ANAHEIM WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
City Council Workshop
May 21, 2024
PRESENTATION TOPICS
2 HISTORY GOVERNANCE FUNDING
ORGANIZATION SERVICES QUESTIONS
HISTORY
3 PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL
Feb. 1989
SERVICE DELIVERY AREA (SDA)
July 1989
CAREER EMPLOYMENT
CENTER (ONE-STOP) PILOT
1995
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT
(WIA) OF 1998
1998
WORKFORCE INNOVATION
AND OPPORTUNITY ACT
(WIOA) OF 2014
2014
GOVERNANCE
4 GOVERNOR DESIGNATION (LOCAL AREA) AND BOARD CERTIFICATION
ANAHEIM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
• 18 MEMBERS; COUNCIL-APPOINTED
• BUSINESS MAJORITY (50% +1)
• PARTNER AND LABOR REPRESENTATION
SUBCOMMITTEES
• WORKFORCE EVALUATION
• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
• YOUTH
FUNDING
5 WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (WIOA)
CALWORKS
CALIFORNIANSFORALL YOUTH JOBS CORPS
YOUTHBUILD
OTHER GRANTS
ANAHEIM WORKFORCE TEAM
Marco Lucero
Workforce
Development
Manager
Blanca Reyes
Staff Analyst
Dora Rodriguez
Senior Secretary
Chris Hoang
Administrative
Analyst
Julie Sedlacek
Management
Assistant
Yvette Lelis
Accounting
Specialist
ANAHEIM WORKFORCE TEAM
Alma Aceves
Career Advisor
Alejandro
Andrade
Business Liaison
Jonathan Nguyen
Career Advisor
Lilia Belman
Career Advisor
Salvador Torres
Business Liaison
Aref Farahi
CalWORKs
Career
Advisor
Matt Marchese
Intern
Luz Vega
Office Specialist
Operations Supervisor
Job Seeker Services
1. Providing job search assistance
2. Meeting with a career advisor
3. Access to multiple resources:
c
omputers, fax, printer, copier, job
fairs, and job leads
Career Corner
1. Increasing employment for
und
erserved youth across California
2. Developing meaningful public service
c
areer pathways
3. Enhancing local government capacity
t
o address challenges in key focus
areas
Job Search
1. Providing Professional Resume Workshop
2. 1 on 1 mock interviewing (IN- PERSON)
3. Job Search Resources
Youth Services
State Visit
The CalWORKS program helps clients to
obtain employment as quickly as possible,
become self-supporting, and eliminate or
reduce their dependence on aid.
CalWORKs
On-the-Job
Training
(OJT)
On-the-job training provides reimbursements
to employers to help compensate for the costs
associated with skills upgrade training and loss
of production for newly hired employees.
Vocational Training
Anaheim Workforce Connection helps connect
job seekers to training opportunities. Training is
typically related to in-demand occupations with
the greatest potential for full time employment.
Employer Services
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
WAEV-Paul Vitrano, Senior VP
One- Way Manufacturing -Ryan Huang, Engineering
Manager
2023/24 Job Fair Events
May
MUZEO
April
Dwelling Place Anaheim
February
Anaheim Marketplace
October
Dwelling Place Anaheim
September
Downtown Community
Center
DWELLING PLACE JOB FAIR
2023
“I took your advice and
completed a 6 week course
Online through the Gale course
offered at the library.”
–
L.A
“If not for you, I don’t think I would
have even completed the course.
Now I am pretty sure that I will pass
with an A.”
-
D.S
“Your organization has been instrumental
in helping me navigate the job market,
and I’m deeply grateful for the skills and
knowledge I’ve
gained during the journey.”
-
M.B
“Thanks to the services you offer I
was able to gain the confidence
and trust I lost when I was let go
from my job, a place where I
worked 20 years. The job fair you
held was a big success for me. I
found a great company to work
for. .”-S.T