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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all documents with the City of Los Angeles to receive $72,872 in Workforce Investment Act funds for Pacific Gateway to operate a re-employment and training program in the Harbor Area; and to execute any subsequent amendments as necessary. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Pacific Gateway operates the San Pedro-based Harbor Gateway WorkSource Center (Center) on behalf of the communities surrounding the Los Angeles Harbor under a contract with the City of Los Angeles (L.A. City). Through the Center, Pacific Gateway provides employment assistance to adults and dislocated workers, and partners with businesses to meet workforce needs.
In March of this year, L.A. City’s Workforce Investment Board approved allocation of additional funds to its WorkSource Centers to participate in its Moving Forward project. Moving Forward is a regional effort to ensure quality re-employment and training services to workers impacted by the closure of Nestle Prepared Food Company’s “Hot Pocket” manufacturing plant in Chatsworth, CA. The project will collectively provide services to 124 individuals who have been discharged from the Chatsworth plant. Targeted employees are Limited English Proficient. Basic skills and language skills remediation will comprise a significant percentage of the cost of workforce programs directed at such individuals.
The City of Los Angeles recently notified Pacific Gateway that it is to receive $72,872 in additional funds to serve 13 dislocated workers under the Moving Forward project. Funding received to serve these participants will be dedicated to allowable Workforce Investment Act training services, including Individual Training Accounts, On-the-Job Training, and Customized Training in the Logistics sector.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Kendra Carney and Budget Management Officer Victoria Bell on June 17, 2015.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on July 7,...
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