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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all documents with the City of Los Angeles to receive $200,000 in Workforce Investment Act funds for a Health Sector Training Project; execute agreements with various initiative partner providers in an amount totaling $192,000; increase appropriations in the Community Development Grants Fund (SR 150) in the Department of Human Resources (HR) by $192,000; and execute any subsequent amendments as necessary. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Pacific Gateway administers job training programs and business services delivered by the Career Transition Center, Harbor WorkSource Center, Torrance Career Center, and selected community-based organizations to assist local residents in acquiring skills leading to employment in high demand occupations by local employers.
Local job opportunities in demand occupations are largely addressed through industry sector strategies that link together business needs, local workforce skills gaps, and training strategies. Our local Workforce Investment Board (WIB) continues its priority focus on jobs strategies in nine key sectors, of which Healthcare is primary.
Pacific Gateway has collaborated with Long Beach Memorial Medical Center/Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach (LBMMC/MCHLB) to design, develop, and implement a multi-occupation training program to meet existing and emergent workforce needs at the hospital and other medical centers in the region. This includes a customized training program for Patient Care Assistants (PCA), in which Pacific Gateway and LBMMC/MCHLB jointly share initial training costs, Phlebotomy, and Sterile Department Technician training. Each participant will complete a 7-12 week program of combined classroom and clinical training. Every eligible participant who completes the training activities is offered fulltime-equivalent employment, with an average starting hourly wage of $15.12 with benefits.
In August 2011, Pacific Gateway submitted a grant reques...
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