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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all documents and any needed subsequent amendments with the City of Los Angeles to accept Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funds totaling $1,075,000 to continue operations of the Harbor WorkSource Center for the term of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015; and authorize City Manager or his designee to execute agreements and amendments with necessary WIA training provider vendors. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Pacific Gateway operates the San Pedro-based Harbor WorkSource Center (Center) on behalf of the communities surrounding the L.A. Harbor under a contract with the City of Los Angeles. That Center functions similarly to other Pacific Gateway job centers by providing employment assistance to adults and dislocated workers, and by partnering with businesses to meet their workforce needs.
The contractual relationship with the City of Los Angeles and its Workforce Investment Board continues to bridge strategies, allowing the neighboring Long Beach and Los Angeles communities to better work together in tapping into regional employment opportunities, including those of the Harbor area and its twin ports.
In October of 2013, the City of Los Angeles issued a Request for Proposals to re-procure the WorkSource Centers under its Workforce Development System for the period beginning July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, renewable for up to five years. The City of Long Beach, through Pacific Gateway, submitted a proposal focusing on an Integrated Service Delivery, a model first piloted at the Long Beach Career Transition Center. The proposal identified two industry clusters of focus - Healthcare and Logistics - that the Los Angeles Harbor region shares with the greater Long Beach area. Of the 25 proposals received, Pacific Gateway’s proposal received the highest score.
The City of Los Angeles notified Pacific Gateway that it would receive $1,075,000 in Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funds for continued baseline services to re...
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