WDB Quarterly Meeting

Date and time: Thursday, March 23, 2023, 10:00 AM
Committee: Workforce Development Board
Location: Friendship Auditorium 3201 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027

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Agenda packet (PDF, 187 pages, 6.8 MB) Original, not tagged for screen readers

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Agenda

1. Call to Order/Roll Call
2. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items ACTION ITEMS:
3. Consideration of the Minutes of November 16, 2022 Charles Woo
4. Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department’s (EWDD) Recommendations Regarding the Reallocation of $1.3 Million of City General Fund Savings from the Angeleno Corps Program to the Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD) for an Inside Safe Initiative to Reduce Homelessness that Involves the Hiring of 12 “Job Connectors” Gerardo Ruvalcaba
5. Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department’s (EWDD) Recommendations Regarding the Allocation of $800,000 of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker Additional Assistance Funding to Two WorkSource Centers, Equus Workforce Solutions and Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment, to Provide Services to Workers Impacted by the Closure of the Farmer John’s Meatpacking Plant in Vernon, California Donny Brooks
6. Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department’s (EWDD) Recommendations to Accept $500,000 in September 2022 Wildfire National Dislocated Worker Grant Funding for Expanded Services and Allocate Up to $450,000 of Said Sum to Managed Career Solutions Donny Brooks
7. Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department’s (EWDD) Recommendations Regarding the Reallocation of HIRE LA’s Youth Program Savings to Maximize Youth Service Delivery, Including City General Fund, LA County Youth @ Work, Californians for All, Student to Student, and Angeleno Corps General Fund Makeda Vela
8. Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department’s (EWDD) Recommendations Regarding the Reallocation of City General Funds for the Day Laborer Program Makeda Vela
9. Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department’s (EWDD) Recommendations to Identify $150,000 of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Savings to Fund UNITE-LA to Expand the Transitional Age Youth World of Work Work Readiness Curriculum to Support the HIRE LA’s Youth Program Redesign Makeda Vela
10. A Comparison of Local Workforce Development Areas (LWDA) in Los Angeles County by Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Formula Funding, Size of Labor Force, and March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December 2022 Unemployment Rates Gregg Irish
11. A Presentation on and Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department’s (EWDD) Timeline for Formulation of the Year 24/Program Year (PY) 2023-24 (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024) Workforce Development System Annual Plan Felipe Valladolid Chavez
12. Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department’s (EWDD) Recommendations Regarding the Biannual Update of the Workforce Development System Local Plan and Regional Plan Felipe Valladolid Chavez
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ACTIONS13. Approval of a Report from the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) Regarding the Availability of Program Year (PY) 2021-22 Carry-In/Savings, and Recommendations to Modify the PY 2022-23 Workforce Development Board (WDB) Annual Plan and its Strategies, Activities, and Budget
14. Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department's (EWDD) Recommendations Regarding the Allocation of California For All (C4All) Youth Job Corps Funds for the Student to Student Success Program
15. Approval of an Agreement with Jobs for the Future (JFF) for the Workforce Development Board (WDB) and the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) to Host a Workforce Transformation Corps Fellow to Assist in the Development of Additional Human Centered Design Principles
16. Authorization for the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) to Accept $2,300,046 of $6,294,647.68 Awarded to the Los Angeles Basin Regional Planning Area (LBRPA) by the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) for Prison to Employment (P2E) 2.0 Program Activities
17. Approval of a Recommendation by the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) Regarding Certified Public Accounting Services Previously Procured Through a Request for Quotations (RFQ) Process
18. Approval of Recommendations by the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) Regarding the Allocation of $250,000 of City General Fund Savings from the Los Angelino Corps Program for Implementation of an Entertainment Industry Sector Pathways Program for Returning Citizens, Through a Partnership Between the Coalition for Responsible Community Development (the Operator of the South Los Angeles YouthSource Center) and the Amity Foundation
19. Authorization for the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) to Accept $112,661 of an Additional $307,945.77 Awarded to the Los Angeles Basin Regional Planning Area (LABRPA) by the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) for Prison to Employment (P2E) 2.0 Activities
20. Authorization for the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) to Accept $1.6 Million of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Additional Assistance Funds from the State to Assist Workers Being Laid Off as a Result of the Closure of the Farmer John Meatpacking Plant in Vernon
21. Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department’s (EWDD) Recommendations Regarding Technical Corrections to a December 14, 2022 Report Presented to the Workforce Development Board (WDB) on Program Year (PY) 2021-22 Carry-In/Savings and Modifications to the PY 2022-23 WDB Annual Plan
22. Next Meeting
23. Adjourn Workforce Development Board: