Memorandum of Understanding Between the Hartnell Community College District and the Cities of King City, Greenfield, Soledad, Gonzales, and Salinas for Intermediary Services for the Salinas Valley Five Cities Workforce Development Effort
This MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (hereinafter "MOU") is made and executed this 4th day of May 2022 (the "Effective date") by and among the Cities of Salinas, Gonzales, Soledad, Greenfield and King City, municipal corporations of the State of California (hereinafter referred to individually as "CITY" or collectively as "CITIES") and Hartnell Community College District, a community college district of the California Community Colleges System (hereinafter referred to as "HARTNELL").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, CITIES have partnered with HARTNELL to form an intermediary organization that has leveraged existing resources and identified needs by working in partnership with private industry, workforce providers, civic institutions, trade organization, and other entities to lay the foundation for a Salinas Valley regional planning framework; and NOW, THEREFORE, CITIES and HARTNELL agree to continue their partnership as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
A. “Intermediary Advisory Board" refers to the Board or representatives from CITIES. The Board shall have five members consisting of the City Manager (or their designee) from each CITY. The Advisory Board provides direction to Sector Intermediaries, reviews ongoing Intermediary Program activities, including regular self-evaluation, and provides policy direction.
B. The Intermediary Advisory Board is the formal title of the Salinas Valley Five Cities partnership.
C. “Intermediary Program" refers to the programs staffed and managed by Intermediary Staff, and which receives policy direction from the Intermediary Advisory Board. The Intermediary Program shall include both agriculture/agtech and healthcare components as well as other key sectors as the Intermediary Advisory Board sees fit, based on the Salinas Valley regional needs.
D. “Intermediary Staff'' refers to all staff at Hartnell responsible for the execution of any part of the Intermediary Program, including, but not limited to, the Sector Intermediary.
E. “Sector Intermediary" refers to the staff person(s) primarily responsible for the execution of the Intermediary Program.
ARTICLE II
MANAGEMENT AND ROLES OF PARTICIPATING AGENCIES
A. PARTICIPATING CITIES IN THE COUNTY OF MONTEREY
1. Each participating CITY shall annually make a financial contribution to HARTNELL in accordance with Article III, below.
1 2. Each participating CITY shall appoint a local Coordinator who shall be the primary local contact in each CITY. The City Manager of each CITY either shall serve as the Coordinator for each CITY or shall designate a CITY staff member responsible for overseeing the economic development efforts of that jurisdiction as the Coordinator. The City Coordinator shall be the main point of contact for Intermediary Staff in that CITY.
3. The Intermediary working space will remain at Hartnell Community College District.
B. HARTNELL
1. HARTNELL shall oversee all administrative functions of the Intermediary Program, including the employment of the Sector Intermediary and other Intermediary Staff.
2. The Salinas Valley Five Cities partnership of the Salinas Valley Workforce Development Intermediary Advisory Board
Responds to economic recovery and resiliency: COVID-19 - Broadband, Learning Impact and Recovery and Mental/emotional well being
Partners to ensure College and or Career Readiness of K12 and K14 students Champions and prioritizes educational attainment
Cultivates social, emotional, and transferable skills for all Strengthening of our communities, and
Invigorating our future economy of the Salinas Valley.
3. The day-to-day management of the Intermediary Program, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following:
a. Manage all planning and implementation of Intermediary programs, including regular convenings of employers and other organizations/roundtable events, staffing the operations of the partnership and all committees, researching opportunities to grow the partnership with new employers, overseeing the development of new pathways, identifying key policy advocacy topics, and developing policy positions, and actively participating in finding and developing funding opportunities for work. b. Assess workforce demand among employers and inventory existing educational programs and support services on an on-going basis.
c. Develop and implement strategies including work-based learning (WBL) activities to ensure students are college and career ready and to fill gaps for the target industry sectors in the Salinas Valley including but not limited to mentorship, internships, preapprenticeships, apprenticeships, and other activities in the Salinas Valley region. d. Seek best practices and assess their appropriateness for the entire Five City region. e. Recruit and maintain relationships with partners, and manage/continuously improve core teams of employers, educational institutions, and community organizations for the target industry sectors.
f. Link workforce development efforts with economic development efforts throughout the Salinas Valley region.
