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Agreements and MOU with Workforce Innovation <br />And Opportunity Act Youth Service Providers <br />June 6, 2017 <br />Page 2 <br />DISCUSSION <br />Under the authority of the Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA), the Local Workforce <br />Development Area is required to procure and fund Youth Service Providers to provide WIOA <br />services to local eligible at -risk youth. Under the WIOA legislation there are six performance <br />indicators, a requirement that at least 75% of the funds are spent on Out -of -School Youth, that <br />20% of youth funds are used for paid youth work experience activities, ensure youth services <br />incorporate the mandated 14 WIOA Elements, and that at least 80% of the WIOA youth funds are <br />obligated annually. <br />January of 2015 a Request for Proposal (RFP) was released seeking organizations to provide <br />WIOA youth services. This RFP and selection process is valid for a four year period and <br />available to award contracts thru June 2019. Twelve organizations submitted proposals with a <br />total combined request of more than $3.3 million in funds. The proposals were reviewed, veted, <br />and ranked by the RFP Review Committee comprised of four Youth Council members. For the _ <br />past two years four youth providers have been awarded contracts — Orange County Therapeutic <br />Arts Center, Orange County Conservation Corps, City of Santa Ana, Library, and the Orange <br />County Labor Federation. Recently the Orange County Labor Federation notified staff by letter of <br />their intention to withdraw as a Youth Provider and did not wish to seek funding for the 2017- <br />2018 program year (PY). <br />In whole, the Youth Providers have meet or exceeded state negotiated performance standards. <br />The most current performance reporting data available from the State is for PY 2015-2016: <br />25B-2 <br />Negotiated <br />Actual <br />PY 2015-2016 <br />Performance <br />Performance <br />Success Rate <br />Level <br />Level <br />Placement in <br />Youth <br />Employment/Education <br />(14-21) <br />77.0% <br />110.0% <br />70.0% <br />Attainment of Degree <br />Youth <br />or Certification <br />(14-21) <br />93.0% <br />145.3% <br />64.0% <br />Literacy or Numeracy <br />Youth <br />69.5% <br />96.0% <br />138.1% <br />Gains <br />14-21 <br />25B-2 <br />