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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09262000 - C75 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS , . Contra r • �r Costa FROM: John Cullen, Director County Employment & Human Services t Ronald A. Wetter, Executive Director Workforce Investment Board DATE: September 12, 2000 SUBJECT: ACCEPT and AUTHORIZE the joint submittal of supplemental changes to the Contra Costa County Strategic Five Year Local Workforce Investment Plan for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 by the Workforce Investment Board and the Board of Supervisors to the Governor. SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDED ACTION: ACCEPT and AUTHORIZE the joint submittal of supplemental changes to the Contra Costa County Strategic Five Year Local Workforce Investment Plan for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 by the Interim Workforce Investment Board and the Board of Supervisors to the Governor. FINANCIAL IMPACT: No County costs. Grant funds under the Workforce Investment Act were awarded based on the Five Year Local Workforce Investment Plan submitted earlier in the year. BACKGROUND: On March 7, 2000 the Board accepted and authorized the joint submittal of the Five Year Local Workforce Investment Plan (Item#C. 157). On July 27, 2000, the State of California informed the Workforce Investment Board of Contra Costa County that performance measured have been reduced and balanced to meet the needs of local areas. The State further adjusted consideration of carry-in funding from the former Job Training Partnership Act and from State Rapid Response. Accordingly,the WIB is required to submit a revised budget and performance measure changes to the Five Year Local Workforce Investment Plan. This action will authorize the submittal of the supplemental changes. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: t/YES SIGNATURE: "'RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE ,r„&-*PPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOA -T � APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED_ _ {# VOTE OF SUPERVISORS �// I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE „UNANIMOUS(ABSENT Zy} +� } AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: _ AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: -__ OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED - P fij)B CHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Contact: RONALD A.WETTER,6-5382 cc: JOHN CULLEN-EHSD DON CRUZE-EHSD BY DEPUTY WENDY THERRIAN-EHSD EHSD(CONTRACTS UNIT)-TNI COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR WORKFORCE ILNVESTMENT BOARD OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Additional Information in Response to the Supplementary Guidance For Submission of theWorkforce Investment Area Five-Year Strategic Plan V.B. Process for Selectin Operatorfs) The Interim Workforce Investment Board, through its One-Stop Committee, reviewed One-Stop operator options available under the Workforce Investment Act. At the March 2000 Board meeting, the Board designated a One-Stop Operator Consortium comprised of the required One-Stop system partners that envisioned leveraging existing operational experience and expertise, particularly during the critical first year of transitioning from the Jab Training Partnership Act service delivery model to the Workforce Investment Act service delivery model, while establishing a broader based and more streamlined One- Stop management structure. The Board believes that this One-Stop Operator configuration will result in a more efficient management structure of the One-Stop system, leverage, over time, a broader range of diverse resources that will benefit all customers at the Ones-Stop centers, and create an operating structure whereby the required partners can mutually support each other's individual service objectives, thereby benefiting the Board and its customers. Finally, this decision strengthens the Board's partnership with the required partners bringing services to the One-Stop system, and enables closer communications and decision-making concerning the deployment of resources and services as the Board and its partners develop the funding and staffing to support the centers. V.C, Inclusion of WIA Partners The formation of the Operator Consortium includes all mandated partners under the Workforce Investment Act. The Consortium has selected one organization, the Employment and Human Services Department, to serve as the lead agency for the Consortium. Members meet regularly to determine operational policies including how to best leverage the collective resources of the consortium to further strengthen the One- Stop system- V.F. Plan for Administering Individual Trainin Accounts The Board intends to administer ITAs within the context of the EASTBAY 'Works consortium. The joint plan includes the following components- • Creation of a common EASTBAY Works eligible training provider list to be used by all EASTBAY Works One-Stop operators; • Selection by EASTBAY Works of the internet-based I-TRAIN ( Intrastate Training Resources and Information Network) to manage the eligible training provider procurement process, k Creation of a common EASTBAY Works ITA contracting process that is comprised ofthe following elements., - Selection of the Oakland PIC, Inc. to act as the I-TRAIN contracting went on behalf of the four WIBs and execution of an "I-Train Administrative Agreement to that effect, - Execution of an "Eligible Training Provider Master Agreement For Individual Training Accounts" between the Oakland PIC, Inc., and each of the training providers placed on the local and State Eligible Training Provider List that allows the Oakland PIC to contract for ITA-based training on behalf of the four WIBs, - Authorization of ITAs to eligible WIA participants by career counselors in each of the EASTBAY Works One-Stop career centers', - Issuance and on-going administration of the ITA contracting and payment process by the Oakland PTC, Inc., on behalf of the four WIBs, with concurrent case management by the authorizing; One-Stop staff. VI.D. Description of Eligible Youth Population and Their Needs According to the 1990 Census, 7.3% of Contra Costa County residents live below the poverty line. Children in Contra Costa County are disproportionately represented among