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reauthorize WIA, and to provide sufficient funding and flexibility to Workforce Investment Boards in any WIA reauthorization. Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Grants: We provide strategic advice to local government clients interested in pursuing funding under the grants administered by ETA. These include the Administration's YouthBuild, Reintegration of Ex-Offenders (RExO), Serving Adult and Youth Ex-Offenders through Strategies Targeted to Characteristics Common to Female Ex-Offenders and Serving Young Adult Ex-Offenders through Training and Service-Learning programs. U.S. Department of Transportation Holland & Knight's Public Policy & Regulation Group maintains over three decades of federal advocacy experience in assisting local governments public transportation entities successfully advance their priority projects and initiatives in Washington, D.C. Our proposed advocacy team has been successful in working with Congress, federal agencies, and the Administration to secure grant funding for local government clients similar the City of Santa Ana and its interests. Examples include: • San Mateo County Transit District (CA): Assisted in securing $3.5 million in FTA Bus Livability grant funding to enhance an multi-modal transit center. • San Antonio, TX.' $15 million in DOT TIGER funds for VIA Transit for a transit hub. • Des Moines, IA: Assisted the City in securing a $10 million DOT TIGER grant for the Southeast Connector project, which created 200 jobs by connecting downtown through the industrial quadrant of the City to the U.S. 65 Beltway. • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (GA): Assisted in securing $52.5 million in FTA funding for to re-furbish paratransit facility, bus maintenance facility, and acquire replacement buses. • Columbus Regional Airport Authority (OH): Secured $16 million in DOT TIGER funds to construct roadways around an intermodal facility in Pickaway County. • Philadelphia, PA: Assisted in securing $12.8 million DOT TIGER grant to rebuild a substation that powers the City's commuter rail system. U.S. Department of Justice & Department of Homeland Security Holland & Knight's proposed advocacy team has a strong record of assisting local governments successfully pursue federal funding to support local public safety initiatives and services through core justice Department and Department of Homeland Security grant programs. These programs include DOJ's COPS Hiring and Byrne/Justice Assistance grants as well as FEMA's Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) and Assistance to Firefighters (AFG) grants. Examples include: • Sacramento, CA: Secured the largest award in the nation under the COPS program - over $32.7 million in funding between FY 2010 and FY 2011 for the county Sheriffs Department. It cumulatively restored 50 deputy positions, which is being used specifically to combat youth and gang violence issues in the county. • Alameda, CA: Assisted the City in securing $1.76 million in FY 2012 FEMA SAFER grant funding to cover the full cost of six firefighter positions for a period of two years. Holland & Knight Confidential Presentation for the City of Santa Ana 1 14 25A-27