Community Development Agency
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Item # 20
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
May 7, 2024
TOPIC: Amendment to the Agreement with Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Art Center
AGENDA TITLE
Approve an Amendment to the Agreement with Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Art Center to Expand Workforce Readiness and Skills Training
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Authorize the City Manager to execute a first amendment to the agreement with Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center, to increase the amount by $100,000, for a total agreement amount not to exceed $300,000, and increase the number of youth served from 20 to 30 (Agreement No. A-2024-XXX).
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes
DISCUSSION
At its regularly scheduled February 8th meeting, the Youth Council, a committee of the Workforce Development Board, approved the above recommended action by a vote of 6-0-1-2 (Dr. Anna Jimenez-Hami abstained; Ignacio Alegre, Anthony Sandoval absent).
Under the authority of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the Santa Ana Workforce Development Board (WDB) recently procured Youth Service Providers to serve at-risk WIOA eligible Santa Ana youth to provide workforce readiness and skills training. Following the evaluation and scoring of the two proposals by the Youth Council Committee, the City Council awarded the Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Art Center (OCCTAC) the contract at the June 20, 2023 City Council meeting, to oversee WIOA services for the Program Year 2023-2024.
WIOA regulations stipulate that 20% of the youth formula funds are allocated to work experience for the youth participants. After reviewing the Program Year (PY) 2023-24 youth budget, staff determined that the current work experience expenditure would fall short of this requirement. This was brought back to the Youth Council for discussion at their February 8th meeting. After discussion, the Youth Council is recommending to increase the agreement with OCCTAC by $100,000 (Exhibit 1). This amendment will also increase the number of participants from 20 to 30, which would align the work experience expenditure in compliance with WIOA regulations.
Amendment to the Agreement with Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Art Center May 7, 2024
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FISCAL IMPACT
Funds in the amount of $100,000 are available in the FY 2023-24 budget WIOA Youth account (no. 12318763-69135) for the OCCTAC agreement.
Any remaining balances not expended at the end of the fiscal year will be presented to City Council for approval of carryovers to FY 2024-25.
Fiscal Year Accounting Unit
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Fund
Description
Account Unit,
Account Description Amount
FY 2023-24 12318763-69135 WIOA Youth Payment to Subagent $100,000 TOTAL $100,000
EXHIBIT
1. Amendment to Agreement with Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center Submitted By: Michael L. Garcia, Executive Director of Community Development Approved By: Alvaro Nuñez, Acting City Manager