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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
REQUEST FOR
COUNCIL ACTION
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
SEPTEMBER 5, 2006
TITLE:
PY 06-07 CONTRACTS WITH WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
OPERATORS
APPROVED
o As Recommended
o As Amended
o Ordinance on 1S\ Reading
o Ordinance on 2nd Reading
o Implementing Resolution
o Set Public Hearing For
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CONTINUED TO
FILE NUMBER
CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize a contract with
the Christian Latino Association of Music and Arts (proj ect RYTMO)
to provide training to Santa Ana youth to prepare them for entry
into the music industry through June 30, 2007, in the amount of
$84,952.
2. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize a contract with
the Orange County Youth Commission to provide basic skills training
and lessons in the art of boxing to Santa Ana youth through June 30,
2007, in the amount of $77,147.
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD RECOMMENDATION
1. Recommended that City Council approve and direct the City Attorney
to prepare and authori ze a contract with proj ect RYTMO to provide
training to Santa Ana youth to prepare them for entry into the music
industry through June 30, 2007, in the amount of $84,952.
2. Recommended that City Council approve and direct the City Attorney
to prepare and authorize a contract with the Orange County Youth
Commission to provide basic skills training and lessons in the art
of boxing to Santa Ana youth through June 30, 2007, in the amount of
$77,147.
By a vote of 18:0 (Chapman, Conrad, Didion, Kanda, Meza,
Simon, Wadhera, Ward, Zarate, Zarate-Cervantes absent)
Meeting of July 14, 2006.
Oakes, Quarles,
at its Regular
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DISCUSSION
Under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), the Santa Ana Workforce
Investment Board and its Youth Council are required to make funding
recommendations in order to provide required WIA services to local
qualified youth.
In April of 2006, $162,099 of unspent funds was identified from previous
youth contracts that had been closed out. The WIA requires that unspent
funds from the previous year be expended by June 30 of the second year,
as long as at least eighty percent of all carry-over funds are obligated
each year.
On May 1, 2006, a Request for Proposals (RFP) was released to fund new
agencies that provide services to youth during non-traditional hours and
in non-traditional areas. The RFP requested proposals from program
operators that offered one or more of the following components: training
in non-traditional occupations, OJT for older youth in a high demand
industry such as manufacturing, programs that are available during non-
traditional hours, and programs that serve a variety of youth: the
disabled, wards of the court, foster/emancipated or youth on probation.
Notification was mailed to 124 agencies that provide services to youth
and a Public Notice was published in the Orange County Register on April
29 and 30, 2006. Three proposals were received; one was determined to
not meet the minimum requirements and was therefore not rated. Based on
the selection criteria established in the RFP, a subcommittee of the
Youth Council rated the proposals and both were recommended for funding.
Both of the program operators meet all the requirements and both offer
new and exciting ways to serve Santa Ana's high-risk youth. Christian
Latino Association of Music and Arts uses music as its focus and the O.C.
Youth Commission uses boxing. Both programs are offered after hours,
evenings and weekends.
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Youth Program Operators
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FISCAL IMPACT
Funds for these contracts are available in the Workforce Investment Act
Youth Council Program account (account no. 123-185-6933).
APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS:
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Deputy City Manager for
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