Four new Ready to Work advisory board members heard the successes and challenges facing San Antonio's $200 million workforce training program.
Allie Perez, chief operating officer at George’s Plumbing, is one of four new Ready to Work Advisory Board members.In its first full meeting since June, the Ready to Work Advisory Board welcomed four new members, who sat through a two-hour meeting jam packed with data, stories and recommendations that tried to answer the same questions that have animated the board since its inception.
Mike Ramsey, executive director of the city’s Workforce Development Office, ran through charts and graphs showing whether the four major partners — Workforce Solutions Alamo, the Alamo Colleges, Project Quest and ReStore Education — are on track to meet the program’s goals. The goal of the program is to move 80% of those who complete the program into good jobs within six months.
Board members also heard stories behind the numbers. Ramsey described two participants: Diana and Joselyn, who enrolled in Ready to Work through Project Quest. The women became friends while completing the dental assistant training at the University of the Incarnate Word, and both now work at Downtown Dentistry, making $17 an hour.
The study “just reinforces how important the work that we’re doing is,” said board Chair Ben Peavey. “This is about people.”
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