In Spring 2000, the EASTBAY Works Consortium, of which the Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa (WDB) is a member, selected Oakland Private Industry Council (OPIC), a member organization, to serve as procurement and pay agent for training vendors on behalf of all EASTBAY Works partner agencies. In this capacity, OPIC is responsible for contracting with and paying training vendors who provide Workforce Investment Act (WIA) related job and skills training to clients served by WDB. A core component of these services is the availability of occupational training. This allows the Workforce Development Board, its One-Stop Career Centers and its youth providers to continue regular WIA training services and to expand training services to eligible dislocated workers.
This Board Order authorizes the Director of the Employment and Human Services Department to increase the contract payment limit to OPIC by $207,000 from $475,000 to a new payment limit of $682,000. The Workforce Development Board budget modifications breakdown as follows: WIA Adult 200,000; WIA Dislocated Worker 200,000; WIA Youth 30,000; National Emergency Grant New United Motors Manufacturing Incorporated (NUMMI) 30,000; and National Emergency Grant On the Job Training (OJT) funds 222,000.
This Board Order is requesting Board approval to include a Mutual Indemnification clause in the contract with Oakland Private Industry Council. (#18-020-22)
Additional Dislocated Workers and Eligible Adults will not be served.
This contract supports all five of the community outcomes established in the Children’s Report Card: 1) “Children Ready for and Succeeding in School”; 2) “Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood”; 3) “Families that are Economically Self Sufficient”; 4) “Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing”; and 5) “Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families,” by assisting with training and employment services.