Workforce Development meeting 3/13/24

Event

Training Providers

Who do we know, who Eric can connect with so they can come to a meeting?

In a few weeks Ken will come with some training providers to speak with us
Cyrpus Mandela is a WD organization in Oakland
Can we include Oakland, or only SF in GEO for now?
Use the Bay Area section: Alameda County, Oakland Region
Okur- AI Workforce Development (David Franklin’s Organization)
30 year organization and removed the “Now" from "Okur Now”
Mandela Partners- Culinary Workforce Development
Michelle Lenard Bell- Dan was on a panel with her in Dec, Mission Hall Hiring and they focus on helping with: construction, transportation and technology
They have a focus on AI
** Bay Valley Tech-**1000 people in Modesto and online who are training for online WD
Can they help build out GEO: work on 1 city per day and add all Non-Profits
Local coin might be able to help compensate students who work on this project
Could be a great project
Web 3 Start Up focused on Workforce Development
Dan’s friend was trying to connect with somebody else and found out about this project
With the DAOs we are focusing on our own projects but foster collaboration more deeply
We need to work together
Funding for these DAOs
- Can the public see where the funding is coming from? Funding for these DAOs
- Potentially having cards attached to the DAOs so we can have easier transparency for the proposals that were approved
- Crypto Debit Card, Visa or Coin Base brand
- Soon GEO will have on-chain voting, via Aragon Integration
- Claims, and Counter Claims will have an option for us to vote on claims
- Might be built into GEO and Aragon will just be for voting on DAO proposals
- You will be able to sign up with your email to be able to vote on proposals
  Verification Process
  People may try to game the system, so we are going to have a verification process
  1. Explorer: can own a public space
  2. Editor: can own a private and public page (Can vote, but need to be verified)
  3. Viewers: no log in required
- April is GEO’s launch and then the Non-Profit space will launch in May
- In Quarter 4, GEO will be have a way for donors to come and look at
- DAO needs to give to 501c3
- Becomes a routing tool
- If I’m asked to vote, I look at it, and if it looks legit, I will approve it
- Evidence Based Request
- Go to GEO’s Housing Space, and donate to Dignity Moves
- Financial incentive for organizations to fill out their spaces
- Have Yaniv speak to better share vision
- People need to find the organizations/providing services in their neighborhoods so they can donate
- A lot of people with ideas who need a way to share it
- They could write proposals
- If we have evidence-based solution, we can show our proof of concepts to the Gov and garner funding.
  Questions for Kathy Chao Rothburg:
  How do you decide when someone is workforce ready?
  -Assessments: skills based, emotional, psychological
  How long is that process?
  Depends, there are recognized skills assessments: reading, writing, computation, and analytical skills.
  - If there is disability and or substance use, Lao Family Community Development will bring in partners in who specialize in these areas
  - Work with the recruiting arm of these companies
  - 5% of people are workforce ready on day one
  Share the importance of having all of these services integrated
  - Some people in these Workforce Programs are pushed into jobs that can’t afford their rent
  - They should do a little documentary of this process. Takes about 10 years from when they start helping someone to when they own a home
  - Whatever the client saves for a down payment, they put 10% in
  What jobs are they getting where the recipients are able to pay 30% of their income towards rent?
  How do you match people to jobs?