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Community Development Agency <br />https://www.santa-ana.org/cd <br />Item # 24 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />April 6, 2021 <br />TOPIC: Regional and Unified Local Workforce Plan for PY 2021-24. <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Approve the Regional and Unified Local Workforce Plan for Program Years 2021-2024 <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve the Regional and Unified Local Plan for Program Year 2021-2024 and <br />authorize staff to submit to the California Workforce Development Board and State of <br />California Employment Development Department. <br />2. Authorize the Mayor to sign all documents necessary for the submission of the <br />Regional and Unified Local Plan for Program Year 2021-2024. <br />3. Authorize staff to make non-substantive changes to the Regional and Unified Local <br />Plan in response to public comments received or as requested by the California <br />Workforce Development Board and the State of California Employment Development <br />Department. <br />DISCUSSION <br />At its regularly scheduled meeting on March 18, 2021, the Workforce Development Board, <br />voted 14:0 (Elliott, Knitter, Korthuis, Perez absent) to forward the recommendation to City <br />Council to approve the Regional and Unified Local Plan for Program Years 2021-24. <br />The California Unified Strategic Workforce Development Plan (State Plan) is an <br />overarching state policy document that provides a conceptual outline for Local Workforce <br />Boards and their partners as they jointly develop Regional and Local Plans. The State <br />Plan policy objectives, developed in collaboration with Workforce Innovation and <br />Opportunity Act (WIOA) partners and Local Boards, drive towards the shared vision of <br />creating a comprehensive system that impacts poverty, promotes income mobility, and <br />embeds equity as a cornerstone of service-delivery. <br />As outlined under WIOA Section 106, Regional Plans provide a roadmap for alignment of <br />resources and investments to meet specific outcomes within the 15 Regional Planning