2 g. Facilitate the planning process and implementation of workforce solutions that address workforce challenges in the target sector; develop and implement plans for sustainability of the sector partnerships and its workforce solutions. h. Document and share the work of the Sector Intermediaries and its constituent members with key stakeholders throughout the region, including city leadership, employers, government agencies, the media, and current and potential partners. i. Report progress, participate in data collection and evaluation activities for industry sectors.
4. Key Deliverables based on Collective Impact
FY21-22 FY22-23 FY23-24
Internships (HS)*
Long-term & Micro-internships (shortterm)
60 63 66
Mentorship** 30 30 30
Combined Earn & Learn Opportunities
(Hartnell College Apprenticeships &
Internships)
(60+280)
340
(100 + 345)
445
(100 + 345)
445
FAFSA/CADAA Completion baseline at
2329 for 2020-2021
2445 2,567 2,695
Workforce, Economic Development &
Education Roundtables (focused on
short-term & longer-term workforce
training needs); quarterly
2 4 4
*Will require separate funding support in addition to base funding in FY22 to FY24, per below **We are piloting a 2-yr program and are seeking future funding to continue this program with another funder
Internships Cost per Internship Cost per multiple internships based on proposed key
deliverables
SOARs Youth Ambassadors
(Cities)
$2,560 per stipend for approx. 160
hours
$2,560 x 10 internships = $25,600
Micro- Internships
(directly with Cities or K12)
$400 per stipend for approx. 25
hours each
$400 x 50 internships = $20,000
3 ARTICLE III
INTERMEDIARY PROGRAM FUNDING
A. The term of this MOU shall be from its Effective Date through June 30, 2024.
B. CITIES shall provide funding to HARTNELL for the administration of the Intermediary Program, as follows:
1. For FY 21-22, FY 22-23 and FY 23-24 CITIES shall authorize remittance of funds to HARTNELL provided that the following conditions have been met:
a. All CITIES and HARTNELL have committed themselves to this MOU; and b. HARTNELL has continued development of the Intermediary Program, including staffing of Intermediary Staff per attached document referred to as ATTACHMENT 1 and
c. Proposed funding per ATTACHMENT 2A and 2B and 3.
d. For City of Salinas in FY 21-22, one-time Strong Workforce funds in the amount of $60,294.87, will be applied by Hartnell College to support the balance due in FY 21- 22, however the City of Salinas will be responsible for FY 22-23 and FY 23-24 balances.
e. In case budget shortfalls on the Hartnell College Foundation grant projections arise, the Cities will be informed and consulted, but there is no obligation for the Cities to cover budget shortfalls. The Cities commitment is the agreed upon amount per the MOU.
ARTICLE IV
CITY OVERSIGHT
A. An Intermediary Advisory Board composed of a representative from each CITY shall review ongoing program activities and make policy recommendations. The Advisory Board shall meet at least bi-monthly to review intermediary activities and provide policy direction.
ARTICLE V
TERMINATION
A. This MOU shall terminate once any of the following occur:
1. HARTNELL and/or a majority of CITIES agree to terminate this MOU with a minimum of 30 days written notice; or
2. The MOU reaches its natural termination date and is not renewed. This MOU may be renewed only upon the mutual written consent of all the parties.
B. In the event of termination, HARTNELL shall, at the request of the Intermediary Advisory Board, return any unspent monies to the CITIES, prorated for their past financial contributions.
4 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, parties hereto have caused this MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING to be executed by their duly authorized representatives by the date set forth above.
