city of los angeles joint meeting of the workforce

CITY OF LOS ANGELESJOINT MEETING OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (WDB)

AND WDB YOUTH COUNCILThursday, August 26, 2021

10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.

VIA CONFERENCE CALL

Zoom Meeting ID: 854 0247 5096 Passcode: 664907

AGENDA

1. Call to Order/Roll Call

2. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items

ACTION ITEMS:

3. Consideration of the Minutes May 26, 2021 Charles Woo

4. Approval of the Workforce Development Board (WDB)Nominations/Membership Committee Recommendations Regarding theElection of WDB Officers (i.e., President/Chair, Secretary, Treasurer)

LaShondra Mercurius

5. The Workforce Development Board Nominations/MembershipCommittee Recommends:

LaShondra Mercurius

(1) The WDB President/Chair Accepts its Nominations for WDBStanding Committee Chairs:(2) The WDB President/Chair Accept its two Additional Nominations forthe WDB Executive Committee; and(3) The Full WDB Elect WDB Standing Committee Chairs

6. Authorization to Accept $28,055 in Regional Plan Implementation 3.0Funds from the State of California, through the Foothill WorkforceDevelopment Board (FWDB), to Provide Enhanced SupportiveServices to Hardest-to-Serve Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act(WIOA) Customers

Gerardo Ruvalcaba

7. Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department's(EWDD) Recommendations Regarding the Distribution of Funding toWorkSource Centers (WSC) and YouthSource Centers (YSC) for theMayor's College Promise Works Initiative

Gerardo Ruvalcaba

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8. Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department's(EWDD) Recommendations Regarding the Allocation of $288,000 toPara Los Ninos to Provide Work Experience Opportunities for Youth inthe Entertainment Industry

Gerardo Ruvalcaba

9. Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department's(EWDD) Recommendations Regarding the Allocation of $50,000 toEnable the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) to operate aSpecialized Workforce Development Project of Benefit to Women

Gerardo Ruvalcaba

10. A Discussion of and Possible Actions for the Use of the One Million($1,000,000) Workforce Development Board (WDB) Innovation Fund

Gregg Irish

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ACTIONS

(The WDB Executive Committee approved the following items on behalf of the full WDB. Any ofthese items may be called "special" by a WDB member for information and discussion purposes.)

11. Authorize the Workforce Development Board (WDB) Chair to Sign anExtension of the WDB-Local Elected Official (WDB-LEO) Agreementthrough December 31, 2021

Charles Woo

12. Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department's(EWDD) Recommendations Regarding Implementation of the $3.5Million Student to Student (S2S) Success Pilot Program

Gerardo Ruvalcaba

13. Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department's(EWDD) Recommendations Regarding Implementation of the $6 MillionAngeleno Corps Program

Gerardo Ruvalcaba

14. Approval of Recommendations from the Economic and WorkforceDevelopment Department (EWDD) Regarding the Reallocation of Up to$480,070 of Gang Injunction Curfew (Rodriguez) Settlement FundsBetween WorkSource Centers (WSC)/America's Job Centers ofCalifornia (AJCC)

Gerardo Ruvalcaba

15. Approval of a Recommendation from the Economic and WorkforceDevelopment Department (EWDD) Regarding the Reallocation of Up to$150,000 of Trade and Economic Transition National Dislocated WorkerFunds to Community Career Development, Inc.

Gerardo Ruvalcaba

RECESS: 11:00 A.M. - 11:15 A.M.

THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (WDB) WILL RECESS TO CONVENE AMEETING OF THE WDB NON-PROFIT/501(C) 3 CORPORATION

ADVISORIES/DISCUSSIONS/PRESENTATIONS/REPORT-BACKS/UPDATES

16. An Update by California State University Northridge's (CSUN) ReLAYInstitute Regarding: (1) Disconnected Youth and (2) the COVID-19Pandemic's Impact on Los Angeles' Young People Developing a Visionfor Youth Service Delivery in the City of Los Angeles and the

Gerardo Ruvalcaba

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Process/Actions for procuring YouthSource Centers (YSC) forOperations Beginning July 1, 2022

17. Next Meeting

18. Adjourn

Workforce Development Board: Charles Woo, Patricia Perez, Garrett Gin, Miguel Cabral,Veronica Corona, Michelle Crenshaw, David Crippens, Jesse Cuevas, Dr. Alex Davis, PaulEdwards, Ahmed Enany, Dennis Francis, Joseph Herrera, Terri Hollingsworth, Mark Jurisic, JessicaKu Kim, Robert A. Lake, Casey O'Neill, Kelly Nguyen, Ruth Lopez Novodor, Dr. Llanet Martin, LutherMedina, Michaela Mendelsohn, LaShondra Mercurius, Michael Murray, Hector Perez-Pacheco,Gabriel Pimentel, Jonathan Port, Carmen Rad, Sergio Rascon, David Rattray, Joseph Stark,Alexanda Suh, Laura Trejo, Maria Turrubiartes, Nancy Hoffman Vanyek, Faye WashingtonYouth Council Committee: David Crippens, David Rattray, Hector Perez-Pacheco, DonaldBradburn, Laura Chardiet, Gerald Feeney, Raul Estrada, Belinda Jackson, John King II, ThomasLee, Olivia Mitchell, Mary Rose Ortega, Andrea Perry, Carl Reece, Esther Soliman

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Charles Woo, Patricia Perez, Garrett Gin, Miguel Cabral, Veronica Corona, Michelle Crenshaw,David Crippens, Jesse Cuevas,Dr. Alex Davis, Paul Edwards, Ahmed Enany, Dennis Francis,Joseph Herrera, Terri Hollingsworth, Mark Jurisic, Jessica Ku Kim, Robert A. Lake, Casey O'Neill,Kelly Nguyen, Ruth Lopez Novodor, Dr. Llanet Martin, Luther Medina, Michaela Mendelsohn,LaShondra Mercurius, Michael Murray, Hector Perez-Pacheco, Gabriel Pimentel, Jonathan Port,Carmen Rad, Sergio Rascon, David Rattray, Joseph Stark, Alexanda Suh, Laura Trejo, MariaTurrubiartes, Nancy Hoffman Vanyek, Faye Washington

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DATE: August 26, 2021

TO: Workforce Development Board (WDB)

FROM:

SUBJECT: Consideration of the Minutes of May 26th, 2021

REQUESTED ACTION:

BACKGROUND:

ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND:

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FROM:

SUBJECT: Consideration of the Minutes May 26, 2021

REQUESTED ACTION:

BACKGROUND:


ATTACHMENTS:DescriptionItem 3- Draft__Minutes_WDB_Quarterly_Mtg_May_26.2021Item 3- ADOPTED__Minutes_WDB_Quarterly_Mtg_May_26.2021

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CITY OF LOS ANGELES

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (WDB)

QUARTERLY MEETING

WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2021

DRAFT MINUTES

MEMBERS PRESENT: Charles Woo, Patricia Perez, Garret Gin, Veronica Corona, David Crippens, Michelle Crenshaw, Dr. Alex Davis, Paul Edwards, Steve Dahms (alt.), Mark Jurisic, Jessica Ku Kim, Dr. Llanet Martin, Herb Mendelsohn (alt.), Michaela Mendelsohn, LaShondra Mercurius, Kelly Nguyen, Ruth Lopez Novodor, Casey O’Neill, Hector Perez-Pacheco, Gabriel Pimentel, Carmen Rad, Alexandra Suh, Sharon Shelton (alt.), Nancy Hoffman Vanyek,

1. Call to Order Chair Charles Woo called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.

2. Public Comments on Non-Agenda Items – None

3. Consideration of the Meeting Minutes of February 19, 2021 – Moved to Approve Gabriel Pimentel, Second Patricia Perez Motion carries unanimously.

4. Approval of a Recommendation from the Economic and Workforce Development

Department (EWDD) Regarding the Reallocation of Up to $150,000 of Trade and Economic Transition National Dislocated Worker Funds to Community Career Development, Inc.

Gregg Irish presented the Department’s report, a request to reallocate funding to Community Career Development to serve an additional 200 dislocated workers. Gerardo Ruvalcaba, Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) Director of Workforce Development clarified that this will train an additional 30 – 35 participants.

Moved to Approve Patricia Perez/Second Gabriel Pimentel

Recusals: Laura Chardiet, and Dr. Alex Davis

Motion carries.

5. Approval of Recommendations from the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) Regarding the Reallocation of Up to $150,000 of Gang Injunction Curfew (Rodriguez) Settlement Funds Between WorkSource Centers (WSC)/America's Job Centers of California (AJCC)

Item 5 was Tabled.

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6. Approval/Finalization/of the Year 22/Program Year (PY) 2021 - 22 (July 1, 2021 - June 30,

2022) Workforce Development Board (WDB) Annual Plan Prepared by the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) General Manager Carolyn Hull commented that the Annual Plan 21 – 22 is a guiding and enabling document that represents a shared vision of the City Council, the Mayor, and the WDB toward a goal of equity. Gerardo Ruvalcaba, EWDD Workforce Director reported on the highlights of the Annual Plan, including the 10 proposed long term strategic goals and the planned partnerships to increase workforce system outcomes. Funding for the new program year includes a slight increase in overall funding. The overall Annual Plan includes 95 million in funding, including new revenues, and significant new investments (The Angeleno Corps, Student to Student, and CDBG funding for LA:RISE). A new one million dollar Youth Equity Fund has been established to promote innovative ways to fund opportunities for youth. Future opportunities are not included in this plan, such as the $100 million Biden Administration American Jobs Plan. The Plan will include a significant investment in jobs and upskilling. He has no knowledge on how the funding will be distributed. Once approved, the Annual Plan transmittal to the City Council and Mayor will be done by June 30th. Raul Estrada from El Centro De La Ayuda commented that not enough emphasis is put on the academic and emotional health impact on youth. Many youth deferred college opportunities to help their parents, and then lost their stipends. His organization launched an Emotional Wellness Program to look at mental health. He urged the Board to consider the emotional wellness of youth when providing services to them. Gregg Irish commented that the Department should consider restoring the WDB’s Innovation Fund to one million dollars, including funding for an equity study. General Manager Hull asked EWDD staff for clarification of the current Innovation Fund amount. Gerardo Ruvalcaba responded that there is $500,000 in WIOA funding grants that is available now, and $500,000 in anticipated revenue which has not been realized for the Innovation Fund. Ernesto Pantoja – Union Local 300, commented that they put a lot of local community residents to work. He has previously made mention of their desire to be helpful and partner with the WDB to provide opportunities, and to develop career paths. Gregg Irish commented that the WDB will work with the High Road Training Partnerships to connect with labor. Lisa Salazar, Mayor Garcetti’s Office, suggested that they think systematically about how to create policies that establish partnerships with labor.

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Garrett Gin asked for clarification of the Motion needed: a $500,000 increase in the WDB Innovation Fund be increased by $500,000 to a total of one million dollars. Motion to approve Alex Davis, accepted Patricia Perez’s friendly amendment that the Regional Equity Study include Older Workers/Stephen Dahms Second. Patricia Perez friendly amendment to the motion, that the Regional Equity Study include Older Workers. Dr. Alex Davis accepts friendly amendment. Vote: Motion carries.

Recusals: Ruth Lopez Novodor, David Crippens, and Jessica Ku Kim

(Item 7 taken out of order prior to Item 6)

7. Approval of a Report from the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) Regarding Workforce Development Expenditures and Disallowed Costs Catherine Bondoc, Director of Financial Management, EWDD, gave a report of financial expenditures of the WIOA formula funds and disallowed costs, including PY 20-21 Budget vs. expenditures for each funding stream. Most disallowed costs are an Administrative Finding, and all of the agencies are working to resolve the problems. The Rapid Response was extended for another year. WIOA Summary – of $37 million, $20.8 million (56%).has been expended as of mid-May.

