Executive director reports ARPA-funded workforce projects, new public dashboard and FY27 appropriation of $497,000
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The commission’s executive director said staff are redirecting ARPA funds to expand career-technical cohorts, launching a public dashboard with Google-supported technical help, and explained the FY27 appropriation is recorded as $497,000 after a $500,000 one-time item rolled off.
Kyla Guyatt, executive director and CEO, told the commission the office has been working with ARPA subgrantees and partners to ensure full expenditure of grant funds and to expand workforce training programs.
“We actively have a plan with all of the sub grantees to fully expend their money,” Guyatt said, describing technical assistance the office provided to five grantees and plans to redirect unspent career-tech funds toward equipment purchases for an airframe and powerplant technician cohort and expanded dental assisting classes.
Guyatt reviewed partnerships and data work tied to the effort, saying memorandums of understanding are in progress and that a national provider, AISP, is helping design secure data collection and storage practices for participating agencies. She said the team finalized a Google Cloud architecture with Omez and that Google corporate offered community-funded technical assistance to help build a predictive-capacity dashboard.
The executive director described provisioning work under way with OMAS and said staff are awaiting a final statement of work and timelines before a public launch. Guyatt emphasized the dashboard’s utility for outreach and real-time Q&A, noting stakeholders have used a live dashboard during panels and events.
On budgeting, Guyatt said the office earlier requested $1,000,000 in state appropriations but that the fiscal-year 2027 appropriation is recorded internally as $497,000 after a $500,000 one-time dashboard expense from the prior year rolled off. “They considered a one-time $500,000 expense,” Guyatt said, adding that legislators view the change as the expiration of one-time funding, not a budget cut.
The commission viewed PowerPoint slides and images from a recent workforce day at the Capitol during the report and members asked logistical questions about the dashboard and partner roles. Guyatt said the office will continue weekly calls with grantees and intends a public launch so community users can access the dashboard’s data.
The commission did not take a vote on these items; the presentation was received as an informational report.