the impoverished populations, making up 24% of the Lotal population yet comprising 38% of all persons living in poverty. Geographically, poverty in Contra Costa is concentrated in areas in West County and East County, and in an area of Monument Corridor in Central County. SAT 9 school test scores in low-income areas of the county generally reflect students performing at or below the 50,' percentile. Juvenile felony arrests demonstrate the highest number of juvenile arrests in Richmond (17.5%), Concord (14.5°/x) and Antioch (14.7°/x). The West, Central, and East areas of the county differ in services available to youth. West County has the highest concentration of service providers and offers youth services such as peer counseling, after school programs, recreational and competitive sport leagues, and city sponsored leisure service activities. The West Contra Costa Unified School District also is the recipient of a federal School-to-Career grant that has resulted in the development of academies and linkages with business partners. Central County also offers students after school prograrn activities, recreational sport leagues and city sponsored leisure services activities. An array of community-based service providers offers youth interventions for drug-related concerns anis-opportunities to develop social behaviors. While Central County school districts did not receive large grants to support School-to-Career, they offer programs that focus on preparing students for transition to employment and/or post-secondary education. East County schools lack a funded ager school program has strung city leisure programs (including a service learning program where students can earn academic credit) and strong community-based organizations that work with the police and health departments to offer successful youth interventions. Youth can also participate in 4H, Junior Achievement, and various sport leagues. School-to-Career opportunities are not readily available in most East County schools at this tune. A partial list of successful providers includes the following: Contra Costa County Health Services Department East Bay Perinatal Council St. Vincent de Paul Society North Richmond Community Career Center National Training Forum Regional Occupational Program (ROP) Center for Human Development Seneca The Cities of Concord and Pittsburg Chambers of Commerce Various corporate and small business partners VI.E. Strategy--for Providing Comprehensive Youth Services for In-School and Out-of- School Contra Costa County has many strong youth services, including a longstanding School to Career partnership, EASTBAY Learns. The K-1.2 schools have been engaged in very successful work in developing standards, agreed to by all schools within the County. Youth are served by a variety of community-based programs, government agencies, and private efforts. The Youth Council over the next few years will catalogue these services and provide policy guidance around better alignment of various services focused on youth. The Youth Council will make recommendations to the Board to, among other things, craft a more effective system for supporting all youth in our county in their development of those skills necessary for pursuing ongoing education options, future employment, and good citizenship. The local plan for providing services to in-school youth requires a close relationship with the school districts in order to integrate work and school-based learning. The youth service provider(s) must have strong relationships with local employers, public and private agencies, and community-based organization. Youth service providers will have staff`located in the One-Stop Centers to serve both in and out-of-school youth. Youth with special needs or barriers will be addressed on an individual basis and facilitated by collaboration with the Department of Rehabilitation in the delivery of services to youth with disabilities. Coordination will be maintained and strengthened with special programs run through the County Office of Education for pregnant and parenting teens and a prograrn specific to meeting the needs of foster youth. The plan will include utilization of these resources to support and augment the services provided to school districts Special Education departments and the local Special Education Local flan Area (SELPAs). Coordination with the Department of Education's Workability grant will provide services to students in Community Schools (students expelled from their local school districts) including supporting the Individual Education Plan (IEP) that has been developed for these special needs students. Out-of-school youth will be identified in partnership with faith- and cornmunity-based organizations and will be served through the One-Stop centers by staff who are knowledgeable about existing resources, and experience in providing services to youth with disabilities. Partnering agencies within the One-Stop with this expertise include Department of Rehabilitation and several community-based organizations. A more sophisticated referral system is under development to better meet the needs of youth with disabilities. By encouraging partnership and the leveraging of funds with those who specifically bring. expertise in serving targeted youth groups, the WIB will ensure effective services for all WIA eligible youth. The Board will establish planned participant goals for each of the above targeted groups, and will assure that resources identified in the delivery plan are appropriate to address the needs of those to be served. VI. F Description of Youth Program Desi Lyn Elements to,be Provided Under the Act All of the elements required under WIA Section 129(c)(2)(a) through 0) are part of the Request for ProposalFP that was awarded on February 22, 2400. It is the expectation of the Board that Act funds will be leveraged with other youth providers' funds and other resources to support the design elements required under the Act and to successfully meet all performance goals. 