Deputy City Attorney, Regina Mills reminded those who may have conflicts to look over the agenda before the meeting so they are aware of any necessary recusals.

Chair Charlie Woo stated that Item 7 will be received and filed, and it will not be voted on.

Gregg Irish asked if any of these entities with findings should be excluded from the Annual Plan.

Catherine responded that all of the agencies are working with them and they are in various stages of resolution.

Jessica Ku Kim asked about Para Los Ninos, Catherine responded that the agency was just issued their report, and they will give them a chance to resolve it.

Gregg Irish commented that with $1.2 Million of Disallowed Costs in various stages of resolution, that the Department should report any updates in the Fall.

Items 8 – 15 were previously approved. No item was called special for purposes of discussion.

16. Next Meeting: - TBA

17. Adjourn - Meeting adjourned 11:42 a.m.

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CITY OF LOS ANGELES

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (WDB)

QUARTERLY MEETING

WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2021 MINUTES

MEMBERS PRESENT: Charles Woo, Patricia Perez, Garret Gin, Veronica Corona, David Crippens, Michelle Crenshaw, Dr. Alex Davis, Paul Edwards, Steve Dahms (alt.), Mark Jurisic, Jessica Ku Kim, Dr. Llanet Martin, Herb Mendelsohn (alt.), Michaela Mendelsohn, LaShondra Mercurius, Kelly Nguyen, Ruth Lopez Novodor, Casey O’Neill, Hector Perez-Pacheco, Gabriel Pimentel, Carmen Rad, Alexandra Suh, Sharon Shelton (alt.), Nancy Hoffman Vanyek,

1. Call to OrderChair Charles Woo called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m.

2. Public Comments on Non-Agenda Items – None

3. Consideration of the Meeting Minutes of February 19, 2021 –Moved to Approve Gabriel Pimentel, Second Patricia PerezMotion carries unanimously.

4. Approval of a Recommendation from the Economic and Workforce DevelopmentDepartment (EWDD) Regarding the Reallocation of Up to $150,000 of Trade andEconomic Transition National Dislocated Worker Funds to Community CareerDevelopment, Inc.

Gregg Irish presented the Department’s report, a request to reallocate funding to Community Career Development to serve an additional 200 dislocated workers. Gerardo Ruvalcaba, Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) Director of Workforce Development clarified that this will train an additional 30 – 35 participants.

Moved to Approve Patricia Perez/Second Gabriel Pimentel

Recusals: Laura Chardiet, and Dr. Alex Davis

Motion carries.

5. Approval of Recommendations from the Economic and Workforce DevelopmentDepartment (EWDD) Regarding the Reallocation of Up to $150,000 of Gang InjunctionCurfew (Rodriguez) Settlement Funds Between WorkSource Centers (WSC)/America'sJob Centers of California (AJCC)

Item 5 was Tabled.

MINUTES ADOPTED AUGUST 26, 2021

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6. Approval/Finalization/of the Year 22/Program Year (PY) 2021 - 22 (July 1, 2021 - June 30,2022) Workforce Development Board (WDB) Annual Plan Prepared by the Economic andWorkforce Development Department (EWDD)

General Manager Carolyn Hull commented that the Annual Plan 21 – 22 is a guiding andenabling document that represents a shared vision of the City Council, the Mayor, and theWDB toward a goal of equity.

Gerardo Ruvalcaba, EWDD Workforce Director reported on the highlights of the AnnualPlan, including the 10 proposed long term strategic goals and the planned partnerships toincrease workforce system outcomes. Funding for the new program year includes a slightincrease in overall funding. The overall Annual Plan includes 95 million in funding,including new revenues, and significant new investments (The Angeleno Corps, Studentto Student, and CDBG funding for LA:RISE). A new one million dollar Youth Equity Fundhas been established to promote innovative ways to fund opportunities for youth. Futureopportunities are not included in this plan, such as the $100 million Biden AdministrationAmerican Jobs Plan. The Plan will include a significant investment in jobs and upskilling.He has no knowledge on how the funding will be distributed. Once approved, the AnnualPlan transmittal to the City Council and Mayor will be done by June 30th.

Raul Estrada from El Centro De La Ayuda commented that not enough emphasis is puton the academic and emotional health impact on youth. Many youth deferred collegeopportunities to help their parents, and then lost their stipends. His organization launchedan Emotional Wellness Program to look at mental health. He urged the Board to considerthe emotional wellness of youth when providing services to them.

Gregg Irish commented that the Department should consider restoring the WDB’sInnovation Fund to one million dollars, including funding for an equity study.

General Manager Hull asked EWDD staff for clarification of the current Innovation Fundamount.

Gerardo Ruvalcaba responded that there is $500,000 in WIOA funding grants that isavailable now, and $500,000 in anticipated revenue which has not been realized for theInnovation Fund.

Ernesto Pantoja – Union Local 300, commented that they put a lot of local communityresidents to work. He has previously made mention of their desire to be helpful and partnerwith the WDB to provide opportunities, and to develop career paths.

Gregg Irish commented that the WDB will work with the High Road Training Partnershipsto connect with labor.

Lisa Salazar, Mayor Garcetti’s Office, suggested that they think systematically abouthow to create policies that establish partnerships with labor.

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Garrett Gin asked for clarification of the Motion needed: a $500,000 increase in the WDB Innovation Fund be increased by $500,000 to a total of one million dollars.

Motion to approve Alex Davis, accepted Patricia Perez’s friendly amendment that the Regional Equity Study include Older Workers/Stephen Dahms Second.

Patricia Perez friendly amendment to the motion, that the Regional Equity Study include Older Workers. Dr. Alex Davis accepts friendly amendment. Vote: Motion carries.

Recusals: Ruth Lopez Novodor, David Crippens, and Jessica Ku Kim

(Item 7 taken out of order prior to Item 6)

7. Approval of a Report from the Economic and Workforce Development Department(EWDD) Regarding Workforce Development Expenditures and Disallowed Costs

Catherine Bondoc, Director of Financial Management, EWDD, gave a report of financialexpenditures of the WIOA formula funds and disallowed costs, including PY 20-21 Budgetvs. expenditures for each funding stream. Most disallowed costs are an AdministrativeFinding, and all of the agencies are working to resolve the problems. The Rapid Responsewas extended for another year. WIOA Summary – of $37 million, $20.8 million (56%).hasbeen expended as of mid-May.

Deputy City Attorney, Regina Mills reminded those who may have conflicts to look overthe agenda before the meeting so they are aware of any necessary recusals.

Chair Charlie Woo stated that Item 7 will be received and filed, and it will not be voted on.

Gregg Irish asked if any of these entities with findings should be excluded from the AnnualPlan.

Catherine responded that all of the agencies are working with them and they are in variousstages of resolution.

Jessica Ku Kim asked about Para Los Ninos, Catherine responded that the agency wasjust issued their report, and they will give them a chance to resolve it.

Gregg Irish commented that with $1.2 Million of Disallowed Costs in various stages ofresolution, that the Department should report any updates in the Fall.

Items 8 – 15 were previously approved. No item was called special for purposes of discussion.

16. Next Meeting: - TBA

17. Adjourn - Meeting adjourned 11:42 a.m.

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FROM:

SUBJECT: Approval of the Workforce Development Board (WDB) Nominations/MembershipCommittee Recommendations Regarding the Election of WDB Officers (i.e.,President/Chair, Secretary, Treasurer)

REQUESTED ACTION:

BACKGROUND:


ATTACHMENTS:DescriptionItem 4... Approval of the WDB Nominations Membership Committee Recommendations...

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FROM: La Shondra Mercurius, Chair Workforce Development Board (WDB) Nominations/

Membership Committee

SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (WDB) NOMINATIONS/MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE’S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE ELECTION OF WDB OFFICERS (i.e., PRESIDENT/CHAIR, SECRETARY, AND TREASURER)

REQUESTED ACTION:

The Workforce Development Board (WDB) Nominations/Membership Committee is recommending Charles Woo, Patricia Perez, and Garrett Gin, respectively, for election as WDB President/Chair, WDB Secretary, and WDB Treasurer. BACKGROUND: The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was signed by President Obama on July 22, 2014, to amend the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 and strengthen the country’s public workforce development system through innovation in and alignment and improvement of employment, training, and education programs, and to promote national, state, and local economic growth. This legislation authorized Governors to certify Local Workforce Development Areas (LWDA) and Workforce Development Boards (WDB) for receipt of WIOA funds and for the conduct of WIOA activities. Currently, forty-six LWDAs and WDBs are certified in California. In partnership with Chief Elected Officials, WDBs are charged with ensuring the appropriate use and management of WIOA funds in LWDAs. The WIOA stipulates the execution of a WDB-Local

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Elected Official (WDB-LEO) agreement in each LWDA, which describes the roles and responsibilities of the Chief Elected Officials and WDB members. All members of a WDB are appointed by the Chief Elected Official(s) of a LWDA. Representatives of the business/employer community constitute the majority of a WDB’s membership, and the President/Chair of a WDB must come from within their ranks. The balance of a WDB’s membership includes representatives of educational institutions, organized labor and joint labor-management apprenticeship programs, economic development entities, community-based agencies, and others. The City of Los Angeles’ WDB consists of 39 members, appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council, that provide lead policy direction on all matters regarding the WIOA including evaluation and oversight, and the development of the Regional Plan, Four-Year Local Plan, and Local Annual Plan. The WDB operates in accordance with a WDB-LEO agreement and WDB bylaws. It is also a nonprofit charitable corporation under Section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code and can accept and expend donations from various sources for workforce development endeavors of benefit to the public. Both the WDB-LEO agreement and WDB bylaws call for the election of WDB officers (i.e., WDB President/Chair, WDB Secretary, and WDB Treasurer) annually.

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FROM:

SUBJECT: The Workforce Development Board Nominations/Membership CommitteeRecommends:

REQUESTED ACTION:

BACKGROUND:


ATTACHMENTS:DescriptionItem 5 - .Nomination_Membership_Comm._WDB.Officer-RecommendationsItem 5 - Attachment...WDB Exxecutive Committee Members

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TO: Workforce Development Board (WDB) President/Chair

FROM: La Shondra Mercurius, Chair Workforce Development Board (WDB) Nominations/ Membership Committee

SUBJECT: THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (WDB) NOMINATIONS/MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS: (1) THE WDB PRESIDENT/CHAIR ACCEPT ITS NOMINATIONS FOR WDB STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS; (2) THE WDB PRESIDENT/CHAIR ACCEPT ITS TWO ADDITIONAL NOMINATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE WDB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE; AND (3) THE FULL WDB ELECT WDB STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRS

REQUESTED ACTION:

That the Workforce Development Board (WDB) President/Chair accept the WDB Nominations/Membership Committee’s recommendations for the reappointment and reelection of the four incumbent WDB Standing Committee Chairs, and the reappointment of the two additional WDB members to the WDB Executive Committee. BACKGROUND: Four WDB Standing Committees and a WDB Executive Committee are specified in WDB bylaws: Business Services, Marketing and Resource Development Committee

Nominations/Membership Committee

Policy and Oversight Committee

Youth Council

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The WDB President/Chair appoints WDB Standing Committee Chairs, subject to their approval/election by the full WDB. Inasmuch as the full WDB meets quarterly, the WDB Executive Committee has the authority to take actions on behalf of the full WDB between sessions. It is comprised of the WDB President/Chair, WDB Secretary, WDB Treasurer, and the Chairs of the four WDB Standing Committees. The WDB President/Chair presides over the WDB Executive Committee. Two additional WDB members may be appointed to the WDB Executive Committee by the WDB President/Chair, absent the concurrence of the full WDB. No fewer than five of the nine members of the WDB Executive Committee shall be WDB members representing private industry/business. The WDB Nominations/Membership Committee met on August 18, 2021 and is recommending to the WDB President/Chair and full WDB, respectively, the reappointment and reelection of the four incumbent WDB Standing Committee Chairs. Moreover, the WDB Nominations/Membership Committee is recommending the WDB President/Chair reappoint the two incumbent additional members of the WDB Executive Committee. Attached is the roster of the current WDB Executive Committee.

