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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 15, 2006 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH COUNTY OF <br />ORANGE SOCIAL SERVICES <br />AGENCY FOR WELFARE-TO-WORK <br />EMPLOYMENT SERVICES PROGRAMS <br />~~ <br />Education Est <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />sLv~ <br />ITY M NAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1s' Reading <br />^ Ordinance on Intl Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and <br />the Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with the County of <br />Orange Social Services Agency to accept funding in the amount of $497,671 <br />for a Community Services Program and a Work Experience Program to be <br />operated by the Santa Ana W/0/R/K Center. <br />For the past five years, the City <br />received funding from the County of <br />operate a Community Services Program. <br />has awarded the W/0/R/K Center $78,911 <br />Ca1WORKs recipients who have received <br />time limit and remain unemployed. <br />of Santa Ana W/0/R/K Center has <br />Orange Social Services Agency to <br />The Social Services Agency (SSA) <br />to continue providing services to <br />public assistance for the maximum <br />Also, for the past three years, SSA has funded a work experience program <br />to provide employment subsidies to Ca1WORKs participants. SSA has <br />awarded the City of Santa Ana W/0/R/K Center $418,760 to continue the <br />Work Experience Program. This program will assist CalWORKS participants <br />to develop skills that will enable them to find and retain stable <br />employment. Both of these programs have been very successful and staff <br />recommends that they be continued. <br />25A-1 <br />