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C. 38

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	February 27, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Title I Funding

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/27/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Elaine Burres, 608-4960

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: February 27, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to apply for and accept grant funding in an amount not to exceed $775,000 from the Employment Development Department and California Workforce Development Board to support the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Regional Plan Implementation which seeks to build regional workforce partnerships for the period January 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.

FISCAL IMPACT:

County to receive an amount not to exceed $775,000 in Federal Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding. (No County match)

BACKGROUND:

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Regional Plan Implementation funding aligns the Bay Area regional local workforce boards of Contra Costa County, Alameda County, Oakland and Richmond as it relates to workforce systems, practices, and strategies. There are three main objectives/goals that create common operation practices, strategic service alignment, and enhanced data tracking. To accomplish these goals, as the lead Workforce Development Board of the East Bay Regional Planning Unit, the Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County will:
Goal 1: work with regional partners to strategize and develop common assessment tools and a regional communication strategy;
Goal 2: form a regional strategic advisory body for industry sector partnerships, create & adopt a regional Memorandum of Understanding, implement training programs in priority industry sectors; and
Goal 3: develop a mechanism to collect and aggregate credential attainment and wage gains by region and sector, develop communication strategies relating to impact results and strengthen partnerships.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without funding, the WIOA Regional Plan Implementation could not occur.