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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all documents with the State of California to receive $226,150 in Workforce Investment Act/National Emergency Grant (NEG) funds to operate a Healthcare training program; execute an agreement with initiative partners in an amount totaling $202,911; execute any needed subsequent amendments; and increase appropriations in the Community Development Grants Fund (SR 150) in the Department of Human Resources (HR) by $68,922. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Pacific Gateway administers job training programs and business services delivered by the Career Transition Center, Harbor WorkSource Center, Torrance Career Center, and selected community-based organizations to assist local residents in acquiring skills leading to employment in high demand occupations by local employers.
Local job opportunities in demand occupations are largely addressed through industry sector strategies that link together business needs, local workforce skills gaps, and training strategies. Our local Workforce Investment Board (WIB) continues its priority focus on jobs strategies in nine key sectors, of which Healthcare is primary.
In November 2013, Pacific Gateway submitted a grant request to the State of California seeking funds to support a healthcare program that would train approximately 45 individuals in healthcare occupations. Pacific Gateway was approved for $226,150 in support of its strategy for an anticipated term of January 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015.
In support of this program design, Pacific Gateway collaborated with existing partners Long Beach Community College District and Long Beach Memorial Medical
Center/Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach (LBMMC/MCHLB) to design, develop, and implement a multi-occupation training program to meet existing and emergent workforce needs at the hospital and other medical centers in the region. This includes training programs for Front Office Assistants and Medical Assistants that in...
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