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File ID: 2023-00216 3/21/2023 Consent Item 5.
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Grant Application for Youth Employment and Training Program
File ID: 2023-00216
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution: 1) authorizing the City Manager or City Manager’s designee to submit a grant application for up to $400,000 annually for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2028 to the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA) and the Sacramento Works Youth Committee on behalf of Sacramento Works, Inc. to fund the Youth Employment and Training Program under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA); and 2) authorizing the City Manager or City Manager’s designee to execute all agreements necessary to accept grant funds, and establish a grant project and related revenue and expenditure budgets for the grant funds, contingent upon receipt of grant award.
Contact: Monica Blanco, Youth Services Division Manager (916) 808-6308; Kris Wimberly, Recreation Superintendent, (916) 808-6172, Department of Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The Department of Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment (Department) is seeking approval to apply for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) grant with the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA) for FY 2024 - FY2028. The amount of the grant annually is up to $400,000. The grant will allow continuation of the Department's Youth Employment and Training Program.
Policy Considerations: Council Resolution 2022-0198 requires City Council approval to apply for
File ID: 2023-00216 3/21/2023 Consent Item 5.
operating grants of more than $250,000.
Economic Impacts: None
Environmental Considerations: This report concerns administrative activities that do not constitute a “project” as defined in Section 15378(b)(2) of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines (Title 14 Cal. Code Reg. § 15000 et seq.).
Sustainability: Not applicable
Commission/Committee Action: Not applicable
Rationale for Recommendation: Continued participation in the WIOA grant program is consistent with the Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment Department’s Strategic Plan by committing to support youth development through youth employment.
Financial Considerations: If this grant is awarded, the Department will receive up to $400,000 annually over a four-year period to fund the Youth Employment and Training Program. A project will be established and the revenue and expenditure budgeted will be established based on the amount of the award, up to $400,000 annually There is no required match for this grant; but to be competitive, the grant application includes a 25% in-kind match for staffing, services and supplies which are already included in the Department’s operating budget.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable
Background: The City has operated the WIOA Youth Employment and Training Program since 1989.
In 2000, the U.S. Department of Labor replaced the Job Training Partnership Act with the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). As of 2016, WIA is has now been known as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The Department of Labor allocates these funds through SETA to provide the services for the to assist youth to in successfully completinge high school and transitioning into employment.
The WIOA Youth Employment and Training Program is a year-round program that requires agencies to provide work experience linked to 21st century skill development, academic learning, secondary school completion services, and leadership development opportunities for youth. The program includes adult mentors, comprehensive guidance and counseling, supportive services, and follow-up services for a minimum of twelve months after the youth leaves the program.
This unique grant supports continuing education, life skill building, and employment training. The program is delivered by the Department’s Youth Services Division. The goal of the program is to
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transition high-risk youth from high school to employment and/or vocational training and education.
The City has operated the WIOA Youth Employment and Training Program since 1989. The program provides training and employment for 30 at-risk youth annually.
RESOLUTION NO. 2019-
Adopted by the Sacramento City Council
APPROVING APPLICATION AND AGREEMENTS FOR WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (WIOA) GRANTS FOR Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2028 FOR
THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM
BACKGROUND
A. The City of Sacramento Department of Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment has operated the Youth Employment and Training Program under the federal Job Training Partnership Act, funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA, through the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA), since 1989. WOIA grants are used to provide services for youth to successfully complete high school and transition into employment. City Council approval is required to apply and accept the WIOA grants of up to $400,000 annually for FY 2024-2028.
B. The WIOA Youth Employment and Training Program is a year-round program that requires agencies to provide work experience linked to academic learning, secondary school completion services, leadership development opportunities for youth. The program provides adult mentors, comprehensive guidance and counseling, supportive services, and follow-up services for a minimum of twelve months after the youth leaves the program.
BASED ON THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE BACKGROUND, THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Manager or his designee is authorized to submit a grant application for up to $400,000 annually in WIOA funds for the next four years (FY 2024-2028) to SETA and the Sacramento Works Youth Committee on behalf of Sacramento Works, Inc. to fund the Youth Employment and Training Program.
Section 2. The City Manager or his designee is authorized to execute the grant agreement with SETA and all related documents necessary to accept the grant funds.
Section 3. The City Manager or his designee is authorized to establish a grant project and related revenue and expenditure budgets for the grant funds, contingent upon receipt of the annual grant award.