Oakland Private Industry Council, Inc. (OPIC) will contract with the Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD), Workforce Development Board (WDB), to provide products and services related to the WIOA. WIOA requires States to identify economic regions within their State, and local areas to coordinate planning and service delivery on a regional basis. The California Workforce Development Board has designed the following local workforce development board jurisdictions as the East Bay Regional Planning Unit (EBRPU): Contra Costa County, Alameda County, and the cities of Oakland and Richmond.
To meet the requirements of the WIOA legislation, and in an effort to benefit from economies of scale and to leverage resources, the four jurisdictions work cooperatively in grant acquisition, service design, contracting, and purchasing, and jointly use the services of the contractor to carry out responsibilities on behalf of the EBRPU under the EASTBAY Works (EBW) umbrella.
Contractor will employ, supervise and provide employer of record services for an EBW Regional Coordinator/Organizer and any other staff the WDBCCC deems necessary, who will provide direct coordination and system building services to EBRPU/EBW; provide contracting and payment for staff travel, communications, supplies, phone, and resource development as determined necessary by the WDBCCC; maintain EBW Job Seeker 800 phone number and enter into any related Contracts to do so; provide and maintain technology support for EBW website and enter into any related Contracts to do so; and provide administrative and operational support to EBRPU/EBW. Costs are split between the four (4) Regional Planning Unit members.
EHSD's Workforce Development Board will not meet the requirements of the WIOA legislation, nor will they benefit from economies of scale and resource leveraging to carry out responsibilities on behalf of the EBRPU.
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 providing administrative support to efforts that train and provide employment opportunities for job seekers.