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WDB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Charles Woo

Patricia Perez

Garrett Gin

David Crippens

Nancy Hoffman Vanyek

Ruth Lopez Novodor

Luther Medina

LaShondra Mercurius

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SUBJECT: Authorization to Accept $28,055 in Regional Plan Implementation 3.0 Funds fromthe State of California, through the Foothill Workforce Development Board(FWDB), to Provide Enhanced Supportive Services to Hardest-to-ServeWorkforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Customers

REQUESTED ACTION:

BACKGROUND:


ATTACHMENTS:DescriptionItem 6...Authorization to Accept $28055 in Regional Planning Implementation...

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FROM: Gregg Irish, Executive Director Workforce Development Board (WDB)

SUBJECT: Authorization to Accept $28,055 in Regional Planning Implementation 3.0 Funds from the State of California, through the Foothill Workforce Development Board (FWDB) to Provide Enhanced Supportive Services to Hardest-to-Serve Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Customers

REQUESTED ACTION: Authorize the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) to execute a contract with the Foothill Workforce Development Board (FWDB) accepting Regional Planning Implementation 3.0 funds for the purpose stated above. BACKGROUND: The Governor is charged with designating and certifying Local Workforce Development Areas (LWDA) and attendant WDBs for eligibility to receive Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) formula and discretionary funds. There are 45 LWDAs/WDBs in California. Each LWDA/WDB is assigned to one of 15 regions based on similar economic and labor characteristics, to engage in a regional planning process that produces a four-year workforce development plan with cooperative service delivery strategies and arrangements. At the end of the first two-year period, the four-year regional Workforce development plan must be modified to account for economic and labor market changes.

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Seven LWDAs/WDBs have been designated and certified in Los Angeles County (Burbank/Glendale/Verdugo, City of Long Beach/Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network, City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, Foothill/Pasadena, South Bay, and Southeast Los Angeles County). Collectively they constitute one region for planning purposes under the official title, Los Angeles Basin Regional Planning Unit (LABRPU). The City of Los Angeles LWDA/WDB was selected by its fellow LWDAS/WDBs as Regional Planning and Implementation Coordinator, and spearheaded the selection of consultants to prepare the original LABRPU Regional Plan which covered the period July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2021. The City of Los Angeles LWDA/WDB also facilitated amendments to the initial regional plan midway through its lifespan. The role of Regional Planning and Implementation Coordinator has since been rotated among the LWDAs/WDBs, depending upon the availability and purpose of subsequent regional planning funding from the state. For example, the South Bay LWDA/WDB is the lead for the Prison to Employment (P2E) program and the Burbank/Glendale/Verdugo LWDA/WDB for a project to increase the availability of workforce development services to persons with disabilities. The Foothill/Pasadena LWDA/WDB received Regional Plan Implementation 3.0 Funds to facilitate the development of a new LABRPU Regional Plan by the seven LWDAs/WDBs in Los Angeles County, which was recently approved by the state. There is a balance of $196,385 of Regional Plan Implementation 3.0 Funds to be divided equally among the seven LWDAs/WDBs for an initiative to provide expanded supportive services and other assistance to hardest-to-serve WIOA customers. The WDB is being asked to authorize the EWDD to accept its share of Regional Plan Implementation 3.0 Funds, $28.055, from the Foothill/Pasadena LWDA/WDB.

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FROM:

SUBJECT: Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department's (EWDD)Recommendations Regarding the Distribution of Funding to WorkSourceCenters (WSC) and YouthSource Centers (YSC) for the Mayor's College PromiseWorks Initiative

REQUESTED ACTION:

BACKGROUND:


ATTACHMENTS:DescriptionItem 7 - WDB Report College Promise Works

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This WIOA Title I financially assisted program or activity is an equal opportunity employer/program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

DATE : August 26, 2021 TO: Charles Woo, Chair Workforce Development Board Executive Committee FROM: Carolyn M. Hull, General Manager Economic and Workforce Development Department

SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S (EWDD) RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING TO WORKSOURCE CENTERS (WSC) AND YOUTHSOURCE CENTERS (YSC) FOR THE MAYOR'S COLLEGE PROMISE WORKS INITIATIVE

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD ACTION The General Manager of the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) respectfully requests that the Workforce Development Board (WDB):

1. APPROVE the Department’s recommendations to transfer $80,000 from UAW-Labor Employment and Training Corporation (UAW-LETC) to Archdiocesan Youth Employment (AYE) South for the Mayor’s College Promise Works initiative as outlined in Table 1; and

2. APPROVE the allocation of $10,000 to Para Los Niños (PLN) to manage the College Promise Works program until the Mayor’s Office hires a coordinator; and

3. AUTHORIZE the Department to enter into agreements with the entities named in this report and for the amounts indicated from The Mayor’s Fund (Fund) for Los Angeles for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022

BACKGROUND Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Fund for Los Angeles launched the Los Angeles College Promise (LACP) in 2016 to provide free community college tuition for all Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) high school graduates. The initiative is the signature education program of Mayor Garcetti’s administration and has served more than 15,000 students across Los Angeles to date.

CAROLYN M. HULL GENERAL MANAGER

CITY OF LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA

ERIC GARCETTI

MAYOR

ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

1200 W. 7TH STREET

LOS ANGELES, CA 90017

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College Promise Works Page 2 of 2 August 26, 2021

LACP is a student success initiative that is building a lasting college-going culture with unparalleled outcomes so far, such as a record increase in the numbers of LAUSD graduates enrolling both full-time and part-time at Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), the nation’s largest community college district. The Fund, the Mayor’s Office, and its partner EWDD, is implementing LACP Works to address additional barriers to college success for some students. The program will consist of four (4) Employment Specialists; the objective of the program is to create a sustainable, equity-driven employment pipeline connecting community college students to high-quality jobs and career pathways in the non-profit, private, and public sectors. RECOMMENDATION For Program Year 2020-2021, the inaugural year for the LACP Works program, four existing WorkSource Center (WSC)/YouthSource Center (YSC) service providers were selected to implement the initiative. While many of the service providers successfully dispatched services and strived to meet the collective goal of supporting 500 participants with work experience, the impact of COVID along with capacity issues was a hindrance for some. EWDD recommends that the funds awarded to UAW-LETC be transferred to AYE South as the site is located on the campus of Southwest College, one of the community colleges supported by the LACP Works program. The location provides immediate access to eligible college students and campus support staff. In addition, as a YSC provider, AYE has demonstrated a capacity to successfully implement this program, including working with students and with program partners that are necessary to promote successful outcomes. Table 1 – Funding Recommendations

CLUSTER LACP RFI PROPOSER

CAMPUSES SERVED

RECOMMENDED FUNDING

South LA UAW-Labor Employment and Training Corporation

Harbor Southwest

-($80,000)

South LA AYE- South Harbor

Southwest $80,000

TOTAL $80,000

Additionally, EWDD recommends allocating up to $10,000 to PLN to act as the coordinating agency to support the implementation and management of the LACP Works program for the participating providers. These funds will allow for increased technical assistance, staff support and coordination with the LACCD. NEXT STEPS Upon the WDB’s approval, EWDD will execute contracts with the selected proposers listed above. Program implementation will start when the LACCD campuses resume classes. CMH:GR:MV:cg

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FROM:

SUBJECT: Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department's (EWDD)Recommendations Regarding the Allocation of $288,000 to Para Los Ninos toProvide Work Experience Opportunities for Youth in the Entertainment Industry

REQUESTED ACTION:

BACKGROUND:


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DATE: August 26, 2021 TO: Charles Woo, Chair

Workforce Development Board Executive Committee

FROM: Carolyn M. Hull, General Manager Economic and Workforce Development Department

SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S (EWDD) RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE ALLOCATION OF $288,000 TO PARA LOS NIÑOS TO PROVIDE WORK EXPERIENCE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD ACTION The General Manager of the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) respectfully requests that the Workforce Development Board (WDB):

1. AUTHORIZE the General Manager of the EWDD, or designee to allocate $145,000 to Para Los Niños (PLN) – East and 143,000 to PLN – Central to support summer youth employment activities for an additional 105 youth in the entertainment industry as outlined in Table 1, and;

2. AUTHORIZE the General Manager of the EWDD, or designee, to enter into an agreement with PLN East and Central YouthSource Centers (YSC), in an amount not to exceed $143,000 and $145,000 respectively, to provide work experience placements for 105 youth for the contract period September 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022.

BACKGROUND Summer employment is a significant stepping stone toward independence and adulthood as meaningful work experience provides valuable lessons about life and responsibility. Youth afforded these opportunities are more prepared for the world of work and garner the skills valued by employers in the labor market. Under the “HIRE LA’s Youth” banner, the Mayor’s Office and EWDD will partner to facilitate job placements for young people ages 14 – 24 in the entertainment industry. Evolve Entertainment (EE) operates as a public-private partnership aimed at creating new opportunities in the entertainment industry for historically underserved and excluded communities. In alliance with the City of Los Angeles, industry leaders in entertainment



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Evolve Enterainment Page 2 of 2 August 26, 2021 Youth Work Experience and digital media, non-profit organizations, and educational institutions are dedicated to fostering career pathways into film, television, and music. The primary focus is to engage women, people of color, and low-income Angelenos through paid internships, focused mentoring, and an ongoing series of workshops and panels. For Program Year 21-22, PLN has agreed to provide subsized work experience in partnership with EE for a total of 150 underserved youth. Currently, 45 youth are enrolled in the Evolve opportunity. However, to meet the goal of serving 150 youth additional funds are needed. RECOMMENDATION EWDD’s goal is to utilize the funds to maximize youth work experience opportunities in the entertainment industry. To that end, EWDD recommends that the WDB Executive Committee authorize the General Manager to alocate $288,000 to finance opportunities for youth. A total of $145,000 will be provided to PLN East and $143,000 will be provided to PLN Central to support the EE work experience activities. The additional funding will allow PLN East and Central to support the remaining 105 subsidized job placements effective September 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022. EWDD will work with PLN to ensure that recruitment for this program occurs citywide and to ensure diversity of program participants both from a regional perspective but also from a gender and ethnic perspective. Table 1 – Evolve Funding

AGENCY SLOT COST SLOTS FUNDING

Para Los Niños East $2,750 53 $145,000

Para Los Niños Central $2,750 52 $143,000

Total $288,000

NEXT STEPS Upon WDB approval, EWDD will execute an agreement and/or amendment to agreements with PLN. CMH:GR:MV:cg

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FROM:

SUBJECT: Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department's (EWDD)Recommendations Regarding the Allocation of $50,000 to Enable the LosAngeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) to operate a Specialized WorkforceDevelopment Project of Benefit to Women

REQUESTED ACTION:

BACKGROUND:


ATTACHMENTS:DescriptionItem 9 - WDB Report LACI Youth Initiative

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DATE: August 26, 2021 TO: Charles Woo, Chair

Workforce Development Board Executive Committee

FROM: Carolyn M. Hull, General Manager Ecnomic and Workforce Development Department

SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S (EWDD) RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE ALLOCATION OF $50,000 TO ENABLE THE LOS ANGELES CLEANTECH INCUBATOR (LACI) TO OPERATE A SPECIALIZED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OF BENEFIT TO WOMEN

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (WDB) ACTION The General Manager of the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) respectfully requests that the Workforce Development Board:

