HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07212009 - C.72RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or
designnee, to execute a contract with Goodwill Industries of the Great East Bay, a
non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $273,000 to provide California Work
Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs), Welfare to Work (WtW), Work
Experience (WEX) program services for the period July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$273,000: 100% State CalWORKs funding
BACKGROUND:
The Work Experience (WEX) program is funded by CalWORKs (California Work
Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids), which is a federally mandated program designed to
move welfare recipients into the workforce and toward family self-sufficiency and
economic independence. Work Experience will provide participants with the opportunity to
meet their work activity requirements while gaining valuable work experience in proven
market demand jobs. The purpose of Work Experience is to gain work skills while
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RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/21/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: 925.313.1648
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: July 21, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Celicia Nelson, Deputy
cc: Wendy Therrian, Stefanie Pfingstl, Earl Maciel
C. 72
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Joe Valentine, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:July 21, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract with Goodwill Industries of the Greater East By for California Work Opportunity and
Responsibility to Kids Work Experience Program
developing good work
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
habits and work maturity skills that will lead to unsubsidized employment.
Work experience activities are an integral part of the CalWORKs WtW program and are
designed to help participants who have limited work experience, a sporadic employment
history or limited marketable skills, to practice and upgrade their job skills in a non-paid
work position under close supervision, thereby enhancing their employability for
unsubsidized employment. Work Experience plans an important role in meeting required
participation rates as CalWORKs participants, not exempt from work requirements, must be
working and/or participating in services that will assist them in increasing their
employability.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports five of the community outcomes established in the Children’s Report
Card: 1) “Children Ready for and Succeeding in School”; 2) “Children and Youth Healthy
and Preparing for Productive Adulthood”; 3) “Families that are Economically Self
Sufficient”; 4) “Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing”; and 5) “Communities that are
Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families,” by assisting parents to
obtain and maintain unsubsidized employment, thereby reducing stress on the family unit.