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DCCCD BOARD OF TRUSTEES’ INDICATOR REPORT

2000 - 2001 Economic Development

Goal 6: The DCCCD in partnership with business, industry, and governmental entities prepares a quality workforce to enhance economic development.

The following indicators provide an overview of business funded contract training:

-- number of people trained,
-- number of firms entering into contracts,
-- contract revenue received, and
-- number of contract training hours provided.

Two types of contract training are presented in this report: 1) Business funded and 2)Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) funded training. Business funded training is customized training paid for by the company requesting the training. TWC funded training is also provided to businesses but the funding source is either a Skills Development, Self-Sufficiency or Smart Jobs Fund grant. (Other Texas Workforce Commission programs such as the Workforce Investment Act, where training is provided to individuals and the contract does not include a specific business, are not included in this report.) In summary, both types of training are combined and reported in an annualized format to correspond to the academic reporting calendar.

Business Funded Training

During the 1999-2000 academic year, DCCCD colleges contracted with 257 area businesses to provide customized training to more than 26,000 individuals.

1999-2000 Business Funded Contract Training
 

Location
# Companies
People Trained
Training Hours
Revenue
BJP
71
787
9,047
$ 289,232
BHC
80
2,090
35,148
$ 643,609
CVC
8
4,165
22,860
$ 55,390
EFC
12
2,996
241,173
$ 144,777
ECC
17
6,364
458,631
$1,719,268
MVC
14
3,137
124,867
$ 447,193
NLC
31
3,882
196,991
$ 486,372
RLC
24
2,804
45,911
$ 588,615
TOTAL
257
26,225
1,134,628
$4,374,456
Data Source: Self-reported by DCCCD location The $4,374,456 contract revenue is a conservative estimate of the total dollars received since most training generates state reimbursable contact hours. Businesses also often invest in training partnerships with significant in-kind resources such as training facilities, instructor time, equipment and materials that are not represented in the contract revenue.
 
 

TWC Funded Training

In addition to business funded training, colleges continued to provide training on $3,442,251 in new and continuing TWC funded grants. While some of these grants closed during this reporting period, $2.9 million in new grants have been secured for 2000-2001 and will be detailed in next year’s report.

Texas Workforce Commission Funded Training

Skills Development (SDF), Self-Sufficiency (SSF), and
Smart Jobs Fund (SSF) Grants
 

Location
Type of
Grant
Grant Dates
Jobs Created &/or People Retrained
Total Funded $ for Grant Dates
*BJP,EFC,ECC,NLC
SDF
11/97 – 
10/99
500
$1,020,000
BJP
SSF
4/98 – 
3/00
300
$530,110
BJP
SJF
5/98 –
6/00
261
$520,142
BHC
SDF
11/97 – 
12/99
326
$318,548
BHC
SDF
12/99 –
12/00
400
$129,260
BHC
SDF
1/99 – 
12/99
150
$180,030
CVC
SSF
4/99 – 
4/01
100
$278,536
RLC
SJF
1/99 – 
2/01
100
$250,000
RLC
SDF
3/99 – 
2/00
110
$215,625
Data Source: Skill Development, Self-Sufficiency Grant Status Report, October 2000, District Resource Development Office
*Awarded to the Bill J. Priest Institute in partnership with Eastfield, El Centro and North Lake Colleges. Summary

The training presented in this report is market driven and in direct response to immediate business needs. Thus, the awarding of contracts and grants generally does not mirror an academic year. The following table displays the combined business and TWC funded training as if it were provided in an academic year.

Total Business Funded Training and Annualized1 TWC Funded Training
 

 
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000
Revenue
$3,758,692
$5,896,128
$5,911,190
$5,299,107
$5,305,680
People Trained
not available
19,828
14,403
29,292
26,764

 

Notes:

1 Annualized – Grants were treated as though the training occurred equally throughout the length of the grant. Revenue and people trained were then counted in the corresponding academic year.

1997-98 and 1998-99 amounts were adjusted to reflect grants with extended closed dates.

Prepared by District Office of Research, October 2000

2000-2001 Board Indicator Reports