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WIOA YOUTH FUNDS PY 2015 -2017
<br />June 2, 2015
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<br />a. Orange County Labor Federation to provide a pre- apprenticeship program that will
<br />provide pre - apprenticeship and apprenticeship preparation, workforce preparation,
<br />job readiness skills, and direct placement with apprenticeship programs for 10 youth
<br />in the annual amount of $65,000;
<br />b. Career College of California to provide vocational training in Business Office
<br />Administration, Medical Front Office with Billing and Coding, Accounting, and
<br />Paralegal to 15 youth in the annual amount of $142,500.
<br />WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD ACTION
<br />At its regular meeting on May 21, 2015, by a vote of 14 -5 -7 (Beasley, Davilla, Didion, Jimenez-
<br />Ham!, Martinez abstained; de Leon, Everett, Fischer, Gonzalez, Lewis, Ruiz, Tucker absent), the
<br />Workforce Investment Board approved the recommended action.
<br />DISCUSSION
<br />Under the authority of the Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA), the Santa Ana
<br />Workforce Investment Board (W IB) and its Youth Council are required to procure and fund Youth
<br />Service Providers. The Santa Ana WIB authorized the release of a Request for Proposal (RFP)
<br />in January 2015 seeking organizations to provide WIOA youth services for a two -year period
<br />from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2017. The RFP incorporated the new legislative
<br />requirements of WIOA to meet six Performance Indicators, expend at minimum 75% of funds on
<br />out -of- school youth, and 20% of funds devoted to participant work experience activities, and to
<br />ensure that the participants have access to the fourteen required Program Elements: tutoring,
<br />alternative secondary school services or dropout recovery services, occupational skills training,
<br />paid or unpaid work experience, education services, leadership development, supportive
<br />services, adult mentoring, follow -up services for 12 months after program completion,
<br />comprehensive guidance and counseling, financial literacy, entrepreneurial skills training,
<br />connections to employers, and preparation for postsecondary education and training.
<br />Staff received 12 proposals requesting $3.3 million in funds. The proposals were assessed and
<br />ranked thoroughly by the RFP Review Committee which was comprised of four Youth Council
<br />members. Due to limited funding, the Review Committee has recommended awarding contracts
<br />to the three highest scoring organizations, with subsequent awards to two additional
<br />organizations as funds become available.
<br />The top three recommended Youth Service Providers will serve 62 Santa Ana youth; 50 out -of-
<br />school youth and 12 in- school youth (Exhibit 1). The initial award is for $484,000, with 48% of the
<br />allocation paying for participant paid work experiences, supportive services, and occupational
<br />training. Two additional organizations are recommended to be awarded agreements in the order
<br />as presented as funds are available. The Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced the
<br />WIOA grant allocation the State, however, is waiting for release of the federal Notice of
<br />Obligations (NOO). Upon release of the NOO, the youth allocations will be available to the local
<br />area immediately.
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