Hartnell Community College District, A Community College District of the State of California By: Date:
Dr. Steven Crow, Interim Superintendent/President
City of Salinas, A Municipal Corporation of the State of California By: Date:
Steve Carrigan, City Manager
City of Gonzales, A Municipal Corporation of the State of California By: Date:
René Mendez, City Manager
City of Soledad, A Municipal Corporation of the State of California By: Date:
Brent Slama, City Manager
City of Greenfield, A Municipal Corporation of the State of California By: Date:
Paul Wood, City Manager
City of King, A Municipal Corporation of the State of California By: Date:
Steve Adams, City Manager
ATTACHMENT 1
STRATEGIC FOCUS AND VISION OF SALINAS VALLEY FIVE CITIES, OUR COLLECTIVE IMPACT A partnership of Economic Development leaders from the Cities of Salinas, Gonzales, Soledad, Greenfield and King City and Hartnell College as the intermediary organization
The Salinas Valley Five Cities partnership of the Salinas Valley Workforce Development Intermediary Advisory Board Responds to economic recovery and resiliency: COVID-19-Broadband, Learning Impact and Recovery and Mental/emotional well-being, partners to ensure College and or Career Readiness of K12 and K14 students, champions and prioritizes educational attainment, cultivates social, emotional, and transferable skills for all, strengthening of our communities, and invigorating our future economy of the Salinas Valley.
EQUITY
NURSING EDUCATION AND INVESTMENT, FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES (FCCC) GRANT:
⮚ Focus: increase Bachelor of Science Nursing (BSN) degrees and address systemic racism and equity in nursing education in the Salinas Valley, $163K grant from FCCC
⮚ Impact areas: Career Pathways, Scholarships, DEI, Economic Prosperity o How did 5C help drive this effort? We conducted multiple stakeholder engagements to understand workforce gaps in the Salinas Valley with respect to this sector with City Managers Mendez, Wood, Adams, Slama as well as Economic Development Manager Myrick. We partnered with Dean Kaczmar and Dr. Sheppard of Nursing and Allied Health and our employers (who participated in the stakeholder engagement) to submit this grant application; co-writing and gathering support letters from the same stakeholders with a focus on the Salinas Valley community, economic and workforce development.
AGRICULTURE INNOVATION:
⮚ Focus: increase higher education attainment degrees supporting the agricultural industry sector ⮚ Impact areas: Career Pathways (Plant Science, Mechatronics), DEI, Economic Prosperity, o Hartnell College has established a 2+2 Year Education Plan for an AST in Agriculture Plant Science and BS in Agricultural Plant and Soil Science from CSUMB.
o Hartnell College has established a Mechatronics program with industry leaders to support the Ag Tech Workforce Initiative (ATWI) serving the local workforce in the Salinas Valley. o The ATWI is further supported by further philanthropy including Bank of America’s donation of $260K focus, as part of their commitment to advance racial equity and economic opportunity for communities of color disproportionately impacted by the prolonged pandemic.
o The training will support farm workers so they can move into jobs that require higher skill levels and provide higher pay in food safety technician, human resource technician, frontline agriculture supervisor and smallscale organic farm manager. o How did 5C help drive this effort? The Hartnell College Foundation under VP Cruz’s leadership, Advancement and CTE offices coordinate and convene industry and philanthropic leaders to make them aware of the workforce gaps and needs we are seeing from education and local economic development perspectives.
Together, we utilize this shared knowledge to make informed decisions and target private and public philanthropic opportunities to help us further these initiatives.
COLLABORATION
WORKFORCE, EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT:
⮚ Focus: Measure T convening’s: 7 across the Salinas Valley came together culminating in a blueprint for services and programming in our new educational centers.
⮚ Impact areas: Community Development and Engagement, Career Pathways o How did 5C help drive this effort? The Five Cities convened, provided community space and facilitated discussion to ensure Hartnell College was informed as to community, industry and student needs per the new Centers across the Salinas Valley. Themes were echoed to Hartnell leaders for consideration and potential implementation. Multiple Hartnell College administration were present and participated in these convenings including Supt. President Dr. Hsieh; VP’s Cruz and Romero; Deans Ghous, Cowden, Kaczmar, Lofman; Directors Moreno, Walker, Armstrong, Arps, Gonzales and other administration and staff were present. ⮚ Focus: Ongoing collaboration between K12, the local workforce development board, the Salinas Valley Adult Education Consortium (SVAEC) and Hartnell College to address learning disruption, career readiness, college attainment, workforce training
⮚ Impact areas: Communication, Collaboration, College and Career Readiness o How did 5C help drive this effort? The Five Cities invited Dr. Glenn and Mr. Fleming of Mission Trails ROP to multiple Five Cities meetings to discuss potential collaboration and partnership. Director Armstrong was invited by Mission Trails ROP to be a part of a monthly WBL practitioners group to represent the interests of the partnership including Hartnell College. Additionally, Directors Gonzales and Walker also represent the interests of the College per their respective departments. The Five Cities convenes and partners with SVAEC to identify pathways for adult student learners into Hartnell and maintains regular communication with the Monterey County Workforce Development Board (MCWDB) to inform Hartnell advisory and workforce leaders on labor trends and tools available to them to advance workforce efforts. ⮚ Focus: Career Readiness events
⮚ Impact areas: 8 career and job fairs + 400 students + 58 employers/presenters o How did 5C help drive this effort? The Five Cities including City Managers Wood and Adams co-convened with the workgroup of Hartnell College Career Placement, Director Gonzales, Mission Trails ROP, former K12 Pathways Coordinator Fleming, MCWDB Management Analyst Kershner, SVAEC Director Pagan to design, facilitate to bring together industry and students to inform them on current and future internship and job opportunities and how to prepare for them.
