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Expertise to engage WIOA stakeholders, bring partners together in mission, and build and improve your workforce system.

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Who we are

Andy Hightower is an experienced WIOA and workforce expert who wants to help workforce systems meaningfully impact lives and communities. He has spearheaded WIOA implementation and the development of policy and operations at the state and local level. He helps state agencies and local workforce development boards develop leadership, create sustainable cycles of continuous improvement and implement collaborative, systematic change.

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What we do

Planning, implementation, evaluation, monitoring and reporting – we will help your team develop the leadership and tools to touch more lives, help employers succeed and be a driving force for the development of your community.

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Our Philosophy

Any project management system boils down to a continuous improvement cycle of planing, measurement, and review. Whether your project is big or small, we’ll help you develop tools that will support your success long beyond your project’s completion.

SERVICES

Let Hightower Workforce Initiatives help you and your board do more than you thought possible.

STRATEGIC PLANNING

  • Local & Regional Plan Development
  • Certification and Evaluation
  • Alignment of Policies and Procedures
  • Evaluation and Incorporation of Next Generation Practices
  • Digital Tools for Improvement

ENTERPRISE IT DESIGN

  • Adapting Remote Services
  • Local Workforce Development Area IT Planning
  • Enterprise System Planning for Partners
  • IT Implementation and Training
  • Incorporation of IT to IFA and Operating Budgets

TRAINING & IMPLEMENTATION

  • Board Training & Certification
  • Work Based Trainings & Programmatic Toolkits
  • One-Stop Certification
  • Training community partners for system development

AJC OPERATIONS & INFRASTRUCTURE

  • MOU and IFA Development
  • Equal Opportunity Compliance
  • Sub-Contractor Monitoring
  • One Stop Operations
  • Drafting and Executing Request for Proposals
  • Third Party Procurement

DATA VALIDATION & QUALITY ASSURANCE

  • Implementation of systematic data validation practices
  • Mapping of case management practices through to PIRL reporting

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS SERVICES

  • Industry-Driven Sector Strategies
  • Work-Based Learning
  • Apprenticeships and Apprenticeship Facilitation
  • Deepening use of LMI to Drive Growth
  • Analysis of Local Workforce Barriers
  • Connecting Vocational Rehabilitation Strategy

FROM THE BLOG

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We’re Hiring!

We’re hiring a full-time Business Solutions Team Lead in Elizabethtown, KY! DATE POSTED 7/22/2024 CLOSING...
July 26, 2024
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Customer Satisfaction

It's one thing to have a survey designed to elicit feedback, but continuous improvement requires...
July 17, 2020
+ Planning

How to Know If It’s Time to Change Your Plan

Workforce development plans are required to reflect current labor market and economic conditions. However......
June 18, 2020
+ Putting a plan together

COVID and WIOA Local Plans: Plans are made to change

All of these plans reflect a fundamentally different economy than exists today....
June 3, 2020

CONTACT US

EMAIL US

We want to hear from you!
andy[at]workforceinitiatives.com

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From Monday to Friday, 8:30 – 18:00 Eastern, call us at:
859-414-6456

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