Item 19 - Agreement with Working Wardrobes Project New Start

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EXHIBIT 1 WORKING WARDROBES FORA NEW START REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. 23-106A FIRM AND TEAM EXPERIENCE December 20, 2023 Working Wardrobes for a New Start is a nonprofit organization founded in 1990. Over the past 33 years we have provided comprehensive and impactful workforce and life skills training, job placement assistance, and professional wardrobing for over 120,000 individuals. Our mission statement is: We help people overcome barriers to gainful employment. Our target service population is low-income persons from marginalized groups seeking to enter the workforce or achieve career advancement, with a focus on assisting persons of color, veterans, seniors, and justice involved individuals as well as those who have faced major life crises including homelessness, substance abuse, domestic violence, chronic illness, and/or long-term unemployment. In 2022 alone, Working Wardrobes provided assistance to a total of 4,420 clients receiving 16,575 units of service. Our 2023 organizational budget is $5,432,640 and we employ a staff of 40 employees. Our impressive record of longevity, sustainability, and success demonstrates our ability and commitment to helping our clients realize "The Power of a Paycheck." 4.00 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees will be working directly on this program, including our Director of Client Services (0.50 FTE), two (2) Career Navigators (total 2.00 FTE), Client Services Administrator (0.25 FTE), Job Developer (1.00 FTE), and Wardrobe Specialist (0.25 FTE). The Working Wardrobes corporate headquarters and Career Success Center are located at 2000 E. McFadden Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92705. Working Wardrobes serves all of Orange County and the surrounding regions of southern California. The supervising Project Manager will be Bianca Herrera, Director of Client Services. She is based at the Working Wardrobes headquarters in Santa Ana. Her email address is biancah@workingwardrobes.org and her phone number is 714-210-2460. The following Working Wardrobes positions will be assigned to this program: Director of Client Services Career Navigator #1 Career Navigator #2 Client Services Administrator Job Developer Wardrobe Specialist All staff members filling these positions will be qualified to fulfill their job responsibilities and execute the program's services. The specific responsibilities of each position as related to this program are identified within the Budget and Narrative (Attachment C). Working Wardrobes confirms our commitment that personnel as identified in this proposal will be available throughout the program/contract term. Working Wardrobes has assisted justice involved individuals throughout our 33 years of service to Orange County and the surrounding regions of southern California. We began providing workforce skills training and job placement assistance focused on the challenges and needs of this population in 2013 by conducting workshops at the Orange County Men's and Women's Jails and the Theo Lacy facility, and we have since expanded our experience and reach through our execution of three government contracts: 1) Orange County Page 4 of 6