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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary documents to amend the agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor, Strengthening Working Families Initiative (SWFI), to extend the grant term to June 30, 2021; and, execute agreements and amendments, as needed, with various initiative partner providers, to increase contract authority by $357,000 and extend terms through June 30, 2021. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to execute an amendment to the agreement with U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), to extend the grant term to June 30, 2021 and to execute agreements and amendments with various initiative providers.
On October 4, 2016, the City Council authorized the acceptance of grant funds made available under DOL Strengthening Working Families Initiative (SWFI) in an amount of $4,000,000, and the execution of agreements with various initiative partner providers in a total amount of $665,000. The SWFI program was originally funded for four years, July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2020. In May 2020, the DOL extended the grant term to June 30, 2021, to continue providing training and educational support for individuals in healthcare, logistics, finance, and education. In addition, approval is requested to execute agreements and amendments with various providers, including $357,000 in new contract authority. The total net authority of the SWFI-funded portion of all contracts is $548,041.
Pacific Gateway initiated a collaboration with a consortium of business and education partners in response to a grant solicitation by DOL in support of demand industries. The grant is a multi-strategic effort to help 400 unemployed and underemployed parents to connect to quality employment in strong, local industry sectors with H-1B-impacted occupations. H-1B is a classification for temporary employment of foreign workers in the United States in specialty occupations. The SWFI program has introduced several system changes and has...
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