1. AUTHORIZE the General Manager of the EWDD, to allocated up to $50,000 in City General Funds to provide youth work experience training and activities;

2. AURTHORIZE the General Manager of EWDD to negotiate and execute a new agreement with the Los Angeles Clean Tech Incubator (LACI), in an amount not to exceed $50,000, to provide vocational training and work-experience services for up to 25 youth in Boyle Heights and Watts

BACKGROUND The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the Safer at Home orders issued in response to the spread of the virus has had a disastrous impact on the Los Angeles labor market. Since Mayor Garcetti issued his Safer at Home Order in March 2020, more than 1.3 million Angelenos have filed for unemployment insurance. These job losses have had a disproportionate impact on low-wage hourly workers from high-barrier communities in the City of Los Angeles, including youth ages 16 to 24. The Department’s youth workforce programs, which provides paid work-experience for youth ages 14-24, is critical in response to the pandemic. Funded through the City



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Cleantech Youth Initiative Page 2 of 2 August 26, 2021 General Fund General Fund and Los Angeles County, the program provides on average of 6,000 youth an average of 120 hours of paid work experience annually. In response to COVID-19, EWDD has developed new strategies that will allow for increased access to virtual work experience and Learn & Earn opportunities. RECOMMENDATION EWDD proposes to utilize $50,000 in City General Fund – City-managed YouthSource Center funds to pilot a program with LACI focusing on youth in East Los Angeles and South Los Angeles. LACI will launch a new Green Tech workforce training course with a specific focus on female participants. LACI’s Green Jobs Report launched in 2021 found that just 37% of Green Jobs are held by women, although women hold half of all jobs, in Los Angeles County. Research has linked this gender disparity to historic exclusion from blue-collar apprenticeships and STEM education programs. Toward this end, LACI proposed to host an all-female course to prepare participants for careers in cleantech IT Support Services. The course will provide virtual and hands-on training to 20 participants using a combination of lecture and self-paced training model, with an opportunity to learn from an IT practitioner through 100 hours of work experience. NEXT STEPS Upon WDB approval, EWDD will execute agreements and amendments to agreement with LACI.

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FROM:

SUBJECT: A Discussion of and Possible Actions for the Use of the One Million ($1,000,000)Workforce Development Board (WDB) Innovation Fund

REQUESTED ACTION:

BACKGROUND:


ATTACHMENTS:Description

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FROM:

SUBJECT: Authorize the Workforce Development Board (WDB) Chair to Sign an Extensionof the WDB-Local Elected Official (WDB-LEO) Agreement through December 31,2021

REQUESTED ACTION:

BACKGROUND:


ATTACHMENTS:DescriptionItem 4 - WDB-LEO Agreement ReportItem 4 - Attachment WDB LEO Agreement

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MEMORANDUM DATE: June 17, 2021

TO: Charles Woo, Chair Workforce Development Board (WDB) Executive Committee

FROM: Gregg Irish, Executive Director Workforce Development Board (WDB)

SUBJECT: AUTHORIZE THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD (WDB) CHAIR TO SIGN AN EXTENSION OF THE WDB-LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIAL (LEO) AGREEMENT THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2021

REQUESTED ACTION: That the Chair of the Workforce Development Board (WDB) be authorized to sign and extend the WDB-Local Elected Official (LEO) agreement for a six-month period ending December 31, 2021. BACKGROUND: President Obama signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) on July 22, 2014, to amend the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 and strengthen the nation's public workforce development system through innovation in and alignment and improvement of employment, training, and education programs, and to promote individual economic growth. The WIOA enabled each Governor to establish Local Workforce Development Areas (LWDA) for the receipt and conduct of WIOA workforce Development activities, under the shared oversight of WDBs and LEOs. Both are charged with ensuring the appropriate use and management of WIOA funds in a LWDA. The Chair of a WDB and the majority of a WDB's members must be representatives of the business/employer community. The Balance of a WDB's membership includes representatives of educational institutions, organized labor and joint labor-management apprenticeship programs, economic and community development entities, community-based agencies, etc. All members of a WDB are appointed by the Chief Elected Official(s) of a LWDA. An agreement is executed between the Chief Elected Official(s) and the WDB explaining the WIOA related duties and responsibilities of each party. The agreement must comply with provisions of the WIOA.

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Item 4 Page 2 California has forty-six LWDAs and WDBs, of which seven are in Los Angeles County (i.e., City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, Foothill/Pasadena, Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network/City of Long Beach, South Bay, Southeast Los Angeles County, and Verdugo/cities of Burbank, Glendale, and La Canada/Flintridge). These LWDAs collectively constitute one area for WIOA regional coordination purposes. The City of Los Angeles LWDA and WDB were initially certified by the Governor on March 15, 2015. Subsequent two-year certifications were granted after state review of, among other things, the WDB's composition and the WDB-LEO agreement. The current five-year WDB-LEO agreement was for the period July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2020. As is allowable under said agreement, the Chief Elected Officials and the WDB approved a one-year extension to June 30, 2021. Another extension for six-months, through December 31, 2021, is now being proposed.

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FROM:

SUBJECT: Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department's (EWDD)Recommendations Regarding Implementation of the $3.5 Million Student toStudent (S2S) Success Pilot Program

REQUESTED ACTION:

BACKGROUND:


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June 14, 2021

Council File Number: Council Districts: All Contact Persons & Phone: Gerardo Ruvalcaba (213) 744-7233

The Honorable Eric Garcetti Mayor, City of Los Angeles Room 303, City Hall

City Council c/o City Clerk Room 395, City Hall

Attention: Heleen Ramirez, Legislative Coordinator

TRANSMITTAL: APPROVAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT’S (EWDD) PROPOSED STUDENT TO STUDENT RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS

The General Manager of the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) and the Chair of the Los Angeles Workforce Development Board (WDB) respectfully request that the City Council, subject to approval of the Mayor, as required:

1. APPROVE EWDD’S request to transfer up to $3.5 million in funding from theUnappropriated Balance (UB) to EWDD to implement the Student to StudentSuccess Pilot Program;

2. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, EWDD, to negotiate and executeagreements with Hire LA’s Youth Service Providers for the period July 1, 2021through June 30, 2022 in the amounts described in Table 3, subject to review bythe City Attorney as to form and legality;

3. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, EWDD, to negotiate and executeagreements with Managed Career Solutions, in an amount not to exceed$152,548 for the processing of participant stipends for City-operatedYouthSource Centers;

4. AUTHORIZE the Controller to;

a. Appropriate $3,500,000 from the Unappropriated Balance Fund No. 100/58

Workforce Development Board CHARLES WOO

CHAIR


ERIC GARCETTI MAYOR

Economic and Workforce Development Department

CAROLYN M. HULL. GENERAL MANAGER

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Student to Student Page 2 of 7 June 14, 2021

Student to Student Success Pilot Account No. 580356 to the General Fund–Various Program Fund No. 551/22, new Account No. 22V828 entitled “Student to Student Success Pilot Program-UB;”

b. Transfer appropriations within the General Fund-Various Program Fund No.551/22 as follows:

Acct # Title Amount

From:

22V828 Student to Student Success Pilot Program-UB 549,172

To:

22V122 Economic and Workforce Development 394,693

22V146 Mayor 150,000

22V166 Personnel 4,479

Total 549,172

c. Increase appropriations within Fund 100/22 as follows:

Acct # Title Amount

001010 Salaries General 347,883

001070 Salaries As Needed 1,117

001090 Overtime General 40

002120 Printing and Binding 26

002130 Travel 54

003040 Contractual Services 4,111

003310 Transportation 5

006010 Office and Administrative 3,786

006020 Operating Supplies 6

006030 Leasing 37,665

Total 394,693

d. Increase appropriations within the following Fund 100 accounts:

Acct # Title Amount

100/46/001010 Salaries General 150,000


e. Expend up to $127,828 within the General Fund - Various Program Fund No.551, Account Nos. 22V828, Student to Student Success Pilot Program-UB,for payroll services, insurance, taxes and participant stipends and othersupportive services, upon presentation of proper documentation by EWDD.

5. AUTHORIZE the General Manager of EWDD, or designee, to prepare additionalController instructions and/or any necessary technical adjustments that areconsistent with Mayor and Council action, subject to the review of the CityAdministrative Officer, and instruct the Controller to implement these instructions.

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BACKGROUND

The FY 21-22 Adopted Budget prioritizes equity and makes significant investments in youth development and career pathways for young Angelenos. One such investment is the creation of the Student to Student (S2S) Success Pilot. This program will provide job skills training and paid employment to high-need students who will serve as tutors to younger siblings who have struggled academically as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the pilot is two-fold: to reverse the disproportionate learning loss experienced by our most vulnerable younger students; and to provide paid work experience and career exploration to older students to prepare them for essential employment in the education and childcare fields. The S2S Pilot provides a unique and innovative program model in K-12 education, bringing together the Los Angeles Workforce Development System (WDS) and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to improve the lives of vulnerable students who have been among the most impacted by the pandemic.

The S2S Pilot builds on an existing, smaller-scale demonstration project currently being coordinated by the Mayor’s Office, EWDD, and LAUSD. Today, nearly 200 high school students in this demonstration are providing direct tutoring assistance to their younger siblings at home during out-of-school hours. The students are low-income youth attending Title I schools identified by LAUSD and located in the South Los Angeles, Central Los Angeles, East Los Angeles, East Hollywood, North San Fernando Valley, and South San Fernando Valley areas of the City. In early survey results on achievement gains, 70 percent of tutored students have experienced a “large improvement” in English reading and writing, and 67 percent have experienced “medium improvement” in Math. The students in the demonstration project will continue their tutoring work throughout June of 2021.

DISCUSSION

The S2S Pilot program will fund job skills training and paid work experience for 1,000 students attending schools in higher-poverty areas of the City. The student tutors will work 120 hours at a rate of $15 per hour. The 120 paid hours consist of 20 hours of job skills training and 100 hours of tutoring work experience. Each one of the employed students will tutor at least one of their siblings or a school-aged relative living in the same household after school and/or on weekends. The City’s YouthSource Centers and Hire LA’s Youth service providers (LAUSD and Managed Career Solutions) will facilitate the job skills training for the student workers. Additionally, LAUSD will leverage part-time instructors to support the program at no cost at a ratio of approximately one teacher for every 40 students. These instructors, which LAUSD is already leveraging for the ongoing demonstration project, are certificated school district employees who provide additional training to the student workers on tutoring best practices and resources to increase their effectiveness as academic tutors.

Eligibility

The youth tutors must be low-income high school students who are under 25 years old, who live in the City of Los Angeles and who have valid U.S. work authorization. The tutors are enrolled in LAUSD Title I schools, either traditional high schools or alternative high schools, such as a continuation school or opportunity school for older students.

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The younger students receiving the tutoring assistance will be children who had low grades, inconsistent attendance, and missing or incomplete school assignments during the 2020-2021 school year.

Program Outcomes and Data

The S2S Pilot will track for program participants reductions in missing school assignments and grade improvements in core subject areas (math, English, science, history/social science, visual and performing arts, and language other than English), compared to the 2020-21 academic year. The program will also track program effectiveness through student and parent surveys to measure program satisfaction and evaluate improvements in student confidence and school engagement as a result of academic gains from the program. Additionally, the Hire LA’s Youth application platform will also allow the program to track demographics for participants regarding race/ethnicity, gender identity, low-income and CalWORKs status, as well as contact with the foster care and justice systems. Table 1 below provides a list of core outcomes the program will accomplish during the new program year ending on June 30, 2022.

