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FROM: Joseph P. Valentine, Director
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DATE: February 27, 2007 A
SUBJECT: Issuance of Request for Proposal (RFP) for California Work Opportunity and
Responsibility to Kids (CaIWORKs) Welfare-to-Work (WTW) Work Experience
(WEX) Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to issue Request for
Proposal (RFP)for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility for Kids (CaIWORKs) Welfare-to-Work
(WTW) Work Experience (WEX) Program in an amount not to exceed $400,000 for services to develop,
implement and monitor countywide unpaid work experience opportunities for participants in the Contra Costa
County CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work Program from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$400,000 100% Federal, CaIWORKs funds
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
The contract(s) award from this Request for Proposal (RFP)will support all 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";
"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 moving welfare recipients into the workforce and toward family self sufficiency
and economic independence.
BACKGROUND: (PAGE 2)
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JOHN CULLEN,CLE OF THEOSOARD OF^
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact: WENDYTHERRIAN 3-1593
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COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
AUDITOR-CONTROLLER BY: DEPUTY
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BACKGROUND:
The Work Experience (WEX) Program is funded by Ca1WORKs Welfare to Work (WTW)which is a federally
mandated program designed to move welfare recipients into the workforce and toward family self-sufficiency.
Work experience activities are an integral part of the CaIWORKs WTW Program and are designed to help
participants with limited work experience, 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
employability for unsubsidized employment.
The Workforce Services Bureau administers a variety of programs and services for CalWORKs recipients
providing assistance with employment and vocational training. These services include job readiness,
occupational assessment, employment preparation workshops, resume writing, access to job listings, career
exploration, and labor market information,job search, Workforce Investment Act funded occupational training,
support for child care and work related expenses,job placement and post employment follow-up services,
placement into unsubsidized employment and retention services.
The Workforce Services Bureau, through collaboration with local private and public non-profit agencies, has
traditionally provided limited CalWORKs Work Experience Services (WEX). By subcontracting the WEX
component of the CalWORKs WTW Program, the Workforce Services Bureau seeks to expand and diversify
the WEX slots as well as serve hard to employ CalWORKS WTW participants including limited and non-
English speaking participants and CalWORKs participants with limited work history.
Projects must be consistent with Employment and Human Service Department (EHSD) requirements to
develop innovative approaches to enhance the County's ability to move CalWORKS WTW participants into
employment and self sufficiency.
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