work2future Activities
Annual Report
Community and Economic Development Committee
April 22, 2024
Item (d)2
Sangeeta Durral, Director, work2future
Ruby Carrasco, Program Manager, San José Works
.
1 San José Unemployment Rates
March 2023 to February 2024
2 Positive News
• 2.7 million more jobs
• Strong GDP growth rate
• National Unemployment rate
below "full employment" rate (5%)
• 3.2% inflation
3 • Unemployment
rate
• Credit Card
Debt
Savings
• Racial/ethnic
disparities
persist
4 • Served 1,228 young adults and adult clients
• 80% Black Indigenous and People of Color
(BIPOC), 82% reside in low-resource
census tracts (LRCTs) and 60% unstably
housed
• Co-locate with agencies in LRCTs
• Job fairs in LRCTs/San José City College
• In-person outreach in LRCTs 5
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
Program Highlights
Highlights
• 83% of WIOA placements in high-wage,
high-growth occupations
• Information and Communication Technology,
Healthcare, Finance, Advanced
Manufacturing, and Construction/Trades
• Network and software engineers,
accountants, system and data
base administrators, manufacturing
engineers & technicians, business analysts,
project managers, etc.
6 Highlights
WIOA Placements
- Adult/Dislocated Worker 747
- Young Adults 236
Subtotal 983
San José Works Placements
- Subsidized 375
- Unsubsidized 454
Subtotal 829
TOTAL PLACEMENTS 1,812
7 San José Works Highlights
• 829 clients placed - 375 paid work experience
plus 454 with unsubsidized employment
• 100% are related to high-wage,
high-growth occupations
• 82% referred by Youth Empowerment Alliance
Alliance/Department of Parks Recreation and
Neighborhood Services (PRNS) and/or live in
priority neighborhoods
• 93% retention, 80% BIPOC, 87% reside in LRCTs
8 San José Works Highlights
• Mentorship Program – 75 clients mentored with
Intuit, Bank of America, Tata, 7 City Departments,
etc.
• Youth Ambassador Program – 15 returning
students supported training and job coaching
• Entrepreneurship Program - Includes capstone
projects with local small businesses
• 92 graduating seniors - 32 employed, 45 in postsecondary education, 15 in career services 9 Looking Ahead
• Expand AI partnership with Roku
• Pilot to create additional service access
• Co-location with partners (e.g. East Side Union
High School District)
• Support City’s Homeless Implementation Plan:
Pilots at Bill Wilson Center, San José Conservation
Corps, Hunger at Home, and Metro Ed
Pathways to Self-Sufficiency
• Explore partnership to serve currently in custody young adults
• Conduct eight community-based job fairs
• Expand co-location with agencies in LRCTs 10
San José Works Job Fair at
Emma Prusch Farms
11 San José Works Youth
Digital Media Training
12 Fernando De Paz Ayala
Outstanding Young Adult, work2future Community Builder Awards 13 work2future Activities
Annual Report
Community and Economic Development Committee
April 22, 2024
Item (d)2
Sangeeta Durral, Director, work2future
Ruby Carrasco, Program Manager, San José Works
.
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