City Roadmap:
Re-Employment and Workforce
Development Status Report
CED Committee
March 28, 2022
Item d(5)
Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs
Jeff Ruster, Assistant Director
Monique Melchor, Division Manager
Santa Clara County Unemployment Rate
2020 2021 2022
2.5%
3.0%
12.2%
5.2%
2.9%
0.0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
10.0%
12.0%
14.0%
However ...
- Employers have raised wages and lowered educational requirements - Inflation has eroded wage gains
- BIPOC populations still with higher unemployment rates - Cost of living burden disproportionately higher for immigrant and BIPOC community
SILICON VALLEY
DICHOTOMY
Pre-Pandemic:
▪ 2.5% Unemployment Rate
▪ 7.5% Federal Poverty Rate
▪ $132,444 Median Household Income
45%
Living
On
The
Edge
- Outreach at Vaccine and Food distribution sites
- Converted to 100% on-line service delivery (April 2020) - Opened services for non-enrolled clients
- Direct outreach to the community
In Response
In Response (cont.)
- Relocated one stop to East Side at Las Plumas (January 2022) - Enhanced partnership with SJPL at Alum Rock, Tully and MLK locations - Engaged with Bridge to Recovery and work2future Board Youth Forum - Conducted two RFPs – enhance outreach and augmented youth model Service Highlights
- Served 5,000 non-enrolled clients and 4,000 enrolled clients (80% BIPOC) - Met or exceeded federally-mandated performance requirements - Served 1,000 San Jose Works Youth (92% BIPOC with 94% retention) - Led a number of COVID Relief and Recovery initiatives CRF small business grants
CRF small business technical assistance
CRF work experience and training for laid off workers
ARP funded Resilience Corps
9 Next 6 months launch new initiatives ...
- CaliforniansforAll - Resilience Corps Phase 2
- Hiring a dedicated Spanish-speaking outreach specialist - Distribute on-line training licenses (English and Spanish) - Job fairs in low-resource census tracts
11 - Develop partnerships to serve non-WIOA eligible
clients (Entrepreneurship, Computer Literacy, Financial Education) - Conduct demand occupation training (PG&E and pre-apprenticeship) - Launch Healthcare work experience and training Partnership Next 6 months launch new initiatives ...
13 City Roadmap:
Re-Employment and Workforce
Development Status Report
CED Committee
March 28, 2022
Item d(5)
Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs
Jeff Ruster, Assistant Director
Monique Melchor, Division Manager