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Recommendation to respectfully request that City Council request City Manager to examine methods of implementing a "Tax Credit Card" that highlights tax savings opportunities for employers hiring veterans, youth, disabled, unemployed due to layoff or business closure, and economically disadvantaged in the City of Long Beach and to place the card on the back side of the current Pacific Gateway Employment card.
DISCUSSION
Currently, the City of Long Beach Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network issues employment service cards to job seekers. The cards are issued to residents on either their first or second visit to one· of the Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network Centers, and become their "passport" for accessing services thereafter. The services include, counseling from an employment specialists, access to computers, fax machines, and copiers to assist in obtaining employment.
Being that the Long Beach Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network "passport" card is an invaluable asset to job seekers; if we combine with the "Tax Credit Card" and its services, that highlights tax savings opportunities for employers hiring veterans, youth, disabled, unemployed due to layoff or business closure, and economically disadvantaged, we not only attract and retain more business's, we will create more jobs. It's this kind of creativity that will assist in meeting the needs of our community.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
Dee Andrews
Councilman, Sixth District