TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any related documents or amendments, between the City of Long Beach and Coding it Forward, a not-for-profit organization established under the laws of the State of Massachusetts, for the purpose of achieving the various aims and objectives relating to the 2023 Civic Innovation Corps program anticipated to begin on June 12, 2023, in a total amount not to exceed $22,000. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Coding it Forward for the purpose of achieving the various aims and objectives relating to the Civic Innovation Corps program.
The Civic Innovation Corps
program, created by Coding It Forward , empowers the next generation of technology leaders to work at the intersection of technology and public service in local, state, and federal government offices across the United States. Civic Innovation Corps Fellows (Fellows) must be current students or recent graduates of a bootcamp or certificate program, undergraduate, or graduate degree program. Previous Fellows come from diverse backgrounds and disciplines. 63 percent identify as Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous, and other persons of color, and 55 percent identify as women or non-binary. Fellows are given an opportunity to learn about public interest technology and career opportunities with government Host Offices to develop solutions in service of the public over the course of a ten-week long internship. The City of Long Beach (City) seeks to participate as a Host Office in the 2023 Civic Innovation Corps program.
Under the agreement, Coding It Forward will provide the City with four Fellows and compensation for three Fellows as W-2 employees, who will support several City programs during the ten-week internship period. The City will provide compensation as a W-2...
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