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COUNCIL ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
AUGUST 20, 2007
TITLE:
PY 07-08 CONTRACTS WITH WORKFORCE
INVESTMENT ACT YOUTH PROGRAM
OPERATORS
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CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDED ACTION
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
APPROVED
^ As Recommended
^ As Amended
^ Ordinance on 1~' Reading
^ Ordinance on 2"' Reading
^ Implementing Resolution
^ Set Public Hearing For
CONTINUED TO
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1. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager
and Clerk of the Council to execute agreements with the following
proposed Youth Program Operators for Program Year 2007-2008 for a
total of $894,711.
a. Orange County Conservation Corps to provide paid on-the-job
training to twenty out-of-school at-risk youth in an amount of
$192,283,through June 30, 2008;
b. Orangewood Children's Foundation to provide job preparation and
placement, community resources and supportive services for
sixteen out-of-school foster /emancipated youth, four in-school
foster/emancipated youth in an amount of $98,660,through June
30, 2008;
c. Santa Ana Unified School District to provide mentoring and paid
work experience to thirty in-school youth in an amount of
$151,170,through June 30, 2008;
d. Taller San Jose to provide paid training in the construction
field and other vocational training for twenty out-of-school
youth in an amount of $132,505, through June 30, 2008;
e. Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center to provide
educational training and work experience for ten out-of-school,
ten in-school youth in an amount of $125,580, through June 30,
2008;
f. Christian Latino Association of Music and Arts to provide
training in music technology, job preparation, placement for
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fifteen out-of-school, ten in-school youth in an amount of
$98,253, through June 30, 2008; and
g. Orange County Youth Commission to provide basic skills training
and lessons in the art of boxing for twenty in-school youth in
an amount of $96,260, through June 30, 2008.
2. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager
and Clerk of the Council to execute a Memorandum of Understanding
with the City of Santa Ana WORK Center for the implementation of the
Youth Program Navigator in the amount of $205,214.
WORKFORCE INVESMENT BOARD ACTION
At its Regular Meeting of July 13, 2007, by a vote of 16:1 (Chapman,
Chen-Lee, de Leon, Lin, Martinez, Quarles, Wadhera, Ward, Absent; Zarate,
No; and Blank, Jimenez-Hami, Oakes, Abstained) the Workforce Investment
Board recommended that the City Council approve the proposed PY 07-08
contracts with Workforce Investment Act Youth Program Operators.
DISCUSSION
Under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), the Santa Ana Workforce
Investment Board (WIB) and its Youth Council make funding recommendations
in order to provide WIA services to local qualified at-risk youth. On
April 2, 2007, a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking providers of youth
services for the period of July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, utilizing
Program Year 2007-08 WIA youth funds was released. By the April 27,
2007, proposal due date, nine agencies had submitted proposals for
review.
The RFP/Oversight Committee of the Youth Council has reviewed and ranked
the proposals. On May 14, 2007, youth providers were invited to meet
with committee members to present their programs and to address questions
about their proposals. Based on this review process, funding
recommendations were developed.
The RFP/Oversight Committee of the Youth Council did not recommend
funding Templo Calvario Community Development Corporation's proposal, as
it did not meet the minimum requirement of 231 points. The RFP/Oversight
Committee of the Youth Council also did not recommend funding the
California Hispanic Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Inc. (CHCADA)
because their proposed budget more than doubled their cost per
participant from $4,725 in PY 2006-2007 to $10,663, but did not add any
new services to justify the cost increase. CHCADA submitted a revised
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budget that omitted the line item for supportive services, a major
component of their program. The supportive service funds are used to pay
for drug and alcohol counseling, sober living fees and other services
needed by the youth.
On July 13, 2007, the WIB, by a vote of 16:1, approved the RFP/Oversight
Committee of the Youth Council's recommendation. These funding
recommendations take into account the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
requirement to ensure at least thirty percent of the youth funds are
spent on out-of-school youth. These recommendations are the first step
needed to ensure that at least eighty percent of the funds are obligated
each year, another WIA requirement, and will assist Santa Ana in avoiding
having funds recaptured.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funds for these contracts are available in the Workforce Investment Act
account (account no. 123-192-6933 and 123-205-various).
APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS:
~phen G. arding Francisco Gutierrez
Deputy City Manager for 6t7~~xecutive Director
Development Services Finance & Management Services Agency
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