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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary, and any needed subsequent amendments, with the City of Inglewood on behalf of the South Bay Workforce Investment Board, to accept grant funding in an amount up to $128,000 for Pacific Gateway to operate a subsidized employment program for families in the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services (DPSS) operates a Transitional Subsidized Employment Program (TSE Program) for families receiving public assistance through the statewide California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program. CalWORKs provides cash aid, employment services, and other benefits to needy families. The TSE Program has been deployed to provide up to one year of work experience and training to CalWORKs adult residents with limited or no work history, the goal is to place them in unsubsidized jobs after training completion.
DPSS has contracted with the South Bay Workforce Investment Board (WIB), administered by the City of Inglewood, to serve as TSE Program coordinator and facilitator in Los Angeles County with the CalWORKs single allocation funds. To that end, the South Bay WIB has created the infrastructure for One-Stop Centers such as the Workplace and Harbor WorkSource Center to access a centralized temporary payroll and worksite development mechanism to place local resident trainees.
City Council approval is requested to receive grant funding in an amount up to $128,000, from the South Bay WIB for Pacific Gateway staff (Staff), to work with existing families in the CalWORKs program with priority given to Los Angeles County referrals of local residents whose 60-month time limit on public assistance is nearing an end. Staff will provide those trainees with an assessment and review of skills development to-date, create an updated training and development plan, develop ...
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