Table 1: Program Outcomes

No. Outcomes Goal 1 Number of students hired and trained as tutors 1,000 2 Number of students tutored 1,000 3 Number of tutoring hours provided 75,000 4 Percentage of tutored students improving grades in core subject areas 80% 5 Percentage of tutored students improving homework assignment completion 80%

6

Percentage of tutored students reporting moderate to significant increases in academic confidence and school engagement as a result of the program 80%

7 Percentage of guardians reporting moderate to significant program satisfaction 80%

FUNDING OVERVIEW

Funding for the program will be allocated to YouthSource Centers and Hire LA’s Youth service providers procured through the most recent 2018 Youth Support Request for Qualifications; to the EWDD to provide program administration; to the Mayor’s Office to oversee the program coordinator; and to California State University, Northridge (CSUN) to conduct an evaluation that assesses program effectiveness and efficiency. Table 2 below provides a breakdown of the total program funding of $3.5 million.

Table 2: Total Funding Allocation

No. Entity Services Funding 1 Service Provider Paid Work Experience Slots $2,950,000

2 EWDD & Personnel Program Administration $350,000

3 Mayor’s Office Program Coordination Staffing $150,000

4 CSUN Evaluation $50,000

Total $3,500,000

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Table 3 below provides a summary of funding allocations that will be made available to service providers upon approval by the City Council and the Mayor. Funding recommendations are based on service provider capacity as demonstrated to date as part of the current demonstration project, as well as an equitable distribution by region.

Table 3: Funding Allocations by Service Provider

No. Service Provider Area Planning Commission Slots Funding

1 AYE - Central Central Los Angeles 30 $88,500

2 Boyle Heights Tech Center East Los Angeles 40 $118,000

3 Brotherhood Crusade South Los Angeles 20 $59,000

4 CRCD South Los Angeles 40 $118,000

5 El Proyecto - Sun Valley South San Fernando Valley 40 $118,000

6 El Proyecto - North Valley North San Fernando Valley 80 $236,000

7 Goodwill South San Fernando Valley 80 $236,000

8 Managed Career Solutions Central Los Angeles 20 $59,000

9 Para Los Niños - Central Central Los Angeles 80 $236,000

10 Para Los Niños - East East Los Angeles 40 $118,000

11 YO Watts South Los Angeles 20 $59,000

12 UCLA YouthSource Center Central Los Angeles 20 $59,000

13 WLCAC South Los Angeles 20 $59,000

14 LAUSD Citywide 470 $1,386,500

Total 1000 $2,950,000

Table 4 below provides the distribution of the funds across the Area Planning Commissions. Allocations are based on income with respect to poverty level, population, and the percent of residents living below poverty level by proportional share in the City of Los Angeles. Utilizing the poverty levels ensures equitable distribution among the communities with the highest need.

Table 4: Work Experience Slot Allocations by Region

No. Area Planning Commission (APC)

Percent of People in Poverty in the City

S2S Target

YouthSource Allocation

LAUSD Allocation

Total by

APC

1 Central Los Angeles

19.7% 197 150 47 197

2 East Los Angeles 10.3% 103 80 23 103

3 Harbor 5.2% 52 - 52 52

4 North San Fernando Valley

14.3% 143 80 63 143

5 South Los Angeles 29.1% 291 100 191 291

6 South San Fernando Valley

14.9% 149 120 29 149

7 West Los Angeles 6.5% 65 - 65 65

Total 100% 1000 530 470 1000

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IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE

Table 5 below provides an overview of the planned implementation for the S2S Pilot. The ramp-up period will take place in July and August 2021. The program work experience will be split into two cohorts, one in the fall semester and one in the spring of 2022. The program close-out will take place in the spring of 2022 and will focus on program evaluation and outcome reporting to City leaders and program partners.

Table 5: Program Timeline

Program Ramp-up: Staffing, Contracting, and Training (July to August 2021)

July - August

Search and hiring of program coordinator; Service provider contract development; Service provider program trainings and orientations; Teacher recruitment; School selection from all of LAUSD’s six Local Districts (Northeast, Northwest, West, Central, East, and South).

August 16th First day of the school semester. Start of a three-week period for school administrators and students to settle in and adjust to the return to in-person instruction. The program does not begin at this time.

Cohort I: 520 students served (September to December 2021)

September 7th Cohort I starts with a three-week period to recruit students, enroll them in the Hire LA’s Youth platform, and issue them work permits.

September 27th - December 10th

Ten-week period for students to complete 120hrs. of work experience at a rate of at least 12hrs./week. This period does not include the week of Thanksgiving, during which students would not be expected to work. Cohort I completes.

December 13th - December 17th

Final week of the semester before winter break. Students focus on taking any end-of-semester school exams.

Cohort II - 480 students served, 1,000 cumulatively (January to April 2022)

January 11th

First day of the semester. Cohort II starts with a three-week period to recruit students, enroll them in the Hire LA’s Youth platform, and issue them work permits.

January 31st - April 8th

Ten-week period for students to complete 120hrs. of work experience at a rate of at least 12hrs/week. Cohort II completes.

April 11th Spring break begins.

Program Close-out: Evaluation and Reporting (April to June 2022)

April - June

Service provider contract close-out; Program partner interviews and program evaluation; Program best-practice manuals; Reports to City Council, L.A. Workforce Development Board, LAUSD leadership and Board of Education, End-of-program celebration and promotion.

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WDB ACTION

In compliance with the City of Los Angeles Workforce Development Board—Local Elected Official (WDB-LEO) agreement, the acceptance and/or allocation of funds by the EWDD for any workforce development grant in excess of $250,000 is subject to the approval of the WDB, the Mayor, and City Council. The WDB approved the recommendations contained herein on May 26, 2021 through their approval of the PY22 Annual Plan.

CAROLYN M. HULL CHARLES WOO, Chair General Manager Workforce Development Board

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FROM:

SUBJECT: Approval of the Economic and Workforce Development Department's (EWDD)Recommendations Regarding Implementation of the $6 Million Angeleno CorpsProgram

REQUESTED ACTION:

BACKGROUND:


ATTACHMENTS:DescriptionItem 13 - Angeleno Corps Program Report

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DATE: June 17, 2021

TO: Charles Woo, Chair Workforce Development Board, Executive Committee


SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S (EWDD) RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE $6 MILLION ANGELENO CORPS PROGRAM

WDB ACTION

The General Manager of the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) respectfully requests that the Workforce Development Board:

1. APPROVE EWDD’S request to transfer up to $6.0 million in funding from the Unappropriated Balance (UB) to EWDD to implement the Angeleno Corps Program;

2. AUTHORIZE the General Manager, EWDD, to negotiate and execute agreements with Hire LA’s Youth Service Providers for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 in the amounts described in Table 3, subject to review by the City Attorney as to form and legality;

3. AUTHORIZE the Controller to:

a. Appropriate $1,000,000 from the Unappropriated Balance Fund No. 100/58 Angeleno Connect Program Account No. 580347 to the General Fund–Various Program Fund No. 551/22, new Account No. 22V826 entitled “Angeleno Connect Program-UB;”

Appropriate $5,000,000 from the Unappropriated Balance Fund No. 100/58 Angeleno Corps Account No. 580348 to the General Fund-Various Program Fund No. 551/22, new Account No. 22V827 entitled “Angeleno Corps;”

b. Transfer appropriations within the General Fund-Various Program Fund No. 551/22 as follows:

ACCT # TITLE AMOUNT

From:

22V826 Angeleno Connect Program - UB 115,909

22V827 Angeleno Corps - UB 579,546



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Total 695,455

To:

22V122 Economic and Workforce Development 538,772

22V146 Mayor 150,000

22V166 Personnel 6,683

Total 695,455

c. Increase appropriations within Fund 100/22 as follows:

ACCT # TITLE AMOUNT

001010 Salaries General 469,470

001070 Salaries As Needed 1,666

001090 Overtime General 60

002120 Printing and Binding 39

002130 Travel 81

003040 Contractual Services 6,134

003310 Transportation 8

006010 Office and Administrative 5,650

006020 Operating Supplies 8

006030 Leasing 55,656

Total 538,772

d. Increase appropriations within the following Fund 100 accounts:

ACCT # TITLE AMOUNT



4. AUTHORIZE the General Manager of EWDD, or designee, to prepare additional

Controller instructions and/or any necessary technical adjustments that are consistent with Mayor and Council action, subject to the review of the City Administrative Officer, and instruct the Controller to implement these instructions.

BACKGROUND

The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified existing inequities in our public education system and deepened the crisis of disengagement and disenrollment from higher education programs among Black and Latinx students in Los Angeles. The pandemic has devastated poor communities of color by compounding injustice in health care, job opportunities, housing, and family stability. As a result, young people have experienced significant trauma from disparities in job loss and economic insecurity, as well as educational loss and disconnection. The FY 21-22 Adopted Budget prioritizes equity and makes significant investments in youth development and career pathways for young Angelenos. One such investment is the creation of the Angeleno Corps. This program will address the urgency of community and educational recovery by engaging hundreds of young Angelenos in a multifaceted program of service to the most impacted communities, support for their educational dreams, and an anchoring of their economic stability.

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DISCUSSION

The Angeleno Corps is a 10-month, intensive service, support, and education program designed to engage young Angelenos in community recovery efforts in our City’s neighborhoods most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, the program will recruit and deploy 400 young people to provide service to hard-hit communities during the 2021-2022 academic year. Angeleno Corps will also recruit eight Service Leaders, who will coordinate and lead two teams of 25 Corps members each.

Corps members will serve in one of four recovery and equity priority areas:

1. Education and Child Care

2. Health Equity and Environmental Justice

3. Digital Equity (“Future Tech Corps”)

4. Family Immigration Assistance

Corps members will be placed at partner community-based organizations and receive a $1,000 monthly stipend for their service. The City’s YouthSource Centers will serve as the employer of record for Corps members and will provide them with specific job skills training before deployment. Throughout the program, members will participate in various professional development and group service activities, including “Days of Service.” Members will commit to be enrolled full-time in a community college/diploma/GED/certification education program as part of their Corps member commitment. Each member will work an average of 10 hours of service per week, while attending school or a certification program full-time. Service Leaders will work full-time, providing coordination and preparation support to the partner community-based host organizations. At the program’s conclusion, Corps members will receive a culmination education scholarship to use toward an undergraduate degree, additional certification or job training program. Eligibility

To participate, Corps members must be City of Los Angeles residents, 18 to 24 years old, who have valid U.S. work authorization. Additionally, the program will recruit from two specific youth populations: (1) youth ages 18 to 24 who are disconnected from school, referred to as “LAP3” youth; and (2) community college students, who are full-time students enrolled at one of the nine colleges of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD).

Priority will be given to youth applicants:

• Living in zip codes of the City hardest hit by COVID-19 infection, job losses, and educational loss during the pandemic.

• Who have a history of homelessness, foster care system involvement, or contact with the justice system.

• Who are enrolled at the Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, or Los Angeles Mission College, which are the three LACCD campuses most impacted by COVID-19.

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Program Metrics and Outcomes

The metrics the Angeleno Corps Program will track three key areas:

1. Persistence at a community college, in high school equivalency program, and/or in a valid career certificate program.

2. Progress at a community college, in high school equivalency program, and/or in a valid career certificate program.

3. Service delivery to community-based organizations.

Approximately 66% of first-year LACCD students remain enrolled from the fall to the spring semester, and 26% complete at least 20 units by the end of the spring semester. Angeleno Corps aims to increase these persistence and progress outcomes for its participants. Table 1 below notes that Angeleno Corps aims to have 76% of its participants persist from the fall to the spring semester, and 50% complete at least 24 units by the end of the spring semester. In terms of service hours, each member will complete at least 300 hours during their term of service, which is 75% of their possible total 400 hours when working 10 hours per week for ten months. 300 hours per Corps member yields 120,000 total hours for the entire program.

