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<br /> WIA Formula Youth Funds for PY 2009-10 <br /> February 16, 2010 <br /> Page 2 <br /> WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD RECOMMENDATION <br /> At its regular meeting of January 15, 2010, by a vote of 15:1:1, <br /> (Blanke, Beasley, Conway, Didion, Gebre, Jimenez-Hami, Korthuis, Lin, <br /> Martinez, Metzler, Nazeri, Pina absent), the Workforce Investment Board <br /> recommended that the City Council approve and authorize the City Manager <br /> and Clerk of the Council to execute contracts with the youth program <br /> operators listed above. <br /> YOUTH COUNCIL ACTION <br /> At its special meeting of December 17, 2009, by a vote of 9:0, with 2 <br /> abstentions (Avila, Carter, Diaz, Dobos and Martinez absent and Elizondo <br /> and Smith abstained) the Youth Council voted to approve funding <br /> recommendations with the following proposed Youth Program Operators for <br /> round two distribution of unallocated Program Year 2009-10 funds for a <br /> total of $472,376: <br /> a. Taller San Jose - $127,341 <br /> b. Orange County Conservation Corps - $161,643 <br /> c. The Cambodian Family - $87,392 <br /> d. The Bridge - $96,000 <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> Under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), the Santa Ana Workforce <br /> Investment Board and its Youth Council are required to procure qualified <br /> youth program operators who will provide WIA-allowable services to Santa <br /> Ana's low income youth and to ensure at least eighty percent of the <br /> available funds are obligated. Unallocated funds from Program Year 2008- <br /> 09 and 2009-10 have been identified by staff. <br /> On October 28, 2009, the RFP was released and four proposals were <br /> submitted for funding consideration. In December, the RFP Review <br /> Committee interviewed the four proposers and finalized their funding <br /> recommendations. <br /> These funding recommendations take into account the WIA requirement to <br /> ensure at least thirty percent of the youth funds are spent on Out-of- <br /> School Youth and the Youth Council's commitment to serve low income <br /> youth as outlined by the Department of Labor's New Strategic Vision for <br /> the Delivery of Youth Services under the Workforce Investment Act. These <br /> recommendations are necessary to ensure that at least eighty percent of <br /> 25A-2 <br /> <br />