Workforce Development with a Community Mission
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.
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.
Expertise
Andy Hightower is a successful chief of budget, policy, IT, communications, grassroots development and executive offices, and a change agent for collaborative development, implementation and management of systematic change.
He has created teams and led development and implementation of transformational projects on an enterprise scale with a commitment to transparency, integrity and sustainable improvement.
Our services
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