⮚ Focus: Western Food Safety Summit and AgTech Summits
⮚ Impact areas: Community Engagement, Career Pathways, Scholarships o How did 5C help drive this effort? The Five Cities Director has participated and supported the Industry Chair of these committees to inform, learn about workforce trends and fundraise for student scholarships in Agriculture. Economic Development Manager Myrick participated in a panel discussion per the Western Food Safety Summit.
⮚ Participant/representative voice: Monterey County WBL Community; Central Coast Better Careers Design Group; BACCC- Bay Area Apprenticeships group; Monterey County WDB; Social Policy Research & Associates o How did 5C help drive this effort? The Five Cities remains a focal point/voice in all of these efforts and an engaged thought partner in local workforce development efforts.
MENTORSHIP
CENTRAL COAST BETTER CAREERS DESIGN GROUP:
⮚ Focus: Modern Life Skills Mentorship program of middle school youth (immigrant youth), $500K total reward per the James Irvine Foundation; technical assistance from Third Sector ⮚ Impact areas: College and Career Readiness, Civic Engagement, DEI, Social/Emotional well-being o Five Key Success Elements (curriculum): Social-emotional well-being, career readiness, civic engagement and leadership development, academic success support and modern life skills including financial literacy and entrepreneurship
o A success team of caring adults will wrap around youth and support their successin Monterey and Santa Cruz counties, rural locations
▪ Year 1: Salinas Valley and Pajaro Valley, 30 youth
▪ Year 2: North Monterey County and San Lorenzo Valley, 30 youth o How did 5C help drive this effort? The Five Cities Director Armstrong and the Hartnell College Foundation Philanthropic Initiatives Officer Stoddard wrote the planning and implementation grant. Per previous stakeholder engagement led by City Managers Adams, Wood, Mendez, Slama and Economic Development Manager Myrick with industry and education, modern life skills of financial literacy, entrepreneurship as well as the career readiness, civic engagement and leadership were identified as critical to support youth and workforce development. City Manager Mendez additionally participated directly in a stakeholder interview per the planning grant.
APPRENTICESHIPS
CALIFORNIA APPRENTICESHIP INITIATIVE (CAI):
⮚ Focus: We filed our first CAI grant to support Early Childhood Education (ECE) on behalf of the Salinas Valley Adult Education Consortium, Hartnell College, employers and community based organizations, $493K award made from the CCCCO
⮚ Impact areas: Career Pathways, DEI, Economic Prosperity o ECE as evident by the pandemic is a critical workforce sector that not only supports education but also other critical workforce sectors serving the Salinas Valley.
o A Joint Apprenticeship Committee will convene to create standards for this state registered apprenticeship program
o Program mechanics:
▪ 2,000 hours of OJT over2 years and the completion of 41 credits over 3 years ▪ Students will earn 3 essential ECE permits for Assistant Teacher, Associate Teacher, and Teacher. ▪ The 3-year grant will serve 25 students with pre-apprenticeship pathways from Adult Education and eventually from K12.
