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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all documents, and any needed subsequent amendments, with the City of Inglewood on behalf of South Bay Workforce Investment Board, to accept funds of approximately $80,000 for Pacific Gateway to operate a subsidized employment program for families in the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program, for the period March 1, 2016 through February 28, 2019. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services operates a transitional subsidized employment program (TSE Program) for families receiving public assistance through the statewide California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program. CalWORKs provides cash aid, employment services, and other benefits to needy families. The TSE Program has been deployed to provide up to one year of work experience and training to CalWORKs adult residents with limited or no work history, the goal is to place them in unsubsidized jobs after training completion.
The Department of Public Social Services has contracted with the South Bay Workforce Investment Board (WIB) to serve as TSE Program coordinator and facilitator in Los Angeles County with the CalWORKs single allocation funds. To that end, the South Bay WIB has created the infrastructure for One-Stop Centers such as the Career Transition Center and Harbor WorkSource Center to access a centralized temporary payroll and worksite development mechanism to place local resident trainees.
Pacific Gateway staff will work with existing families in the CalWORKs program with priority given to Los Angeles County referrals of local residents whose 60-month time limit on public assistance is nearing an end. Staff will provide those trainees with an assessment and review of skills development to-date, create an updated training and development plan, develop worksites and place residents into subsidized work experience, and assist with post-training job plac...
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