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w 0 • . <br />• I I Z L41 I • <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 6, 2016 <br />SANA ANA WORK CENTER OFFICE <br />RELOCATION UPDATE <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 2,4A) <br />.. I <br />CITY MA GER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />_• 00 -w <br />As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />CJ Ordinance on tat Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />E7 Implementing Resolution <br />1-1 Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />1:111A111181"193 <br />Receive and file the Santa Ana WORK Center relocation update. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Santa Ana WORK Center (WORK Center) is a component of the City's economic <br />development efforts that provides dislocated worker services and facilitates Santa Ana based <br />businesses the opportunity to acquire skilled employees. In fiscal year 2015 -16, the WORK <br />Center served 26,910 people and invested over $774,000 in vocational skills training. More than <br />4,000 clients received one -on -one assistance with their resumes and 68% of the participants <br />were employed one quarter after completion of the workforce program. In addition, the WORK <br />Center's business services team visited 200 Santa Ana businesses promoting its customized <br />training, recruitment services, and rapid response efforts. The culmination of the WORK Center <br />staff efforts has contributed to the improvement of Santa Ana's employment levels and the <br />decline of the unemployment rate to its lowest levels since the great recession which as of June <br />30, 2016 is 5.2 %. <br />In April 2016, City staff and management from the Employment Development Department, <br />Department of Rehabilitation, OC Social Services, and Santa Ana College, the primary partners <br />that comprise the WORK Center began to explore the possibility of relocating and expanding <br />WORK Center services. The intent of this effort is to better serve our residents, the surrounding <br />business community, and locate to a new facility to increase classroom space. The WORK <br />Center is located at the Santa Ana Regional Transpiration Center (SARTC) and current <br />configuration of the facility no longer accommodates the needs of the partnership. Additionally, <br />with the implementation of the new federal Title I Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and <br />Title II Adult Education legislation, staff has held productive discussions with Santa Ana College <br />in co- locating basic skills and certificate programs which would further integrate and expedite <br />services for our common clients. <br />191 -1 <br />