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REQUEST" FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 3, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH NETWORK <br />KINECTION, LLC FOR ON-THE-JOB <br />TRAINING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 2,413) <br />�f <br />CITY MANAGE <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1® Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2n0 Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For® <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with Network <br />Kinection, LLC to provide on-the-job training development services for a one-year period ending <br />June 30, 2016 in an amount not to exceed $127,028.82, subject to non -substantive changes <br />approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In November 2011, the Department of Labor (DOL) awarded the City of Santa Ana WORK <br />Center (WORK Center) $4,997,479 to fund its Bridges to Engineering Program, which included a <br />multi -agency consortium composed of: Santa Ana, Saddleback, and San Mateo colleges, Growth <br />Sector a non-profit; California State University Fullerton, University of California Irvine, and San <br />Francisco State University. The program provides 290 pre -engineering students with academic <br />and peer support to assist them in acquiring an engineering degree. One of the foundational <br />elements to this program includes an On -The -Job Training (OJT) component that has proven to <br />increase the probability of employment when combined with classroom training. The program will <br />subsidize student wages for up to six months to compensate the employer costs associated with <br />the training. <br />On October 24, 2013, the WORK Center released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for <br />organizations to develop work based training opportunities with local businesses for Bridges to <br />Engineering participants as required by the DOL H-1 B Technical Skills Training grant. Network <br />Kinection, LLC was selected as the most responsive and was awarded an initial one-year <br />contract. Network Kinection helped place 100 program participants in science, technology, <br />engineering, and math (STEM) related internships and other On -The -Job Training opportunities. <br />DOL recently approved a one-year extension of the Bridges to Engineering Program through <br />November 30, 2016. The additional one year period will allow pre -engineering students to attain <br />2513-1 <br />