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Distribution of WIA Youth Funds PY 2014 -2015 June 3, 2014 Page 2 E. Taller San Jose $80,000 10 To provide occupational skills training in the healthcare, professional business services or construction fields, internship opportunities, counseling, job preparation, and placement WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD RECOMMENDATION At its regular meeting of May 15, 2014, by a vote of 18:0 (Elliott, Fischer, Gonzalez, Jimenez - Hami, Knitter, Korthuis, Maldonado, Nishimoto, Ruiz, Su absent; Didion abstained), the Workforce Investment Board recommended the action stated above. FINANCE. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE REVIEW The Finance, Economic Development and Technology Council Committee reviewed the Youth Programs Request for Proposal process at its meetings on October 14, 2013 and January 13, 2014. Under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), the Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board (WIB) and its Youth Council are required to procure and make funding recommendations in order to provide WIA services to local qualified at -risk youth. On January 23, 2014, the Santa Ana WIB authorized the Youth Council to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking providers of youth services for the period of July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015. On March 19, 2014, six agencies submitted proposals requesting more than $1.4 million in funds. On April 1 -2, 2014, the RFP Review Committee, comprised of three Youth Council members, reviewed the proposals and finalized recommendations to fund five of the six youth service providers, who will serve 117 participants, of which 35 will be in- school and 82 will be out -of- school youth (Exhibit 1). The total allocation amount available this program year is $819,200, which is 17 percent less than the prior year; staff recommendations will result, however, in youth enrollment only decreasing by eight percent, equivalent to 10 youth. These funding recommendations account for the WIA requirement to ensure at least thirty percent of the youth funds are spent on Out -of- School Youth and the Youth Council's commitment to serve the neediest youth as outlined by the Department of Labor's "New Services under the Workforce Investment Act." This funding recommendation will ensure that the mandated 10 WIA Elements are met, the state - imposed performance measures are achieved, and that at least eighty percent of the WIA youth funds are obligated, as required by the WIA. 25A -2