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Recommend Awarding Youth Provider Agreements For PY 2018-2019 June 19, 2018 Page 2 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD ACTION At its regular meeting on May 17, 2018, by a vote of 13:0 (Lewis, Luviano, Perez, Ruiz, Sanchez absent) the Workforce Development Executive Committee approved the recommended action. DISCUSSION Under the authority of the Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA), the Santa Ana Workforce Development Board (WDB) and its Youth Council are required to procure and fund Youth Service Providers to provide WIOA services to local eligible at -risk youth. Under the new legislation of WIOA there are six Performance Indicators, a requirement that at least 75% of the funds are spent on Out -of -School Youth, that 20% of youth funds are used for work experience activities, ensure youth services incorporate the mandated 14 WIOA Elements, and that at least 80% of the WIOA youth funds are obligated annually. January of 2015 a Request for Proposal (RFP) was released seeking organizations to provide WIOA youth services. This RFP and selection process is valid for a four-year period and available to the WDB to recommend contracts thru June 2019. For the past three years the WDB has funded youth services thru the Orange County Therapeutic Arts Center, Orange County Conservation Corps, City of Santa Ana, Library, and the Orange County Labor Federation. Last year the Orange County Labor Federation withdrew as a Youth Provider and was not funded this current program year. At the April 12, 2018 Youth Council meeting, an amended motion was approved to fund the same three agencies and increasing the award amounts equally between the Orange County Conservation Corps and Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center by $20,000 due to the Santa Ana Public Library's request to reduce their award to serve 15 youth instead of 22 youth. The Santa Ana Public Library cited staff capacity to continue to serve 22 youth and meet the rigors of the WIOA grant requirements as the reason for not pursuing the program moving forward, At this time, funding for WIOA has been approved by Congress however, the Department of Labor has yet to announce and release the youth grant allocations for PY 2018-19. Because the new fiscal year is near, staff is recommending to proceed with the recommended action. Should funding be less than last year's, staff would reduce each provider equally by the same reduction percentage. Currently all three providers are fulfilling their contractual obligations. As we transitioned from the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) to WIOA there are no youth performance measures to report for the PY 2016-17. Staff anticipate being able to report performance outcomes next year as some of the performance measures take a full two years to complete. 25H-2