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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 5, 2010 <br />TITLE: <br />YOUTH SERVICE NAVIGATOR <br />MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING <br />AMENDMENT <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 15t Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to <br />execute an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Santa Ana Workforce <br />Investment Board/Youth Council and the Santa Ana WORK Center/Youth Service Provider <br />Navigator. <br />WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD ACTION <br />At its regularly scheduled meeting of March 12, 2010, by a vote of 20:0 (Claudio, Conway, De <br />Leon, Lewis, Maldonado, Metzler, Pina, Ruiz, Saldivar, Solkamans absent) the Workforce <br />Investment Board: <br />1. Recommended to increase funding by $40,000 for the Youth Service Navigator Program Year <br />2009 -10 from unobligated youth funds and <br />2. Recommended that the City Council amend the Memorandum of Understanding between the <br />Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board/Youth Council and the Santa Ana WORK <br />Center/Youth Service Provider Navigator. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On June 1, 2009 the City Council approved an extension of the term of the Memorandum of <br />Understanding (MOU) with the Santa Ana WORK Center/Youth Service Program Navigator <br />through June 30, 2010. The Youth Service Navigator assumes the responsibility of determining <br />Workforce Investment Act (WIA) youth eligibility for WIA funded programs and services, provides <br />technical assistance to youth service providers, shares best practice in case management, <br />placement, exit, and follow -up services. In addition the Youth Service Navigator ensures the <br />completion and accuracy of all required forms and documentation, works cooperatively with all <br />youth service providers from the initial outreach, recruitment, and intake process to the <br />25B -1 <br />