10a. Order 2022-05
1 Agenda Item: 10a_Order 2 Meeting Date: April 12, 2022 3 4 5 ORDER NO. 2022-05 6 AN ORDER OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION 7 8 To increase the three-year investment in the Maritime Career 9 Launch Pilot Program from $2.1 million to $4.1 million. 10 11 PROPOSED 12 APRIL 12, 2022 13 14 15 INTRODUCTION 16 17 In 2021, the Port of Seattle Commission engaged community stakeholders in a series of 13 18 listening sessions related to the Port's role in economic recovery from the effects of the COVID- 19 19 pandemic. During these listening sessions, Commissioners repeatedly heard about the need for 20 additional workforce development efforts, increased visibility of Port industry-related jobs in 21 communities of color, and expanded access to quality, living-wage jobs for Black, Indigenous, and 22 people of color (BIPOC) communities across King County. 23 24 One of the ways the Port has responded to this community call to action is to double down on 25 increasing access to maritime career programs and opportunities. The Commission approved three 26 critical programs for 2022: 27 28 Career Launch Program 29 Maritime High School 30 Maritime Industry Leadership Table 31 32 This programming was matched with $2.4 million in funding and will support the framework for 33 a comprehensive and connected regional strategy for the future of maritime employment in King 34 County and beyond. This additional investment was identified from cruise revenue that is 35 anticipated to exceed 2022 budget projections. 36 37 TEXT OF THE ORDER 38 39 The Port Commission directs the Executive Director to increase the three-year investment in the 40 Maritime Career Launch Pilot Program from $2.1 million to $4.1 million. The $2 million increase 41 in funding will support maritime-focused career launch opportunities and programming. 42 43 The Executive Director shall report to the Commission by no later than June 14, 2022, with a draft 44 strategy that identifies collaborations with partner institutions and the resources necessary to 45 connect youth in the Port Maritime Career Launch Pilot Program to maritime-focused Order 2022-05 Maritime Career Launch Pilot Program Funding Page 1 of 3 46 apprenticeships, post-secondary institutions with paid work-based learning, or secondary career or 47 technical education requirements and other options. 48 49 STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE ORDER 50 51 Maritime Career Launch Program 52 The centerpiece of the Port's youth workforce efforts will be the Maritime Career Launch Program. 53 The Commission's investment currently totals $2.1 million over three years. The $2 million 54 funding increase proposed in this Order will bolster a program that will provide career launch 55 opportunities in the maritime industry for Puget Sound youth and adults aged 16-24 years. This 56 program will focus on youth from historically disadvantaged (and disproportionally BIPOC) 57 communities and vulnerable populations. This new program will: 58 1. Build partnerships between maritime industry employers with career-connected learning 59 programs; 60 2. Work collaboratively with regional partners, including government agencies, industry 61 partners and community-based organizations to co-create career connected curriculum 62 based on Port core competencies; 63 3. In collaboration with industry and workforce partners, identify core competencies and 64 related skills necessary to place interns in entry-level maritime jobs; 65 4. Leverage the Port funding by partnering, where feasible, with regional stakeholders; 66 5. Provide training programs for youth to learn those core competencies and skills; and 67 6. Upon completion of the program, place qualified candidates in a three-month Career 68 Launch internship in an entry-level, living wage position that can lead to consideration for 69 full-time employment by a maritime employer. 70 71 From shipbuilding to commercial fishing, to cruise, to logistics and shipping, nearly 70,000 72 Washingtonians work in the maritime industry. While women and nonbinary workers have been 73 part of the maritime industry for generations, their demographic representation is disproportionally 74 small when compared to men. This lack of representation is particularly concerning in the context 75 of the national maritime labor crisis, where the average age in the maritime workforce is 55. The 76 Port will continue to leverage its position as an anchor institution to expand access to maritime 77 and aviation careers for underrepresented populations. 78 79 This impending wave of retirements in the maritime workforce presents a unique opportunity to 80 ensure the next generation of workers in the maritime industry is truly representative of the 81 diversity of King County. The time is ripe to double down on the Port's investment in young 82 women and youth of color. 83 84 This order will allocate $2 million additional focused on maritime programs and opportunities to 85 increase the Port's investment in the Maritime Career Launch Pilot Program (CLP) from $2.1 86 million to $4.1 million over three years. 87 88 These additional resources will allow the Port to double the number of young people engaged in 89 this program, and allow the program to more rapidly achieve its goals while strengthening the 90 region's maritime career pipeline. 91 Order 2022-05 Maritime Career Launch Pilot Program Funding Page 2 of 3 92 This Maritime Career Launch Pilot Program will also be conducted as part of the evolving strategic 93 plan for OEDI that will include research to better understand the current and future workforce 94 needs across the maritime industry in our region. Program development will include means to 95 measure and monitor outcomes in ways that help provide transparency while also respecting that 96 breaking barriers can mean transformative approaches to how data is collected and analyzed as 97 well. Order 2022-05 Maritime Career Launch Pilot Program Funding Page 3 of 3
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