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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute contracts and amendments totaling $894,000 with various training and other service providers outlined in Attachment A in support of the Workforce Investment Network’s One-Stop Career Centers that provide employment services to adult and dislocated worker residents. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
As the Workforce Investment Board's administering agency, the Workforce Investment Network (Network) administers the federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA), American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and other employment and training funds awarded annually and throughout the year. Those funds support job-training programs and business services delivered by five One-Stop Career Centers and selected community-based organizations to assist local residents in updating skills, transitioning from a lay-off, and filling skills gaps with businesses in the local economy.
The Network utilizes labor market information, industry feedback and trends to monitor hiring needs, and to ensure that local skill training design and investments are in industries that will most quickly improve, leading to (re)employment for residents. For training programs that are not part of Network initiatives connected with local colleges and universities, customers are required by the WIA and ARRA to select training providers procured and/or approved through the State's Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL).
When customers select an ETPL vendor that is new to working with the One-Stop Career Centers, the Network issues an interim purchase order. Once usage increases and becomes sustained, the Network requests City Council approval to create larger contracts that can handle the volume of training requests. The training providers referenced in Attachment A are ongoing ETPL training providers whose agreement amounts require amendment or first time contract executions to keep up with local demand under WIA and ARRA.
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