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Hai Tran, interim director of the Office of Equity and Inclusion, and Christina Da Silva, assistant director, told the committee the VAC was created by ordinance in early 2021 and acts as an advisory body that makes recommendations to the city manager and city council on matters affecting veterans. The presenters said approximately 40,000 military veterans live in Dallas and that key issues identified for the assessment include navigating services, stable affordable housing and workforce and employment opportunities.

Da Silva described a triangulated research approach for the assessment: (1) a Veterans Innovation and Insight Forum to gather direct input from veterans and providers, (2) a quantitative impact analysis of support services, and (3) a geospatial study of where veterans live and how they access services. The presenters said the VAC formed a subcommittee that met through July to develop recommendations; the VAC formally approved its recommendations on 08/08/2024.

The procurement process for the assessment included veterans on the evaluation team, the presenters said. According to the presentation, the project launched on 04/01/2025; the contract and procurement roles included a veteran buyer in procurement and a veteran employee resource-group representative on the proposal evaluation committee.

Presenters said the Veterans Innovation and Insight Forum will be held on Saturday, June 12 at Southern Methodist University and described it as an all-day workshop for veterans, families and providers to workshop solutions and shape the assessment's recommendations. (There was a brief date correction during the presentation: an earlier reference to July 12 was corrected to June 12.) Committee members asked for promotional materials, stronger interdepartmental follow-through and systems to track how many veterans the city currently serves.

Councilmember Jaime Resendiz and other committee members asked how the assessment will lead to action and how the city will measure the commission's effectiveness. Office staff said the assessment is intended to produce actionable recommendations and suggested it could include a third-party evaluation framework to track progress. Presenters also said SMU researchers are analyzing city records and partner-provider data to identify service gaps and to estimate how many veterans the city currently reaches through existing programs.

Ending

Office of Equity and Inclusion staff invited committee members to the VAC meeting and to the Veterans Innovation and Insight Forum, and they asked council members to help amplify outreach to increase veteran participation. Staff said they will return to the committee with findings and recommended metrics to track implementation.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Dallas - Workforce-Education and Equity - Jun 03, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Veterans Affairs Commission described a one-year veterans well-being assessment, a July/June forum (corrected to June 12) at SMU, and a procurement and launch timeline for research partners; the VAC approved recommendations Aug. 8, 2024, and the project launched April 1, 2025.","taxTitle","Dallas, Dallas County, Texas","taxId",2781,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6544593,"Dallas HR outlines upskilling plan for city employees, highlights Workday Learning rollout",2261,127000,2388000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3631697-d9895aa2bc3c76e27941b102111ba906&start=127&end=2388","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3631697-d9895aa2bc3c76e27941b102111ba906/thumbnail_127000.jpg","/articles/6544593/Dallas/Dallas-County/Texas/Dallas-HR-outlines-upskilling-plan-for-city-employees-highlights-Workday-Learning-rollout","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6544593-b8e425dd6cace18f1d75ade7368c5b7c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770680662&Signature=QwwaUeOCpt09APM85VRUA0WeX-inh9o5UPEGsc3rKc7MxY4iVgZRnu0FcQdg~bARQ~YRstNhscCndVVA~0oTeGl1jetekumn-TnWF4Lxv7EvQLZCBkEXTJZodGeaaUDZ5sFuUA3m~ITYmRZ~LiX6vRpoohYtu3tTfn3oKtp7fk87-nq4uKms40FSPc8FaCZMmOC4RkRBTs1~5chSGIRDrzERVI4XXqBwLN7AiEZm8AnXCQqIjonay14I5O8OhAe0uNlCztEftCp5VWJGqeQGuutqKTAMJe8oBKzFMm5g1NHOzvopW0ZDVgiIJOXnkV2NnYzstbSsB5wSpRvhyz9z3Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The City of Dallas Workforce, Education and Equity Committee received an update on the city's upskilling program and next steps from Human Resources on a presentation that emphasized career ladders, cohort-based training and new tracking tools.

The update, presented at a committee meeting by Nina Arias, HR director, Sonia Batts, senior HR manager, and Heather Wood, training and development manager, focused on employees who earn below a $46,000 annual wage threshold and described program features intended to increase internal mobility and retention.

Arias said the city used a framework developed through a leadership program to focus on promoting and retaining employees and that the upskilling initiative intentionally centers on staff who earn under $46,000. Sonia Batts told the committee the team identified about 1,500 employees across 10 departments who fall within the target salary band and began listening sessions with both employees and managers to identify barriers to promotion.

\"We have identified our first three cohorts'soft skills, technical skills and leadership skills'and those groups will come together to identify resources to address those gaps,\" Batts said. She described intervention strategies that include mentorship, job shadowing and revised career ladders targeted at specific job families.

A milestone the presentation highlighted was a completed career series for security officers. Batts said salary recommendations and job-mapping for that series have been completed and submitted to leadership and are \"awaiting review and approval,\" after which adjustments will be made for affected employees.

Heather Wood described the city's new learning architecture: Workday Learning went live to the organization on April 17 and is being integrated with Precipio Skillsoft content. \"Employee training will now be in one place,\" Wood said, adding the system links learning with talent management to support career pathing, succession planning and internal mobility.

Committee members pressed for measurable progress. Vice Chair Janie Schultz said she had expected to see clearer outcome data after several years of work and asked for specifics beyond the security-officer series. Assistant City Manager Lycidio Pereira and HR staff responded that the presentation was intended as an update on next steps, noted progress on career ladders across multiple trades (electricians, plumbers and others), and said citywide measurement and data-tracking are being expanded.

HR explained the metrics it plans to track: program participation rates, internal mobility and hiring impacts, certifications and licenses earned, and participant feedback. Staff said those measures will be used to compare promotion and retention rates for participants versus eligible employees who do not participate.

HR also described a new talent review and succession-planning process to be conducted in Workday, where managers will assess employee potential, risk of loss, and readiness for promotion. Employees are being asked to update career profiles in Workday so managers can use the system for talent reviews and to document career progression.

The committee did not take formal action on the upskilling program at the meeting; staff said they will provide additional progress measures and follow-up reports to the committee on request.

Ending

HR staff said they will continue implementing cohort training, collect comparative promotion and retention data, and bring additional progress metrics to the Workforce, Education and Equity Committee. Committee members urged acceleration of timeline and clearer outcome reporting for the broader employee population beyond the initial pilot cohorts.","City of Dallas HR briefed the Workforce, Education and Equity Committee on an upskilling initiative focused on employees earning under $46,000, announcing a completed security-officer career series, a Workday Learning rollout and an upcoming citywide measurement plan.","actionData","errors"]

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