1. Preparation for post-secondary educational opportunities. Through partnerships with school districts, students of all academic levels, motivations, and interests will have opportunities to explore careers and connect careers with postsecondary options. When working with students to create career awareness, care will be taken to assure that courses students are taking meet college requirements. Students will be encouraged early to explore post- secondary options-- university, college, and community colleges a well as technical and training schools. Field trips and summer courses on local college campuses will be offered. Project-based work opportunities will provide valuable skills that will be transferable to future career opportunities and postsecondary education, such as the ability to work in groups and to work with faculty and/or supervisors to plan and complete work. 2. Strong linkages between academic and vocational learning:._.Students will participate in a sequence of coordinated work-based learning experiences that are integrated with classroom learning. For students, both work-based and school-based learning will seem natural extensions of one another, linked by content, skills, assessments, and standards. Students enrolled in academies or ROP will take field trips to worksites and have the opportunity to job shadow and/or participate in internships. ROP classes in Contra Costa are integrated with academic courses, and WIA-eligible ROP students will participate in work-based learning opportunities. Classroom teachers will help students to connect their work experience to school-based learning through discussion, reflection, and reporting out, 3. Preparation for unsubsidized errrployment opportunities: Students will have access to a number of work-based learning experience during their high school years including job shadowing, worksite visits, service learning, senior projects, and internships. The summer component of the program will provide opportunities for employment in a field where the student has aptitude and expressed interests. Linkages with apprenticeship programs, major local industries through in-house training programs, and many local small businesses will provide entry-level opportunities for unsubsidized employment opportunities for youth. 4. Effective linkages with intermediaries with strong employer connections: The selected provider for WIA youth will assure that youth-participants have access to employers by agency participation in partnerships with several effective intermediary organizations: Partners in Education, School-to-Career (through the Contra Costa County Office of Education), EASTBAY Learns (regional School-to-Career partnership), BaySCAN, EASTBAY Works system of local one-stop centers, and others_ 5. Alternative secondary school services: The contractor for WIA services will maintain strong linkages between the district and county alternative education programs to ensure any additional appropriate alignment of services, leveraging of program resources, and better development of streamlining of service delivery for youth. 6. Summer employment opportunities: This component will be available to students who are enrolled in WIA as part of the year-round career preparation plan to provide students internships or employment in a field or a career interest. This will include partnership with the Employment Development Department (EDD) youth services and will utilize an extensive database of surnmer job opportunities available to youth at EDD's website. 7. Paid and unpaid work experience: This component will be available to students based on the age, career interest, and experience of the students. Job shadowing, internships (paid and unpaid, service learning, and employment are all options for WIA participants. 8. Occupational skills training;: This component is available to in and out-of- school WIA participants. In-school youth may receive training through ROP classes or though certain academies that offer occupational skills training. Out-of-school youth will be assessed and based on their abilities and aptitude, may select training from the training vendor list (I-Train, or other appropriate providers. 9. Leadership development optaortunities. This component will be available to students through participation in service learning, community service, extra- curricular activities (4-H, scouts, etc.), increasingly complex tasks in work- based learning activities and support groups, and through mentoring. 10. Comprehensive guidance and counseling: WIA participants will actively participate in a coordinated career awareness and exploration process that will begin upon entry into the program (or ideally, will have started prior to entry). Participants will receive information that will guide their selection of an appropriate career pathway, major, or interest area based on first-hand understanding of careers gained form curricular activities, field trips, and other career exploration activities. Career and education plans will he recorded in an Individual Service Strategy document using Smartware case management software that will be signed by the participant and the Youth Employment Coordinator. 11. Supportive Services and Follow-up Services: Supportive services will be provided on an as needed basis and will include referrals for medical services, housing, transportation, childcare, cloth8ing, tools required for work, and peer centered actives such as substance abuse intervention. hollow-up services will be provided for all participants for a minitnurn of 12 months and will include a range of activities such job retention counseling, information on career ladders within an industry, opportunities for advancement, peer and individual support groups and counseling. VII. B. Competitive and Non-Competitive Processes, Including Information Provided as to Availability of WIA and Related Funding The Workforce Services Committee of the Workforce Investment Board will review options in partnership with the mandated partners. Their discussion will be taking place in late fall, after the final submission of this draft. Information will be supplied to the state once the process is determined by the Committee and accepted by the Workforce Investment: Board. VII F. Process for Public Review and Comment on Specific Performance Outcomes and Measures Once Xg�p fated The Word force 17n eshaaettt Board platys to convetme a public in*eetirrg to 1) review the performance goals that have been proposed by the Workforce Investment Board and 2) seek busitress and other community impart on the petfornaance goals. Comments received at the ttaeeting will be considered x,hen the WIB adopts itsfinal pet,fcn-taaatice goals. Glare 16)