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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend contracts with various Pacific Gateway Workforce Innovation Network service and product providers for training and employment services to residents, to increase the total amount by $300,000, for a revised total aggregate amount not to exceed $5,405,712, and to extend the contracts term through December 31, 2021, with an option to renew for one additional one-year period. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to amend contracts with various Pacific Gateway Workforce Innovation Network (Pacific Gateway) service and product providers to continue training and employment services to Long Beach residents.
Contracted vendors provide specialized workforce training services delivered through America’s Job Center of California (AJCC) in support of strategies that provide training and employment services to residents and job seekers. Pacific Gateway administers the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and other employment and training funds received annually by the City. Those funds support job training programs and business services delivered by the Workplace, Harbor Gateway WorkSource Center, Harbor YouthSource Center, FutureLB, and selected community-based organizations to assists residents to acquire skills leading to employment in high-demand occupations with local employers.
Pacific Gateway utilizes labor market information, industry feedback, and changes in the industry to monitor hiring needs. Such practices ensure that local skill training design and investments are in industries with growth and demand leading to employment for residents. For training programs not associated with Pacific Gateway initiatives connected with local colleges and universities, customers are required by WIOA to select training providers procured and/or approved through the State’s Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL). Vendors under the ETPL ...
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