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C.143

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	June 6, 2017

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract with Goodwill Industries for STEP-UP Program Services

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 06/06/2017

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor

Contact:

V. Kaplan, 3-1514

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: June 6, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Goodwill Industries of the Greater East Bay in an amount not to exceed $1,132,875 for the "Subsidized Temporary Experience with Pay for the Under-Employed Program" (STEP-UP) for the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.

FISCAL IMPACT:

$1,132,875: 100% Federal CalWORKS Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKS) Single Allocation and Expanded Subsidized Employment Allocation.

BACKGROUND:

The objective of the Subsidized Temporary Experience with Pay for the Under-Employed Program (STEP-UP) is to provide entry level paid work experience to designated California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKS) particpiants who are not meeting their Welfare-to-Work (WTW) participation requirement by immediately placing them into paid worksite assignments for a maximum of 30 days. The goal of STEP-UP, when coupled with their necessary WTW activities and services, is to immediately engage WTW participants by providing an exposure to work and basic job skills ultimately leading to their long-term job placement.

The contract is a result of the open bid process, Request for Proposal (RFP) #1144.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without contract approval, STEP-UP will not continue in Contra Costa County.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This contract supports three of the five community outcomes established in the Children’s Report Card: 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 providing paid short term entry level work experience to CalWORKS Welfare-to-Work participants.