Table 1: Program Outcomes

NO. OUTCOMES GOAL

1

Education Persistence - Percentage of Corps members who remain enrolled in an educational or certificate program from the fall to spring semester.

76%

2

Education Progress - Percentage of community college Corps members who complete at least 24 semester units.

50%

3

Education Progress - Percentage of LAP3 Corps members who make satisfactory progress in their individualized plan toward high school completion or post-secondary training.

80%

4

Number of Hours of Service in Education and Child Care; Health Equity and Environmental Justice; Digital Equity; and Family Immigration Assistance.

120,000

FUNDING OVERVIEW

Funding for the program will be allocated to YouthSource Center service providers procured through the most recent 2018 Youth Support Request for Qualifications; to the EWDD to provide program administration; to the Mayor’s Office to oversee the program manager; and to a to-be-procured evaluator to conduct an evaluation of program effectiveness and efficiency. Table 2 below provides a breakdown of the total program funding of $6 million. Table 2: Total Funding Allocation

NO. ENTITY SERVICES FUNDING

1 Service Providers Monthly Stipends $4,000,000

1a Service Leaders $400,000

1b Culmination Scholarship $400,000

1c Supportive Services and Other Costs $200,000

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1d Contractor Administration Costs $240,000

2 EWDD & Personnel Program Administration $545,455

3 Mayor’s Office Program Management Staffing $150,000

4 Evaluator - TBD Program Evaluation $64,545

Total $6,000,000

Tables 3 and 4 below provide summaries of allocations of funding, Corps members, and Service Leaders that will be made available to service providers upon approval by the City Council and the Mayor. Table 5 provides the regional distribution of the funds across the Area Planning Commissions. The allocation recommendations of Corps members, Service Leaders, and funding are based on estimated federal poverty level breakdowns by community, disparities in COVID infection rates/vaccination rates and pandemic-related educational losses.

Table 3: Funding Allocations by Service Provider

NO. SERVICE PROVIDER AREA PLANNING COMMISSION FUNDING

1 Boyle Heights Tech Center East Los Angeles $302,500

2 Brotherhood Crusade South Los Angeles $655,000

3 CRCD South Los Angeles $957,500

4 El Proyecto - North Valley North San Fernando Valley $1,007,500

5 Para Los Niños - Central Central Los Angeles $1,310,000

6 Para Los Niños - East East Los Angeles $352,500

7 WLCAC South Los Angeles $655,000

Total $5,240,000

Table 4: Corps Member and Service Leader Allocations by Service Provider

NO. SERVICE PROVIDER MEMBERS LEADERS

1 Boyle Heights Tech Center* 25 -

2 Brotherhood Crusade 50 1

3 CRCD 75 1

4 El Proyecto - North Valley 75 2

5 Para Los Niños - Central 100 2

6 Para Los Niños - East* 25 1

7 WLCAC 50 1

Total 400 8

*Note: Para Los Niños - East will share a Service Leader with the nearby Boyle Heights Tech Center. Table 5: Corps Member Allocations by Region

No. Area Planning Commission

Proportion of People in Poverty

LAP3 Members

Community College

Members

Both Members

% of Total

Members

1 Central Los Angeles 19.7% 75 25 100 25.00%

2 East Los Angeles 10.3% 25 25 50 12.50%

3 North San Fernando Valley

14.3% 50 25 75 18.75%

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4 South Los Angeles 29.1% 100 75 175 43.75%

Total 250 150 400 100.00%

IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE

Table 6 below provides an overview of the planned implementation for Angeleno Corps. The ramp-up period will take place from July to August 2021. The service of Angeleno Corps Members will take place in the fall and spring semesters from late August 2021 to June 2022. The program close-out will take place in the spring of 2022 and will focus on program evaluation and outcome reporting to City leaders and program partners.

Table 6: Program Timeline

Estimated Timeline Action

July 2021 Service provider contract development; Program manager hiring; Community-based organization selection and host orientation

July/August 2021 Service leader hiring, onboarding, and training

July/August 2021 Member recruitment and onboarding

August 2021 Member training / “bootcamp” September 2021 Start of program launch and member deployment

September - December 2021 Corps Member Fall Placements and Program Implementation December 2021 Intensive Winter Break Weeks of Service

January 2022 Intensive Winter Break Weeks of Service

February - May 2022 Corps Member Spring Placements and Program Implementation

June 2022 End of program with member graduation

April - June 2022 Service provider contract close-out; Program partner interviews and program evaluation; Program best-practice manuals; Reports to City Council, L.A. Workforce Development Board

WDB ACTION In compliance with the City of Los Angeles Workforce Development Board—Local Elected Official (WDB-LEO) agreement, the acceptance and/or allocation of funds by the EWDD for any workforce development grant in excess of $250,000 is subject to the approval of the WDB, the Mayor, and City Council. The recommendations contained herein will be transmitted to the WDB for consideration at an Executive Committee meeting scheduled for June 2021. CMH:GR:cg

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FROM:

SUBJECT: Approval of Recommendations from the Economic and Workforce DevelopmentDepartment (EWDD) Regarding the Reallocation of Up to $480,070 of GangInjunction Curfew (Rodriguez) Settlement Funds Between WorkSource Centers(WSC)/America's Job Centers of California (AJCC)

REQUESTED ACTION:

BACKGROUND:


ATTACHMENTS:DescriptionItem 14 - LARCA 2.0 ReallocationItem 14 - Attachment - LARCA 2.0

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DATE : June 17, 2021

TO: Charles Woo, Chair WDB Executive Committee


SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (EWDD) REGARDING THE REALLOCATION OF UP TO $480,070 OF GANG INJUNCTION CURFEW (RODRIGUEZ) SETTLEMENT FUNDS BETWEEN WORKSOURCE CENTERS (WSC)/AMERICA'S JOB CENTERS OF CALIFORNIA (AJCC)

The General Manager of the Economic and Workforce Development Department (Department) respectfully requests that the Workforce Development Board:

1. APPROVE the Department’s recommendation to reallocate LARCA 2.0 serviceprovider allocations as outlined in Table 1;

2. AUTHORIZE the Department to amendment agreements as outlined in Table 1June 30, 2022; and

3. AUTHORIZE the Department to amend existing amendments to extend the timeof performance through June 27, 2022.

BACKGROUND

The City Council allocated a maximum of $30 million dollars in City General Purpose Funds over a four-year period for the Gang Injunction Curfew Settlement (Settlement) in the case of “Rodriguez vs. City of Los Angeles.” Approximately, 6,000 plaintiff class members were impacted by the Settlement, which included twenty-six (26) gang injunction areas: 3 in the San Fernando Valley, 3 in West Los Angeles, 4 in Northeast Los Angeles, 4 in Boyle Heights/East Los Angeles, 2 in Mid-City, 3 in Hollywood/Central Los Angeles, 6 in South Los Angeles, and 1 in Wilmington/Harbor.

The LARCA 2.0 incorporates best practice workforce development designs from the original LARCA model that targeted high-need and transitional populations and provided them education and career assessments, case management services, job readiness training, subsidized employment, financial literacy training and job placement services.



ERIC GARCETTI MAYOR


1200 W. 7TH STREET LOS ANGELES, CA 90017

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DISCUSSION

In order to maximize services to class members, EWDD is proposing to reallocate $480,070 of LARCA 2.0 funds to service providers who have shown an increase in their enrollments. The recommendation will support the overall enrollment and the opportunity to serve an additional 50 Rodriguez Settlement class members through the end of the program year. Table 1 reflects proposed revisions to LARCA 2.0 service providers. The reductions to specific service providers are based on current enrollments.

Table 1

No. Service Provider

Enrollments Original Allocation

YTD Expenditures

Revision New Total

1. Build Rehabilitation Industries

2 $50,000 $11,635 ($38,365) $11,635

2. Homeboy Industries

23 $390,000 $177,604 ($212,396) $177,604

3. Los Angeles Conservation Corps.

1 $60,000 $28,753 ($28,247) $31,753

4.

Coalition for Responsible Community Development

20 $230,000 $45,504 ($80,000) $150,000

5.

Watts Labor Community Action Committee

11 $150,000 $20,938 ($129,062) $20,938

6.

Arbor E&T, LLC- Canoga Park

71 $480,000 $426,605 $198,000 $678,000

7.

Asian American Drug Abuse Program, Inc.

68 $265,644 $298,154 $190,000 $455,644

8.

Catholic Charities 33 $100,000 $56,378 $100,070 $200,070

Program Extension The Gang Injunction Curfew Settlement Jobs and Education program (also known as the LARCA 2.0) was scheduled to sunset on December 31, 2021. On June 7, 2021, the Mayor and City Council authorized a 6-month extension of the program. The new expiration of the settlement agreement will be June 27, 2022. In addition to the reallocations outlined in Table 1, EWDD also requests authority to amend all remaining agreements to extend the time of performance through June 27, 2022.

Performance / Projected Expenditures As outlined in Attachment 1, to date, the LARCA program has enrolled a total of 730 participants since the program launch. The Department’s new outreach strategies have led to an increase in the number of enrollments over the past 15-months. In PY2019-20,

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the LARCA program enrolled a total of 104 new clients during a 12-month period. In PY2020-21, the LARCA program has already enrolled 230 new participants, more than double the prior reporting period. In PY2021-22, EWDD projects an additional 229 new enrollments through the end of the current program on June 27, 2022, for a total of 959 participants since the inception. Program expenditures have also increased over the past year. To date, the LARCA program has expended a total of $3.8 million, approximately 54 percent of the total funds allocated since the project launch. This figure is also expected to increase based on the current active participant roster. EWDD projects total expenditures to exceed $8.8 million based on total enrollments of 959 participants. Should these projections materialize, EWDD will work with City Council and the Mayor to secure additional City General Fund monies. NEXT STEPS Upon WDB approval, EWDD will execute agreements and/or amendments to agreements with contractors listed in Table 1 and Attachment 1. CMH:GR:RR:cg Attachment : Program Year 2020-21 LARCA 2.0 Enrollments and Expenditure

Projections

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LARCA 2.0 PROGRAM

ENROLLMENT EXPENDITURE PROJECTIONSATTACHMENT

Service Providers Total Enrollments

To-Date

Projected New

Enrollments from

July 1, 2021- June 27,

2022

Total Projected

Enrollments by

June 27, 2022

Current Funding Expenditures To-

Date

Current Balance

(April 2021)

Proposed

Reallocation

New Allocation Projected

Expenditures

Through

June 30, 2022

Projected

Surplus/Deficit

Arbor E&T, LLC - Canoga Park 72 20 92 480,000 426,605 53,395 198,000 678,000 1,000,000 -322,000

Asian American Drug Abuse Program, Inc. 69 50 119 265,644 298,154 -32,510 190,000 455,644 1,000,000 -544,356

Build Rehabilitation Industries 2 4 6 50,000 11,635 38,365 -38,365 11,635 11,635 0

Catholic Charities 38 20 58 100,000 90,825 9,175 100,070 200,070 500,000 -299,930

City of Long Beach (Pacific Gateway) 54 16 70 443,000 274,174 168,826 443,000 600,000 -157,000

Coalition for Responsible Community Development 20 0 20 230,000 45,504 184,496 -80,000 150,000 150,000 0

Community Career Development, Inc. 5 1 6 65,000 16,323 48,677 65,000 65,000 0

Downtown Women's Center 5 5 10 60,000 4,890 55,110 60,000 60,000 0

El Proyecto del Barrio, Inc. 21 10 31 280,000 57,606 222,394 280,000 280,000 0

Goodwill Industries of Southern California 110 10 120 559,700 362,567 197,133 559,700 1,000,000 -440,300

Homeboy Industries 23 0 23 390,000 177,604 212,396 -212,396 177,604 177,604 0

Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles 155 62 217 2,169,529 1,248,977 920,552 2,169,529 1,700,000 469,529

Jewish Vocational Service 17 9 26 255,000 118,209 136,791 255,000 255,000 0

Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Inc. 1 0 1 60,000 30,203 29,797 -28,247 31,753 31,753 0

Managed Career Solutions, Inc. 100 10 110 438,000 138,285 299,715 438,000 800,000 -362,000

Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment 13 5 18 150,000 20,589 129,411 150,000 150,000 0

UAW-Labor Employment and Training Corporation 14 7 21 215,000 59,602 155,398 215,000 215,000 0

Watts Labor Community Action Committee 11 0 11 150,000 20,938 129,062 -129,062 20,938 20,938 0

Friends Outside in Los Angeles County 0 0 0 21,356 21,356 0 21,356 21,356 0

Arbor E&T, LLC - Boyle Heights 0 0 0 28,000 22,099 5,901 28,000 22,099 5,901

CSUN 664,259 415,049 249,210 664,259 714,259 -50,000

H.E.L.P.E.R Foundation 100,000 0 100,000 100,000 100,000 0

Total 730 229 959 7,174,488 3,861,194 3,313,294 0 7,174,488 8,874,644 -1,700,156

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FROM:

SUBJECT: Approval of a Recommendation from the Economic and Workforce DevelopmentDepartment (EWDD) Regarding the Reallocation of Up to $150,000 of Trade andEconomic Transition National Dislocated Worker Funds to Community CareerDevelopment, Inc.

