Community & Economic Development Committee (ced)
April 28, 2025

work2future Activities Annual Report
Community and Economic Development Committee
April 28, 2025
Item d(2)
Sangeeta Durral, Director, work2future
Ruby Carrasco, Program Manager, San José Works
City Manager’s Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs 1 Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) Placements - Adult/Dislocated Worker 555
- Young Adults (16 to 29) 380
Subtotal 935
San José Works Placements
- Subsidized (14 to 18) 375
- Unsubsidized (16 to 29) 425
Subtotal 800
TOTAL PLACEMENTS 1,735
2 WIOA Updates • Served 1,200 young adult and
adult clients
• 80% BIPOC, 65% multiple
barriers to employment
• 82% placed in high-wage,
high-growth occupations
• Occupations Include:  Network and software
engineers, accountants, system
and data base administrators,
nursing assistant, manufacturing
engineers & technicians
3 Examples of Employers
Information
Technology
NVIDIA | Roku | Cisco | Intuit | Accenture | HCL Technologies | Hypergiant Cognizant Technology Solutions | NK Technologies
Advanced
Manufacturing
Applied Materials | Western Digital | Infinera/Nokia | Enablence | Jabil | Rivian Automotive | Tesla | Teledyne Microwave Solutions | Olympus | Lockheed Martin | Therma Manufacturing
Healthcare
Kaiser Permanente | Sutter Health | Good Samaritan | Gardner Health | Stanford Health | Valley Medical | Palo Alto Health | Regional Medical Center | In-Home Supportive Services | Quest Diagnostics | Pacific Homecare
Business &
Accounting
PayPal | Fidelity Investments | JPMorgan Chase | State of California | City of San Francisco | H&R Block | Wells Fargo | First Citizens Bank | Aardvark Tax Advisors | Downtown Streets Inc
Construction &
Trades
PG&E | Calpro Contractors | Sheetmetal Local 104 | Central Home Builders | Silicon Valley Mechanical
Education/ Other
Sectors
Santa Clara County Office of Education | Eastside, Santa Clara Unified School District (San José, Santa Clara, Campbell) 4
WIOA Reauthorization Update
• Under consideration
by Congress
• Training requirement increased
to 50%
• Impact on number of clients
served, including harder-toserve clients
5 San José Works Updates
• 800 clients placed: 375 paid work
experience and 425 with
unsubsidized employment
• 100% attained skill related to high-
wage, high-growth occupations
• 90% referred by PRNS' Youth
Empowerment Alliance and/or live
in priority neighborhoods
• 93% completion rate
6 Job Fair at Mexican Heritage Plaza – March 2024
7 San José Works Updates (Cont'd)
• Long-term outcomes from the previous
program year:
 61 responded to survey, all with
successful outcomes
 29 secured employment in a highwage, high-growth occupation  32 enrolled in higher education (26) or
vocational school (6)
 13 secured employment and pursued
higher education 8
San José Works Updates (Cont'd)
• Support Children and Youth Masterplan – 140
clients interned with City Depatments, and
Councilmember offices
• AI Training – 70 clients in paid internship with
Roku and NVIDIA
• In-custody pilot program – 25 clients completed
career advising and job readiness training
• Conducted six job fairs in Low Resource
Census Tracts
9 Jacob Topete, Outstanding Young Adult
San José Works, Summer Program – JP Graphics 10
work2future Activities Annual Report
Community and Economic Development Committee
April 28, 2025
Item d(2)
Sangeeta Durral, Director, work2future
Ruby Carrasco, Program Manager, San José Works
City Manager’s Office of Economic Development and Cultural Affairs 11