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Community Development Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/community-development <br />Item # 26 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />November 19, 2024 <br />TOPIC: The James Irvine Foundation – Better Career’s Public Sector Practice Change <br />Grant <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Resolution and Appropriation Adjustment Accepting The James Irvine Foundation – <br />Better Career’s Public Sector Practice Change Grant <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Adopt a resolution to accept The James Irvine Foundation – Better Career’s Public <br />Sector Practice Change grant for $300,000 for a two-year term ending November <br />2026 <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XXX entitled A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING THE ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT <br />FUNDS FROM THE IRVINE FOUNDATION TO IMPROVE COORDINATION, <br />SERVICE DELIVERY, AND SUPPORT TO LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES IN <br />SANTA ANA <br />2. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to sign and submit all documents including <br />the initial agreement, and amendments which may be necessary for the completion <br />of the project. <br />3. Approve an appropriation adjustment to recognize $300,000 in funds to James Irvine <br />Foundation Grant-Other account (no. 13118002-52040) and appropriating the same <br />amount into the James Irvine Foundation expenditure account (no. 13118700- <br />various) (Requires five affirmative votes). <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No <br />DISCUSSION <br />Earlier this year, on behalf of the City of Santa Ana (City), WORK Center staff submitted <br />a proposal to The James Irvine Foundation (Foundation) for the Better Career’s Public <br />Sector Practice Change Grant. The proposal represents ongoing initiatives at the <br />WORK Center aimed at developing a cross-agency learning plan designed to foster <br />shared goals, enhance service coordination, and optimize resource alignment between <br />the Santa Ana Workforce Development Board (WDB) and staff of the regional <br />Employment Development Department (EDD). This collaborative effort seeks to