REQUESTED ACTION:

BACKGROUND:


ATTACHMENTS:DescriptionItem 4 - Trade_&_Economic_Transition_National_Dislocated_Worker_Funds

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DATE: May 26, 2021 TO: Charles Woo, Chair

Workforce Development Board


SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ECONOMIC AND

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT (EWDD) REGARDING THE REALLOCATION OF UP TO $150,000 OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC TRANSITION NATIONAL DISLOCATED WORKER FUNDS TO COMMUNITY CAREER DEVELOPMENT, INC.

WDB ACTION The General Manager of the Economic and Workforce Development Department (“Department”) respectfully requests that the Workforce Development Board (WDB):

1 APPROVE the Department’s recommendation to reallocate Trade and Economic Transition (TET) National Dislocated Worker Grant (NDWG) service provider allocations; and

2 AUTHORIZE the Department to amend its agreement with the Community Career Development Inc., to add up to $150,000 of TET NDWG funds to provide training and career services to dislocated workers, retroactive from May 15, 2021 to September 30, 2021.

BACKGROUND The California Employment Development Department (EDD) applied for available funding of up to $8 million from the TEGL 2-18: Trade and Economic Transition National Dislocated Worker Grant (TET NDWG) to address ongoing or emerging workforce and economic challenges. This funding provides training and career services to dislocated workers seeking reentry into the workforce, thereby increasing their skill levels to become competitive for growing or high-demand employment opportunities in California. In order to assist more than 1,000 dislocated workers impacted by the Retail Industry Layoffs, the Department completed an application of interest to partner with EDD for the TET NDWG, and was awarded $1 million for an initial grant term of October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2020. The grant term was extended for an additional year through



ERIC GARCETTI

MAYOR


1200 W. 7TH STREET


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September 30, 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting impact on service delivery. The grant funds were designated to provide training and career services and pathways in the public transportation system and other High-Growth sectors to a minimum of 200 dislocated workers in the Los Angeles Region. In addition the program partners the City’s Workforce Development System with the Los Angeles College District (LACCD) and the Los Angeles Unified School District Division of Career Education (LAUSD-DACE) to provide support for participants in areas such as life skills development, skill set enhancement, and educational attainment services. RECOMMENDATIONS

The Workforce Development System (WDS) has met our TET NDWG enrollment goals. The Department is requesting authority to reallocate unexpended funds between WDS service providers to increase the number of individuals enrolled into training. See current performance table below.

Participant Performance Metric Plan Actual in

CalJOBSSM % of Plan

Total Planned Participants Enrolled 200 213 106.5%

Receiving Career Services- Basic 200 213 106.5%

Receiving Career Services- Individualized 200 213 106.5%

Enrolled in Training 126 103 81.75%

In order to maximize services to TET NDWG participants, EWDD is proposing to identify and reallocate up to $150,000 of TET NDWG unexpended funds to the Community Career Development, Inc. (CCD). CCD has maximized their enrollments and allocated funding, and has a waiting list of eligible individuals that are in the pipeline for training opportunities.

NEXT STEPS Upon WDB approval, EWDD will execute agreements and/or amendments to agreements with CCD. CMH:GR:DB:CK:cg

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FROM:

SUBJECT: An Update by California State University Northridge's (CSUN) ReLAY InstituteRegarding: (1) Disconnected Youth and (2) the COVID-19 Pandemic's Impact onLos Angeles' Young People Developing a Vision for Youth Service Delivery in theCity of Los Angeles and the Process/Actions for procuring YouthSource Centers(YSC) for Operations Beginning July 1, 2022

REQUESTED ACTION:

BACKGROUND:


ATTACHMENTS:DescriptionItem 16 -CSUN Youth Employment PresentationItem 16 - YouthSource Center RFP - Timeline_FINAL1

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Opportunity Youth Employment and Future of Work in Los Angeles

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE

AUGUST 2021

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Data Compilation by:

Moumita Sen, Marketing Strategy & Research Analyst

Henrik P. Minassians, Ph.D.Academic Director of CSU5 ReLAY Institute

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EMPLOYMENT DATA

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Trends in Employment of the Opportunity Youth

Prior to the COVID pandemic, City and County of Los Angeles continuously saw improvements in employment rate among the Opportunity Youth.

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Opportunity Youth Employment Trend

Unemployment rates among youth rose steeply after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was attributed to youth’s concentration in fast-food, retail and hospitality jobs that were affected by mandates to contain the virus, and youth’s inability to telework in these jobs.

Youth unemployment rates during the COVID-19 outbreak far exceeded the rates reached at the peak of the Great Recession in a matter of months. However, even though the economy is still recovering, unemployment among youth has declined more rapidly after the peak of the outbreak than it did after the Great Recession.

After the peak in April 2020, unemployment declined somewhat during the summer months; however, the pace of this downward trend was uneven. Unemployment among White male youth declined considerably over the summer, yet rates among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) youth as well as female youth did not drop below 20 percent until the fourth quarter.

In March of 2020, the Opportunity Youth experienced unemployment rate of 25 percent, an increase of 18.3% from 6.7%

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State of Accommodation and Food Service Industry

1. Los Angeles is home to 26% of the state’s accommodation and food service jobs and 8.3% of all hospitality jobs. Young workers make up 24% of employment in these industries nationwide and will therefore be disproportionately affected by COVID-19 layoffs.

2. Pico-Union is a neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles. As of July 27, Pico- Union ranked in the top 10 neighborhoods for total deaths due to COVID-19, with a death rate of 185 per 100,000 persons. Additionally, while only 6% of L.A. County’s workforce is employed in the accommodation and food services industry, 17% of Pico-Union’s employed population works in this industry.

3. Further, over 10% of Pico Union’s population are between the ages of 18 and 24. Prior to the onset of the pandemic and subsequent economic crisis, Pico-Union had a higher rate of unemployment (8.5%) compared to the rest of the county (6.8%). Given the uncertainty surrounding the reopening of the county.

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Accommodation & Food Services Workers and Population Ages 18 - 24 Compared to Unemployment Rate

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Scheduling Practices: Young Workers Experience Volatility and Instability Many youth face scheduling challenges in the fast food industry. a . lack of advance notice of work schedules b . Fluctuating hours week by week c . The practice of on-call work Challenging scheduling practices: less than two weeks’ notice, on-call shifts, and schedules that fluctuate from week to week. Better scheduling practices: two weeks’ or more notice or a set schedule, no on-call shifts, schedules that do not fluctuate from week to week. The vast majority (96%) of workers experience at least one challenging scheduling practice and more than a third experience all three. More than 40% of young workers experience two challenging scheduling practices, while just 16% experience only one. 45% of Los Angeles County youth between ages of 19-24 work in the fast food industry

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Challenging Scheduling Practices by Select Job and Worker Characteristics All Workers No challenging

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practices

Retail 7% 59% 33%

Grocery 0% 64% 36%

Restaurant 2% 58% 40%

Fast food 2% 46% 52%

Work hours Less than 35 hours 4% 55% 41%

35 hours or more 4% 64% 32%

Age 18-22 3% 48% 49%

23-29 5% 65% 30%

Gender Female 4% 57% 39%

Male 5% 59% 36%

Race White 1% 61% 38%

Black 3% 50% 47%

Latino 6% 57% 37%

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In the unincorporated area of Westmont, where nearly half of residents are Black, 27.1% of workers are now unemployed. In Willowbrook, 27.7% of workers are now unemployed.Hawthorne has a 24.4% Black population and a 23.2% unemployment rate.

DATA FOR 2020 DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

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1. Black workers with a high school or less education experience unemployment at almost double the rate as white workers at the same education level.

2. Black people in Los Angeles are significantly more educated than previous generations, Yet experience a lower labor participation rate and a significantly higher unemployment rate than white workers.

3. Black youth are almost twice as likely as white youth to be disconnected—neither employed nor in school.

4. People who live in communities with high unemployment, pronounced poverty, and a generally low socioeconomic status are more likely to experience mental distress, crime, child maltreatment, childhood obesity, and higher levels of biological wear and tear from chronic stress.

African Americans Status in Los Angeles

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Los Angeles Unified School District has witnessed 84,986 decrease in student enrollment in their public and charter schools.

This decrease will have an impact on the future of work and number of youth employment in Los Angeles County

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LAUSD Data During COVID Pandemic 1. The Los Angeles Unified School District educates about 120,000 English learners, or 20% of its students, and reported that in

spring 2020 fewer than half of English learners in middle and high school participated in distance learning each week — a gap of about 20 percentage points compared to students who are proficient in English.

2. In California, the graduation rate for English learners in 2020 was about 69%, compared with 84% overall, reflecting a gap that has persisted for years.

3. The district reported that 42% of grades earned by English learners in high school were Ds and Fs, an increase of 10 percentage points from the prior year — greater than any other group except homeless youth. Middle schoolers saw a 12 percentage point increase in Ds and Fs.

4. And fall interim assessment results indicate that more than 94% of the district’s English learners in middle and high school were not on grade level in reading and math.

5. In L.A. Unified, which is preparing to reopen some campuses in mid-April, only about 40% of parents in the the heavily immigrant and Latino communities of Boyle Heights, MacArthur Park, South Central and Pico-Union opted to return their children to campus, according to survey results released in March, compared with West L.A., where 82% were choosing to return. The reasons parents have for keeping children home are complicated: schedules, transportation, fear.

“There are some families that have lost parents and grandmas and aunties.”

