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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any necessary documents, subcontracts, and subsequent amendments, including amendments to the award amount or to the agreement term, with Pacific Gateway Workforce Partnership, Inc., to accept and expend grant funding in an amount up to $100,000 as part of the Prologis Community Workforce Initiative, to equip individuals with the skills necessary for jobs in transportation, distribution, and logistics, for the period of May 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to accept and expend up to $100,000 from the Pacific Gateway Workforce Partnership, Inc., to equip individuals with the skills necessary for jobs in transportation, distribution, and logistics as part of the Prologis Community Workforce Initiative.
The City of Long Beach (City), through Pacific Gateway Workforce Innovation Network (Pacific Gateway), partnered with the Pacific Gateway Workforce Partnership Inc., the non-profit organization, to administer the Prologis Community Workforce Initiative in partnership with ProLogis Logistics Services Incorporated. Through this initiative, Pacific Gateway will engage in a range of activities to provide training, coaching, and job placement in the transportation, distribution and logistics industry in support of the project. The activities include:
· Learning Platform Review and Administer Training;
· Regional Mobilization Campaigns and Learner Engagement;
· Completion Support;
· Job Placement;
· Prologis Customer Connections;
· Technical Assistance; and,
· Reporting and Data Collection.
Pacific Gateway administers the Federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and other employment and training funds received annually by the City. Those funds support job training programs and business services delivered by the Workplace, Harbor Gateway WorkSource Center, FutureLB, and selected community-based organizatio...
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