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 City of Los Angeles, Economic Workforce Development Department (EWDD) to accept and expend up to $1,118,547 in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds, to continue operations at the Harbor Gateway WorkSource Center, for the period of June 30, 2023 through June 30, 2024; and
Increase appropriations in the Community Development Fund Group in the Economic Development Department by $1,118,547, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into contract with the City of Los Angeles, Economic and Workforce Development Department for a total amount of $1,118,547 in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds, to continue operations of the Harbor Gateway WorkSource Center.
Pacific Gateway Workforce Innovation Network (Pacific Gateway) administers the Federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and other employment and training funds received annually by the City of Long Beach (City). Those funds support job training programs and business services delivered by the Workplace, Harbor Gateway WorkSource Center, Future LB, and selected community-based organizations to assist residents to acquire skills leading to employment in high-demand occupations with local employers.
Pacific Gateway operates the San Pedro-based Harbor Gateway WorkSource Center (Center) on behalf of the communities surrounding the Los Angeles Harbor under a contract with the City of Los Angeles. That Center functions similarly to other Pacific Gateway job centers by providing training and employment assistance to adults and dislocated workers and partnering with businesses to meet their workforce needs.
The contractual relationship with the City of Los Angeles and its Workforce Develo...
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