TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and all necessary documents or subcontracts including any subsequent amendments extending the grant term, or increasing the amount of the award, with the South Bay Workforce Investment Board, Inc., to accept and expand grant funding in an amount not to exceed $294,227, to operate the Workforce Development Board of Los Angeles Basin Region Prison to Employment program, which serves formerly incarcerated and other justice involved individuals, for the period of April 4, 2023 to December 31, 2025; and
Increase appropriations in Community Development Fund Group in the Economic Development Department by $294,227, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with the South Bay Workforce Investment Board, Inc., to accept grant funds up to $294,227 to support the Prison to Employment (P2E) program, which will serve formerly incarcerated and other justice involved individuals.
In 2018, the California legislature appropriated state general funds for the P2E Initiative to be administered by the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB). Workforce service providers across California use P2E funds for the integration of workforce, reentry services, and supportive services, paving a pathway towards employment and away from recidivism for the formerly incarcerated and justice-involved population.
California releases approximately 40,000 people from the state prison system each year, many of whom have received in-prison job-training services such as Career Technical Education (CTE) training or have participated in programs operated by the California Prison Industry Authority (CalPIA). Concurrently, California manages federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds through its State Plan, developed by the CWDB and implemented by local workforce development boards across the state. The P2E program is intended t...
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