TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute contracts totaling $801,251 with qualified service providers to operate Workforce Investment Act Youth Academy Projects, for the period of July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2012. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Workforce Investment Network (Network) 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 the Network and to deliver many of the above services prescribed by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) , the Network contracts with qualified education and community-based organizations to deliver many of these intensive academic and vocational training program elements.
The Workforce Investment Board's Youth Council released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to identify projects and service providers for the period of July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2010, with an option for renewal for Program Years 2010-2012. The procurement focused on projects to serve youth who are economically disadvantaged and face barriers to completing an educational program or securing and retaining employment. Project Proposals required:
? Collaborative partnerships with education, business, labor, social services and community-based organizations;
? Academic achievement and improvement, especially for youth who are basic skills deficient or in need of returning to school;
? Education (short and long-term vocational training) and work experience strategies tied to industry needs that expose, prepare and place youth in high growth and high-demand industries; and
? Sufficient supportive services and resources to ensure youth success.
From that procurement, eight contracts were awarded to six entities that provided various educational and skills training services to youth participants residing in the Network's Region 1 (Long Beac...
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