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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> reauthorize WIA, and to provide sufficient funding and flexibility to Workforce Investment Boards <br /> in any WIA reauthorization. <br /> Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Grants: We provide strategic advice to local <br /> government clients interested in pursuing funding under the grants administered by ETA. These <br /> include the Administration's YouthBuild, Reintegration of Ex-Offenders (RExO), Serving Adult and <br /> Youth Ex-Offenders through Strategies Targeted to Characteristics Common to Female Ex-Offenders <br /> and Serving Young Adult Ex-Offenders through Training and Service-Learning programs. <br /> U.S. Department of Transportation <br /> <br /> Holland & Knight's Public Policy & Regulation Group maintains over three decades of federal <br /> advocacy experience in assisting local governments public transportation entities successfully <br /> advance their priority projects and initiatives in Washington, D.C. Our proposed advocacy team has <br /> been successful in working with Congress, federal agencies, and the Administration to secure grant <br /> funding for local government clients similar the City of Santa Ana and its interests. Examples <br /> include: <br /> • San Mateo County Transit District (CA): Assisted in securing $3.5 million in FTA Bus <br /> Livability grant funding to enhance an multi-modal transit center. <br /> • San Antonio, TX.' $15 million in DOT TIGER funds for VIA Transit for a transit hub. <br /> <br /> • Des Moines, IA: Assisted the City in securing a $10 million DOT TIGER grant for the <br /> Southeast Connector project, which created 200 jobs by connecting downtown through the <br /> industrial quadrant of the City to the U.S. 65 Beltway. <br /> • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (GA): Assisted in securing $52.5 million in FTA <br /> funding for to re-furbish paratransit facility, bus maintenance facility, and acquire <br /> replacement buses. <br /> • Columbus Regional Airport Authority (OH): Secured $16 million in DOT TIGER funds to <br /> construct roadways around an intermodal facility in Pickaway County. <br /> <br /> • Philadelphia, PA: Assisted in securing $12.8 million DOT TIGER grant to rebuild a substation <br /> that powers the City's commuter rail system. <br /> U.S. Department of Justice & Department of Homeland Security <br /> Holland & Knight's proposed advocacy team has a strong record of assisting local governments <br /> successfully pursue federal funding to support local public safety initiatives and services through <br /> core justice Department and Department of Homeland Security grant programs. These programs <br /> include DOJ's COPS Hiring and Byrne/Justice Assistance grants as well as FEMA's Staffing for <br /> Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) and Assistance to Firefighters (AFG) grants. <br /> Examples include: <br /> <br /> • Sacramento, CA: Secured the largest award in the nation under the COPS program - over <br /> $32.7 million in funding between FY 2010 and FY 2011 for the county Sheriffs Department. <br /> It cumulatively restored 50 deputy positions, which is being used specifically to combat <br /> youth and gang violence issues in the county. <br /> • Alameda, CA: Assisted the City in securing $1.76 million in FY 2012 FEMA SAFER grant <br /> funding to cover the full cost of six firefighter positions for a period of two years. <br /> <br /> Holland & Knight Confidential Presentation for the City of Santa Ana 14 <br /> <br /> 25C-27 <br />