City of Long Beach - File #: 22-0179

• File #: 22-0179
• Version: 1
• Name: ED - Contract w/PGWIN to provide service and products for training
• Type: Contract
• Status: CCIS
• File created: 1/20/2022
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 2/15/2022
• Final action: 2/15/2022
• Title: Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute contracts, and any necessary documents including any subsequent amendments, with College of Instrument Technology, of Bellflower, CA; Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, of Long Beach, CA; Los Angeles Unified School District, of Los Angeles, CA; Nurses Development Center Inc., of Cypress, CA; and Regents of the University of California, a public nonprofit educational institution, on behalf of University Extension of the University of California, Los Angeles DBA University of California Los Angeles Extension, of Los Angeles, CA, to provide training and employment services to residents, in a total aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000, through December 31, 2022, with the option to renew for an additional one-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
• Sponsors: Economic Development
• Related files: 36260_000, 36246_000, 36250_000, 36251_000, 36251_001

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/15/2022	1	City Council	approve recommendation	Pass

TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute contracts, and any necessary documents including any subsequent amendments, with College of Instrument Technology, of Bellflower, CA; Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, of Long Beach, CA; Los Angeles Unified School District, of Los Angeles, CA; Nurses Development Center Inc., of Cypress, CA; and Regents of the University of California, a public nonprofit educational institution, on behalf of University Extension of the University of California, Los Angeles DBA University of California Los Angeles Extension, of Los Angeles, CA, to provide training and employment services to residents, in a total aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000, through December 31, 2022, with the option to renew for an additional one-year period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)

DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to execute contracts with several 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 assist 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...