⮚ We are also working with a local public transportation agency (s) to help them with both their apprenticeship and internship efforts (across the entire Central Coast) and also remained focused on development of a Food Safety apprenticeship and work has begun in this area.
o How did 5C help drive this effort? The Hartnell College Foundation per leadership from VP Cruz supports workforce development in the Salinas Valley and has collaborated on multiple initiatives to drive economic prosperity in the Valley. Growing our own workforce in the teaching pipeline and other critical workforce sectors to achieve economic prosperity is supported by the James Irvine Foundation. Irvine supported our development of a Career Hub to produce internships, job placement and apprenticeship opportunities. In accordance with the Five Cities mission, the Five Cities Director is leading and collaborates on apprenticeship development efforts with Deans Cowden(s) and Ghous (South County), SVAEC Director Pagan, Career Hub Director Gonzales and ECE Director and maintains a lens for local community, workforce and economic needs.
INTERNSHIPS
COLLEGE INTERNSHIPS VIA HEALTH CAREER CONNECTION (HCC)
⮚ Focus: Hosting of HCC college interns between Nursing and Allied Health (NAH) and Salinas Valley Five Cities (SV5C) to increase more public health professionals (since 2017 with NAH & SV5C) ⮚ Impact areas: Career Readiness, Work-based learning, Civic Engagement. Our previous HCC interns are pursuing advanced degrees in Public Health and desire to serve the Salinas Valley community. o How did 5C help drive this effort? HCC interns interned with both NAH and the Hartnell College Foundation/SV5C. The internship provides another opportunity for mentorship, development of work skills, and an opportunity to learn about how local economic development efforts support the healthcare sector and its impact on communities. Of special note, three of the four are from Salinas; one is from N. Monterey County and three of the four are pursuing Masters’ degrees in Public Health.
HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIPS VIA FIVE CITIES OR K12 PARTNERS:
⮚ Focus: Internships for high school students directly with the Five Cities or K12 partner organization funding support from Five Cities or directly by Cities (SOARS), both are pending future funding. ⮚ Potential Impact areas: Career Pathways, Civic Engagement, Work Skills, Policy and Community Development o With K12 partner organization or Cities: up to 50 micro-internships (short-term) with high school students from the Five Cities.
o With Cities: up to 10 SOAR internships (long-term) that focus on civic engagement opportunities with the Five Cities
▪ Youth will develop communication, leadership, critical thinking and teamwork skills ▪ The relationship between K12, higher education-Hartnell College and the Cities will be strengthened and opportunities for youth will be broadened
▪ Cities will appreciate the perspectives of engaged youth and will have the opportunity to develop policy with them
▪ Youth will be better prepared in their career pathway upon entering higher education o How may 5C help drive this effort? Per the Five Cities partnership, Hartnell would take on an earlier opportunity to drive internships for K12 high school students in key industry sectors within the Salinas Valley.
ATTACHMENT 2A
GL Description FY21-22 FY22-23 FY23-24 TOTAL NOTES
5 Cities Workforce Partnership : Classified Management $ 99,828.00 $ 101,825.00 $ 103,862.00 5 Cities Workforce Partnership : PERS Nonteaching
5 Cities Workforce Partnership: OASDHI (FICA) Nonteaching 5 Cities Workforce Partnership: Medicare Nonteaching
5 Cities Workforce Partnership: H & W Nonteaching
5 Cities Workforce Partnership: SUI Nonteaching
5 Cities Workforce Partnership: WC Nonteaching
