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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary, including any necessary subsequent amendments, with the City of Inglewood on behalf of the South Bay Workforce Investment Board (WIB), to accept and expend grant funding in an amount up to $125,000 to operate a subsidized employment program for families in the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, for the period of July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2024. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to receive and expend grant funding in an amount up to $125,000 from the South Bay WIB for Pacific Gateway Workforce Innovation Network (Pacific Gateway), 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 worksites and place residents into subsidized work experience, and assist with post-training job placement.
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 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, with the goal of placement in unsubsidized jobs after training completion.
DPSS has contracted with the South Bay 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...
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