Working with Training and Upgrading Funds

Laura Chenven, Denise Cherenfant, Tracy Woodman, Myra Glassman

June 18, 2014

Labor/management training and upgrading fund

• The Jeopardy response: What is a Taft Hartley, Erisa benefit fund?– For hospitals and ambulatory care including clinics– For nursing homes– For homecare

• Public sector partnerships – may not be Taft Hartley

• Homecare not for profits – 501 C3s

Sector partnerships with a difference

• Not exactly an intermediary because they represent the industry directly but function in some similar ways

• Supply side and demand side work together• Making sure that programs benefit workers

and their employers • Focused primarily on the incumbent workforce• Dealing with the issues of the working adult

Value and advantage

• Primarily multi-employer• Impact on regional workforce delivery system

possible though not always easy• Long term career pathways valued and

supported• Success for a diverse workforce• Successful outcomes monitored over time• Impact education delivery, accessibility and

provide economies of scale

What is H-CAP and the H-CAP Ed. Asso.

• A Board of employers and unions• A network of sector training partnerships• 15 affiliated funds/projects• 13 states, plus Washington DC• Approximately 430,000 covered workers• More than 700 employers• $71.4 million in bargained resources, another

$12-25 million in other forms of funding • 120,000 enrolled in some form of training

For more information

Laura ChenvenDirector, H-CAP

Laura.Chenven@1199Funds.org212 494 0560