April 5, 2022
Library and Community Services
DATE: April 5, 2022
TO: Mayor Butt and Members of the City Council
FROM:
LaShonda White, Interim Director of Library and
Community Services
Tamara Walker, Deputy Director of Library and
Community Services, Employment and Training Division
Subject:
Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Employment &
Training Division Budget for the Receipt of Additional
Grant Funds
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The proposed $250,000 expenditure will be funded entirely by funds passed through the State of California.
The budget for the new Employment & Training
Department project will be increased by a total amount of $250,000. There is no net change to the budget.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
N/A
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The Employment and Training Division seeks to amend
its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2022 budget to add additional grant funding awarded subsequent to the adoption of the City of Richmond’s FY 2021-2022 annual budget.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ADOPT a resolution to ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE
into the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 budget $250,000 in
federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
(WIOA) pass-through grant funds received from the
California Employment Development Department –
Library and Community Services Department (LaShonda
White/Tamara Walker 510-307-8006)
AGENDA
REPORT
April 5, 2022
DISCUSSION:
In 2021, the Employment and Training Division of the Community Services Department was awarded additional grant funds in the amount of $250,000 from the State of California Employment Development Department’s (EDD) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Governor’s Discretionary funds. The funds were awarded to provide “earn and learn” opportunities for unemployed youth workers through paid work experience and apprenticeships in occupations with career pathways. Key partners in this grant program include Bitwise Industries, Family Justice Center, Kaiser School of Allied Health, Richmond’s Literacy for Every Adult Program (LEAP), RichmondBUILD, and many other Richmond organizations.
The $250,000 will be used to serve Richmond youth who lost their jobs through no fault of their own and who are participating in the State’s Dislocated Youth Worker Innovation Challenge (DYWIC) program.
This grant was awarded after the City adopted the FY 2021-2022 budget, and therefore, a resolution amending the budget is necessary for the Employment and Training division to be able to accept and appropriate these funds.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1– Resolution to Amend Employment & Training Budget, Fiscal Year 2021- 2022
Attachment 2 – Notice of Grant Award, California Employment Development Department, Dislocated Youth Worker Innovation Challenge Program Attachment 3 - WIOA Sub-Grant Agreement AA111024 for EDD Pass-Through Funds