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1. Class of 2021 total Enrollment: 30,173 as of March, 2021

2. Number Off-Track: 6,038

3. Number in Tier 3: 2,414

4. Percentage in Tier 3: 8%

LA Unified Class of 2021 – Off-Track in Tier 3

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HOUSING AND SHELTER

Decades of economic restructuring, the diminishment of both available jobs and affordable housing, and gradual disinvestment have decimated Los Angeles’ Black workforce and compelled much of the

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Unemployment Rate Per NeighborhoodRanked highest to lowest percentile

Neighborhood Unemployment Rate %Manchester Square 18.66Watts 17.89Gramercy Park 17.81Florence- Firestone 17.55Green Meadows 17.49Hyde Park 16.21University Park 15.58Broadway-Manchester 14.76Harvard Heights 14.36El Sereno 14.33Baldwin Park-Crenshaw 14.05Pico-Union 14.05Vermont - Knolls 13.74Pacoima 13.61Florence 13.34Adams- Normandie 13.12Leimert Park 13.07Panorama City 12.99Exposition Park 12.97Harbor Gateway 12.6Cypress Park 12.44Vermont Square 12.42San Pedro 12.38Harvard Park 12.35Montecito Heights 12.22Chesterfiled Square 12.16East Hollywood 12.08Vermont Vista 12.05North Hills 11.93

Neighborhood Unemployment Rate %Boyle Heights 11.91Arlington Heights 11.81Lincoln Heights 11.79Van Nuys 11.77West Adams 11.7Vermont- Slauson 11.42Toluca Lake 11.39Harbor City 11.38South Park 11.37Hollywood 11.35Mid- City 11.33West Lake 11.32Arleta 11.28Echo Park 11.16Chatsworth Reservoir 10.89Highland Park 10.85North Hollywood 10.74Sun Valley 10.74Windsor Square 10.67Central Alameda 10.5Jefferson Park 10.21Wilmington 10.2Downtown 10.17Lake View Terrace 10.13Korea Town 10.1Sunland 10.08Westwood 10.03Historical South Central 9.86Studio City 9.8

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Unemployment Rate Per NeighborhoodRanked highest to lowest percentile

Neighborhood Unemployment Rate %Hollywood Hills 9.76Mount Washington 9.73Los Feliz 9.41Playa Vista 9.36Tujunga 9.22Northridge 9.21Sylmar 9.15Mar Vista 9.13Silver Lake 9.13Granada Hills 9.1Mission Hills 9.04Eagle Rock 8.83Chinatown 8.82Canoga Park 8.77Shadow Hills 8.66Hollywood Hills West 8.65Winnetka 8.59Lake Balboa 8.45Sherman Oaks 8.45Encino 8.42Reseda 8.37Fairfax 8.23West Hills 8.22Atwater Village 8.21Del Rey 8.09Hollywood Hills 9.76Mount Washington 9.73Los Feliz 9.41Playa Vista 9.36

Neighborhood Unemployment Rate %Bel-Air 8Glassell Park 7.82Carthay 7.64Elysian Park 7.59Elysian Valley 7.59Venice 7.54Westchester 7.32Tarzana 7.27Palms 7.26Beverly Grove 7.22Playa del Rey 7.22Chatsworth 7.18Mid-Wilshire 7.18Sawtelle 6.76Woodland Hills 6.68Pico- Robertson 6.42Beverly Crest 6.29Pacafic Palasaides 6.21Brentwood 5.93Century City 5.92West Los Angeles 5.73Hancock Park 5.52Beverlywood 5.15Porter Ranch 5.06Cheviot Hills 4.77Sepulveda Basin 3.8Rancho Park 3.74Gardena 3.42Bel-Air 8

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Neighborhood Unemployment Rate %Adams- Normandie 8.93%Arleta 12Arlington Heights 14.19Atwater Village 8.98Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw 14.73Bel-Air 9.54Beverly Crest 14.34Beverly Grove 12.7Beverly Hills 6.47Beverlywood 10.67Boyle Heights 11.2Brentwood 6.86Broadway-Manchester 17.65Canoga Park 12.61Carthay 7.95Central Alameda 12.58Century City 16.67Chatsworth 8.54Chatsworth Reservior N/AChesterfeild Square 14.94Cheviot Hills 7.85Chinatown 21.34Cypress Park 13.69Del Rey 16.13Downtown 12.65Eagle Rock 7.03East Hollywood 12.8Echo Park 15.26

El Sereno 10.5Elysian Park NAElysian Valley 10.22Encino 6.54Exposition Park 13.23Fairfax 12.85Florence 16.56Florence-Firestone 15.58Gardena 10.41Glassell Park 12.88Gramercy Park 36.7Granada Hills 9.52Green Meadows 18.8Hancock Park 11.56Harbor City 12.6Harbor Gateway 13.46Harvard Heights 12.7Harvard Park 12.84Highland Park 14.21Historical South Central 16.11Hollywood 12.71Hollywood Hills 18.54Hollywood Hills West 8.14Hyde Park 18.37Jefferson Park 12.88Koreatown 13.34Lake Balboa 10.1Lake View Terrace 13.16Leimert Park 19.53

Lincoln Heights 16Los Feliz 9.86Manchester Square 8.94Mar Vista 9.48Mid-City 17.09Mid-Wilshire 12.59Mission Hills 11.03Montecito Heights 8.28Mount Washington 11.73North Hills 11.03North Hollywood 12.21Northridge 6.05Pacific Palisades 6.24Pacoima 14.19Palms 13.77Panorama City 14.66Pico-Robertson 12.89Pico-Union 16.24Playa del Rey 5.8Playa Vista 5.05Porter Ranch 3.61Rancho Park 10.57Reseda 7.73San Pedro 12.13Sawtelle 10.69Sepulveda Basin N/AShadow Hills 11.81Sherman Oaks 14.07Silver Lake 12.93

South Park 14.83Studio City 16.43Sun Valley 11.16Sunland 11.47Sylmar 9.41Tarzana 10.96Toluca Lake 15.32Tujunga 13.32University Park 2.41Van Nuys 14.9Venice 10.87Vermont-Knolls 15.14Vermont Square 16.3Vermont Vista 18.72Vermont-Slauson 15.19Watts 17.83West Adams 11.05West Hills 9.4Westlake 14.98West Los Angeles 6.85Westchester 6.09Westwood 1.29Wilmington 11.68Windsor Square 8.04Winnetka 8.66Woodland Hills 7.81

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High School Dropout Rates Per NeighborhoodRanked highest to lowest percentile, 2020

Neighborhood HS Dropout Rate %Historical South Central 31.88Central Alameda 31.08South Park 30.61Chinatown 29.41Boyle Heights 27Florence 26.33Pacoima 25.21Pico-Union 24.91Broadway-Manchester 24.07Cypress Park 23.35Green Meadows 23.09Watts 23.09Vermont Square 23.06Lincoln Heights 22.74West Lake 22.53Wilmington 21.58Florence- Firestone 21.41Arleta 21.35Exposition Park 21.23Vermont - Knolls 20.86Vermont- Slauson 20.57Vermont Vista 20.22Harvard Heights 19.55Harvard Park 19.51Panorama City 18.99Chesterfiled Square 18.57West Adams 17.86Adams- Normandie 17.63Sun Valley 17.29

Neighborhood HS Dropout Rate %El Sereno 16.85Highland Park 16.51Sylmar 16.42Arlington Heights 16.14Van Nuys 15.82Montecito Heights 15.81East Hollywood 15.65Lake View Terrace 15.32Harbor Gateway 15.29North Hills 14.49Jefferson Park 14.4Korea Town 13.86Winnetka 13.44Elysian Park 13.42Elysian Valley 13.42Reseda 13.1Canoga Park 12.82Glassell Park 12.81Mission Hills 12.39Echo Park 12.29North Hollywood 12.21Mid- City 11.68Harbor City 11.2Mount Washington 11University Park 10.72Hyde Park 10.54San Pedro 10.26Downtown 9.82Hollywood 9.01

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High School Dropout Rates Per NeighborhoodRanked highest to lowest percentile, 2020

Neighborhood HS Dropout Rate %Baldwin Park-Crenshaw 8.74Lake Balboa 8.22Atwater Village 7.48Gramercy Park 7.18Tujunga 7.12Del Rey 6.74Mar Vista 6.58Leimert Park 6.48Manchester Square 6.06Eagle Rock 6.02Northridge 5.15Gardena 5.12Granada Hills 4.96Tarzana 4.7Silver Lake 4.56Windsor Square 4.46Sunland 4.23Palms 4.15Sawtelle 4.09Chatsworth 3.89Shadow Hills 3.76West Hills 3.63Mid-Wilshire 3.49Venice 3.22Sepulveda Basin 2.96Toluca Lake 2.95Pico- Robertson 2.85Playa del Rey 2.74Encino 2.64

Neighborhood HS Dropout Rate %Los Feliz 2.38Westchester 2.32Porter Ranch 2.19Fairfax 2.12Hancock Park 2.1Beverly Grove 1.98Carthay 1.95Cheviot Hills 1.91Woodland Hills 1.9Rancho Park 1.87Sherman Oaks 1.81Hollywood Hills 1.68West Los Angeles 1.65Studio City 1.46Hollywood Hills West 1.36Chatsworth Reservior 1.31Westwood 1.2Beverlywood 1.17Playa Vista 1.14Century City 0.94Brentwood 0.88Bel-Air 0.53Pacafic Palasaides 0.49Beverly Crest 0.46Los Feliz 2.38Westchester 2.32Porter Ranch 2.19Fairfax 2.12Hancock Park 2.1

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FUTURE OF WORK

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Future of Work and Education There is a mismatch between community college and university pipeline and future of work in Los Angeles County.

According to the California Employment Development Department, fastest growing occupations are in data and computer sciences while the number of youth majoring in these fields lacks the demand.

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RESOURCES

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https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LAYouthHomeless2020.pdf

Hande Inanc (April 2021). Youth Unemployment in the First Year of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Mathematica.

The Fast-Food Industry and COVID-19 in Los Angeles, March 2021 (Report by UCLA Labor Center and UC Berkeley Labor Center).


https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/03/27/young-workers-likely-to-be-hard-hit-as-covid-19-strikes-a-blow-to-restaurants-and-other-service-sector-jobs/

https://socialinnovation.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Opportunity-Youth-in-the-City-of-Los-Angeles_5.4.17.pdf

https://ladata.myneighborhooddata.org/#!/dashboard?places=&restrictedPlaces=&categories=31:47%3D1&start_date=2017-01-01&end_date=2017-12-31&lat=34.188943995624754&lng=-118.37637403224483&zoom=8.496323119459099&shapeIds=&shapeGroupId=nm6n-sgfb&showSideBar=false&mapType=ChoroplethMap&listViewTab=Data&overlayLayers=Census%20Tracts,Neighborhoods&search_field=&search_value=&autoUpdate=false&heatFilters=&statusFilter=&choroplethField=thematic_attribute_2_u7m9_48qx&choroplethCategory=&searchType=&include_restricted_places=false

https://la.myneighborhooddata.org/data/

https://usc.data.socrata.com/stories/s/Opportunity-Youth-in-Los-Angeles/jz58-nwf3

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https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LAYouthHomeless2020.pdf


https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/03/27/young-workers-likely-to-be-hard-hit-as-covid-19-strikes-a-blow-to-restaurants-and-other-service-sector-jobs/

https://socialinnovation.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Opportunity-Youth-in-the-City-of-Los-Angeles_5.4.17.pdf

https://la.myneighborhooddata.org/data/

https://usc.data.socrata.com/stories/s/Opportunity-Youth-in-Los-Angeles/jz58-nwf3

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https://datamart.cccco.edu/DataMart.aspx

APPENDIX

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Appendix

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YouthSource Center Request for Proposals

Draft Timeline

No. Action Completion Date(s)

1 P3 Stakeholder Engagement – Led by ReLAY Institute

June – Oct

2 Stakeholder Meetings (4-6) – Focused Conversation Based on Preliminary Findings

Sept 15 – Sept 30

3 ReLAY P3 Strategic Plan – Interim Findings Report Sept 30

4 RFP Concept Paper Oct 15

5 Prepare RFP Oct 15 – Nov 12

6 Release RFP Nov 15

7 RFP Due Date Jan 14

8 RFP Rating Jan 18 – Mar 4

9 Release Scores Mar 11

10 Appeals Hearing Mar 25

11 Implementation P3 Strategic Plan - Mar - June

12 WDB Approval April

13 City Council Approval May/June

14 Implement New Program July 2022

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