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Recommendation to adopt Specifications for Request for Proposals
No. HR15-088 and award contracts to Centro Community Hispanic Association, Inc., of Long Beach, CA; KRA Corporation, of Fulton, MD; Long Beach Unified School District, of Long Beach, CA; and United Cambodian Community, of Long Beach, CA, to provide qualified services to operate Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Act Youth Academy Projects, in an aggregate annual amount not to exceed $1,700,000, for a period of one year, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods at the discretion of the City Manager; and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contracts, including any necessary amendments thereto. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into contracts with Centro Community Hispanic Association, Inc., KRA Corporation, Long Beach Unified School District, and United Cambodian Community, to provide qualified services to operate Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Act Youth Academy Projects. Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network (Pacific Gateway) operates the Youth Opportunity Center to facilitate assistance with education completion, access to career and technical education and training, participation in internships, and other work-based experiences. To maximize outreach in the communities covered by Pacific Gateway and to deliver many of the above services prescribed by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Pacific Gateway contracts with qualified education- and community-based organizations to deliver many of these intensive academic and vocational training program elements.
Under the guidance of the Workforce Investment Board and its Youth Council, Pacific Gateway, in coordination with the Purchasing Division, released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to identify projects and service providers focused on projects to serve in-school and out-of-school youth who are economically disadvantaged ...
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