Long Beach, CA
File #: 13-0472    Version: 1 Name: HR-Employment Program for California Work Opportunity & Responsible Kids
Type: Contract Status: CCIS
File created: 5/21/2013 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/4/2013 Final action: 6/4/2013
Title: Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all documents with the City of Inglewood on behalf of the South Bay Workforce Investment Board, for Pacific Gateway to operate a subsidized employment program for families in the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program; and execute any needed subsequent amendments. (Citywide)
Sponsors: Human Resources
Attachments: 1. 060413C-6sr.pdf
Related files: 12-0296, 09-0700
TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all documents with the City of Inglewood on behalf of the South Bay Workforce Investment Board, for Pacific Gateway to operate a subsidized employment program for families in the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program; and execute any needed subsequent amendments. (Citywide)

DISCUSSION
The County’s Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) operates a Transitional Subsidized Employment (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 of which is to place them in unsubsidized jobs after training completion. DPSS has contracted with the South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SBWIB) to serve as a TSE program coordinator and facilitator in Los Angeles County with the CalWORKs single allocation funds.

On April 17, 2012, the Long Beach City Council approved execution of all documents with SBWIB, on behalf of the City of Hawthorne, for Pacific Gateway to operate a TSE program. Under this program, Pacific Gateway works with existing families in the CalWORKs program and provides those trainees with an assessment and review of skills development to-date, creates an updated training and development plan, develops worksites, places residents into subsidized work experience, and assists with post-training job placement. SBWIB directly pays the costs of the subsidized payroll expenses, benefits, and worker compensation policies, and reimburses Pacific Gateway for its staffing costs associated with assessment, case management, monitoring, job development, and placement.
In April of this year, SBWIB notified Pacific Gateway that it has recent...

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