Subtotal Benefits only: $ 47,479.00 $ 49,203.00 $ 50,938.00 Subtotal provided by Business Office Subtotal Personnel- Salary and benefits: $ 147,307.00 $ 151,028.00 $154,800 Purchases - Food $ 500.00 $ 550.00 $ 600.00
Contract Services $ 10,000.00 $ 1,000.00 $ 1,000.00
Travel & Conference $ 500.00 $ 500.00 $ 1,000.00
Printing & Duplicating - Inhouse $ 400.00 $ 400.00 $ 400.00 Other Costs-marketing $ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00
Intern-HCC $ 7,500.00 $ 7,500.00 $ 7,500.00
Typically paid out of Foundation side/Wells Fargo; serving Public Health university students
Subtotal Operating: $ 20,900.00 $ 11,950.00 $ 12,500.00 Subtotal Personnel & Operating: $ 168,207.00 $ 162,978.00 $ 167,300.00 ADMIN, Oversight, Facilities etc.- Hartnell's In-kind $ 63,918.66 $ 61,931.64 $ 63,574.00 In-kind at 38% Total Budget $ 168,207.00 $ 162,978.00 $ 167,300.00
Wells Fargo/Foundation Contribution $ - $ 15,000.00 $ 15,000.00 Better Careers Design Group-Third Sector/Irvine Contribution $ 12,500.00 Implementation funds expected for mentorship program; backbone agnecy and fiscal agency is TBA until end of June 2021
Apprenticeship Development- Better Careers Irvine Contribution in FY21-22 (offset contribution of 5% in FY22-23, 10% in FY23-24) $ 40,000.00 $ 7,551.40 $ 15,480.00 Potential grant support : Irvine, High Roads, CAI, AAI, EDA or DOL or other prv funding source $ 30,000.00 $ 54,719.60 $ 51,113.00
Awards range from $100-$500K; conservative estimate; seed funding to offset costs of 20 apprentices per year
Difference/ Need: Cities Contribution $ 85,707.00 $ 85,707.00 $ 85,707.00 $ 257,121.00 Total is rounded up to nearest dollar Micro- Internships (directly with Cities or K12) $ 20,000.00 $ 20,000.00 $ 20,000.00 Up to 50 students- $400 per stipend for 25 hours each SOARS - Cities $ 25,600.00 $ 25,600.00 $ 25,600.00 Up to 10 students- $2,560 per stipend for 160 hours $ 45,600.00 $ 45,600.00 $ 45,600.00
CURRENT MODEL FOR FUNDING ATTACHMENT 2B
City
Population
(based on ACS 2019 5 yr) Percentage
Percentage
(thousandths)
Per Year Contribution by City FY21-
22 Per Year Contribution by
City FY22-23
Per Year Contribution by
City FY23-24 3 Year Contribution Total FY21-22 FY22-23 FY23-24 Salinas* 155,473 0.733273278 73.30% $ 62,823.23 $ 62,823.23 $ 62,823.23 $188,469.69 $ 85,707.00 $ 85,707.00 $ 85,707.00 Gonzales 8,375 0.039499873 3.90% $ 3,342.57 $ 3,342.57 $ 3,342.57 10027.72 Soledad** 16,884 0.079631743 8% $ 6,856.56 $ 6,856.56 $ 6,856.56 20569.68 Greenfield 17,373 0.081938064 8.20% $ 7,027.97 $ 7,027.97 $ 7,027.97 21083.92 King City 13,921 0.065657042 6.60% $ 5,656.66 $ 5,656.66 $ 5,656.66 16969.99 SUB-TOTAL 212,026 100.00% $85,707.00 $85,707.00 $85,707.00 $257,121.00 * ACS 2019 1-yr as 5 yr not available
**population excludes census tract 109: prison population of 8,821 persons PROPOSED COLLECTIVE IMPACT MODEL FOR FUNDING (combined) City HS Graduates (Fall 2020) Enrolled (Fall 2020) Percentage Enrollment by City (Promise) Combined 5C & Promise Need per new Combined
5C & Promise programs
Salinas via Hartnell College SWF,
one-time funding for FY21-22 2252 903 0.67488789 67.40% 70.40% $60,294.87 Gonzales 179 68 0.05082212 5.10% 4.50% $3,856.82
Soledad 325 148 0.11061286 11.10% 9.60% $8,185.02
Greenfield 240 111 0.08295964 8.30% 8.30% $7,070.83
King City 239 108 0.08071749 8.10% 7.40% $6,299.46
SUB-TOTAL 3235 1,338 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% $85,707.00
INTERNSHIP FUNDING FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION BY CITY
Internships Cost per Internship
Cost per multiple
internships based on
proposed key deliverables
SOARs Youth Ambassadors (Cities)
$2,560 per stipend for
approx. 160 hours
$2,560 x 10 internships =
$25,600
Micro- Internships (directly with
Cities or K12)
$400 per stipend for
approx. 25 hours each
$400 x 50 internships =
$20,000