 2017 SWB VEC meeting.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR SWIB VEC MEETINGS 2017 ? Nov 8, 2017

The meeting adjourned at 12:30pm

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