{"id":4988,"date":"2019-02-07T16:58:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T21:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mochamber.com\/?p=4988"},"modified":"2022-11-22T20:27:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T20:27:24","slug":"winning-jobs-and-boosting-workforce-training-with-missouri-one-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mochamber.com\/news-archive\/winning-jobs-and-boosting-workforce-training-with-missouri-one-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning jobs and boosting workforce training with Missouri One Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty-three percent of Missouri jobs are middle-skill, but only 46 percent of Missourians are trained to that level. Delivering tailored workforce solutions to Missouri companies and improving that number is the aim of one bill under consideration in House committee.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Derek Grier (R-Chesterfield) was recently appointed as Chair of the House Economic Development Committee. His House Bill 469 consolidates three existing state workforce training programs into one, called Missouri One Start.<\/p>\n<p>The bill is part of the Missouri Department of Economic Development\u2019s Best in Midwest initiative and one of Gov. Parson\u2019s workforce priorities for the 2019 legislative session. Missouri would be the first state in the Midwest to implement this streamlined, more flexible model.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of companies having to go through three separate programs, do three different application processes, three whole different systems of doing things, we now will have one program. That\u2019s going to be a new division within the Department of Economic Development, and it\u2019s going to utilize existing resources,\u201d said Grier.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Modify the Customized, New Jobs and Retained Jobs training programs to increase funding flexibility and ease of use for businesses<\/li>\n<li>Use performance-based funding instead of a flat fee<\/li>\n<li>Add claw back provisions to protect taxpayers\u2019 money if a company doesn\u2019t fulfill its commitments<\/li>\n<li>Allow more program funding to actually go toward job training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cThis is one of the governor\u2019s top priorities for the year. Workforce development is so important and key to our state\u2019s success, to the economic success and prosperity of the companies and the workers in Missouri, and he has identified this as one of a very small number of big priorities for the year,\u201d Grier said. \u201cSo we\u2019ve got a real focus on this issue and I think we\u2019re going to have great success with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>HB 469 was heard in House committee on Feb. 4, with the Missouri Chamber testifying in support.\u00a0Aligning our state funded workforce development system in order to make it easier for employers to access training is one of the recommendations made in the <a href=\"https:\/\/mochamber.com\/workforce2030-report\">Workforce2030 Report<\/a> commissioned by the Missouri Chamber Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate version of this bill is SB 184, sponsored by Sen. Wayne Wallingford.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Missouri One Start here.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Missouri One Start\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qXiK1Ei9GIA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty-three percent of Missouri jobs are middle-skill, but only 46 percent of Missourians are trained to that level. 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