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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with The Workers Lab (TWL), of Oakland, CA, for the administration and oversight of WorkLB, an app-based platform focusing on workers unable to work full-time or regular schedules and have been excluded from traditional labor markets, in a total amount not to exceed $135,450, inclusive of taxes and fees, for the period of September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2024. (Citywide)
Levine Act: Yes
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with TWL, for the administration and oversight of WorkLB in a total amount not to exceed $135,450.
On March 16, 2021, the City Council adopted the Long Beach Recovery Act (LB Recovery Act), becoming one of the first major cities to approve COVID-19 recovery programs made possible through the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and other federal and State funding sources. Additional funding adjustments to the LB Recovery Act were made as part of the Adopted Fiscal Year 2022 (FY 22) Budget and periodic adjustments have been brought to the City Council as needed. Additional information about the LB Recovery Act is available at www.longbeach.gov/recovery
. As part of the LB Recovery Act, under the Economic Inclusion category, approximately $247,042 has been allocated for the WorkLB program (Program) to address financial hardships that have been created by COVID-19.
Work LB
In 2020, Pacific Gateway Workforce Partnership, in partnership with the U.K.-based non-profit Modern Markets for All (MM4A), launched the WorkLB platform, focusing on workers unable to work full-time or regular schedules and have been excluded from traditional labor markets. WorkLB is an innovative labor market platform that connects unemployed and underemployed people with jobs, and is built around protections, ongoing rela...
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