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Consent
Item No. 10.
| MEETING DATE: 03/04/2024 |
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| TO: | HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS |
| FROM: | JIM SADRO, CITY MANAGER By: Kelly Fujio, Director of Community Services |
| SUBJECT: | APPROVE A WORKFORCE INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY ACT (WIOA) PAYMENT OF $58,800 TO THE NURSES DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INC. AS PART OF THE READY S.E.T. OC GRANT PROGRAM
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RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council approve a Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) payment of $58,800 to the Nurses Development Center, Inc. as part of the Ready S.E.T. OC Grant Program.
DISCUSSION:
The Community Services Department Employment and Training division operates the countywide Ready S.E.T. OC Program. This program is funded by the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) administered by the County of Orange. The year-round program offers eligible at-risk young adults, ages 14 - 24, the opportunity to develop their career interests, to receive academic support and to gain valuable work experience in order to achieve their career/educational goals and become self-sufficient adults.
The WIOA Program requires that training services be provided to interested eligible individuals enrolled in the City of La Habra's Ready S.E.T. OC Program. In Orange County, an eligible training program is based on the State of California Eligible Training Provider List and I-Training using Individual Training Accounts (ITAs). The intent of the program is to maximize informed participant choice in the selection of qualified training providers. Once an eligible training selection is made by the participant, the City, as the program's operator, is expected to arrange for payment of the training services through an ITA. These training opportunities for participants are budgeted through allocated line items within the Ready S.E.T. OC budget.
As part of this program, 21 Out-of-School Youth have been enrolled in the Nursing Assistant Program at the Nurses Development Center, Inc. in Cypress. In support of this enrollment, staff is requesting approval of a program allocation of $58,800 from the grant to fund the cost of tuition, books, uniforms and equipment for participating students.
FISCAL IMPACT/SOURCE OF FUNDING:
There are 21 participants enrolled in the ITA Nursing Program and the tuition is $2,800 per student. The $58,800 grant allocation request for this WIOA program is funded through a grant reimbursement from the County of Orange. No City General Funds are used to support this program.
GENERAL PLAN RELEVANCE/CITY COUNCIL GOALS & OBJECTIVES:
The WIOA program is consistent with the following areas of the General Plan:
C1 5.2 Family Program
ED 3.2 Teen Job Skills Training
ED 3.3. Adult Job Skills Training
It is also consistent with the following City Council Goals and Objectives:
Goal 6 - Community Outreach and Civic Engagement: Objective E
C1 5.2 Family Program
ED 3.2 Teen Job Skills Training
ED 3.3. Adult Job Skills Training
It is also consistent with the following City Council Goals and Objectives:
Goal 6 - Community Outreach and Civic Engagement: Objective E