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REQUEST FOR 4' <br />COUNCIL ACTION al_ <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 19, 2019 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE APPROPRIATION <br />ADJUSTMENT AND AGREEMENT <br />ACCEPTING A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT <br />OF $60,000 WITH GOODWILL <br />INDUSTRIES OF ORANGE COUNTY FOR <br />THE VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT - <br />RELATED ASSISTANCE PROGRAM <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 2,4) <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on V1 Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />/s/ Kristine Ridge FILE NUMBER <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing Veterans' Employment -Related Assistance <br />Program grant funds in the amount of $60,000 into the Federal Grant -Indirect revenue account <br />(no. 12418002-52001) and appropriating the same amount into the Veterans' Employment - <br />Related Assistance Program expenditure account (nos. 12418743-various). <br />2. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement, Contract No. K9110010, with Goodwill <br />Industries of Orange County for $60,000 awarded to the City of Santa Ana, Santa Ana WORK <br />Center for workforce and job development activities, effective August 13, 2019 through March <br />31, 2021, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />3. Authorize the City Manager to execute non -substantive amendments such as adjustment of <br />operational expenses during the term of the agreement. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Goodwill Industries of Orange County received a grant award entitled, Veterans' Employment - <br />Related Assistance Program (VEAP), from the State of California's Employment Development <br />Department. The purpose of the program is to offer services targeted to meet the veterans' unique <br />needs and occupational goals with an emphasis on veterans with significant barriers to employment, <br />including, but not limited to, disabled veterans, homeless veterans, and recently separated veterans <br />who are long-term unemployed. Agencies funded are tasked in preparing veterans for careers in a <br />variety of high demand fields. <br />The Santa Ana WORK Center, in collaboration with Goodwill of Orange County's Tierney Center for <br />Veteran Services, will be contracted to provide veterans with workforce services that may include <br />