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FROM: Joseph P. Valentine, Director ';s..?. ;_ Costa
Employment and Human Services Department
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DATE: May 13, 2008 C
SUBJECT: Contract with Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay and Lao Family
Community Development for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to
Kids (CaIWORKs) Welfare to Work (WtW), Work Experience (WEX) Program
Services
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to
execute contracts with the following agencies in a total amount not to exceed $400,000 for
California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CaIWORKs), Welfare to Work (WtW),
Work Experience (WEX) Program services for the term of July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
Contract
Number Agency Amount
19-342-1 Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Ba $273,000
19-343-1 Lao Family Community Development, Inc. $127,000
Total $400,000
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SUBJECT: Contract with Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay and Lao Family
Community Development for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to
Kids (CalWORKs) Welfare to Work (WtW), Work Experience (WEX) Program
Services
FISCAL IMPACT:
$400,000: 100% CaIWORKs Funding
'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.
BACKGROUND:
The contracts are the result of the open bid process, Request for Proposal (RFP) 1092, in which,
EHSD sought proposals to develop, implement, and monitor countywide unpaid work experience
opportunities for participants in Contra Costa County's CaIWORKs, WtW, WEX program.
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 developing good work 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.