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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any necessary documents and subsequent amendments, with the City of Pasadena, a municipal corporation operating in its capacity as the contract and program administrator of the Foothill Employment and Training Consortium, to accept grant funding in an amount not to exceed $28,055, and provide professional services and participate in the Regional Plan Implementation 3.0 project, supportive services, workgroups, meetings, and reporting for the period of April 1, 2020 through March 31, 2022. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Pacific Gateway Workforce Innovation Network (Pacific Gateway) administers various employment and educational training programs through the WorkPlace, Harbor Gateway WorkSource Center, Harbor YouthSource Center, Youth Opportunity Center (YOC), and partnerships with selected community organizations. These programs assist job seekers in acquiring skills leading to employment in high-demand occupations by local employers.
In January 2020, the Foothill Workforce Development Board (Foothill WDB) submitted a grant application to the State of California Employment Development Department (EDD) on behalf of the Los Angeles Regional Planning Unit. The Foothill WDB, along with the seven local workforce development boards in the County of Los Angeles, have come together under this initiative as partners to develop regional plans that will help improve and expand reentry services. In May 2020, the EDD issued an award and distributed a subgrant agreement to the Foothill WDB for Regional Planning Implementation 3.0 funding in the amount of $400,000.
The funding is intended for the Los Angeles Basin Regional Planning Unit (LABRPU) to strategize and develop initiatives and support continued efforts in implementing the three policy objectives of the California’s Strategic Workforce Plan: (1) fostering demand-driven skills attainment in high road jobs, which are jobs that offer equi...
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