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Consent-Health & Human Services # 17.
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| Board of Supervisors |
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| Adopt resolution authorizing Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency Director or designee(s) to sign Occupational Skills Training Agreements with Commercial Drivers Learning Center through June 30, 2017. (No general fund impact) (Larsen) |
| Recommended Action |
| Adopt resolution authorizing Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency Director or designee(s) to sign Occupational Skills Training Agreements with Commercial Drivers Learning Center through June 30, 2017. |
| Strategic Plan Goal(s) |
Thriving Residents
Safe Communities |
| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
The County of Yolo ("County") receives funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) of 2014. Entities eligible to receive funding from the Department of Labor are the 50 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas. Funds are allotted based on a statutory formula. The states in turn allocate funds to local workforce development boards.
The County uses these funds to provide career services, which includes training and supportive services, such as child care and needs-related payments. These career/training services are linked to job opportunities in Yolo County, including occupational training, work-based training and basic skills training.
There are three basic target populations, low-income adults, dislocated workers and youth. Low-income adults are defined as individuals 18 and older who receive public assistance under a federal, state or local income-based public assistance program, or whose income would qualify them for such a program, and who have citizenship and/or resident alien status allowing them to work.
Dislocated workers eligible for assistance are workers who have lost their jobs, including those dislocated as a result of plant closings or mass layoffs, and are unlikely to return to their previous industry or occupation; formerly self-employed individuals; and displaced homemakers who depend on income of another family member, but are no longer supported by that income. Priority of Service is given to veterans and other covered persons.
Low-income youth (in-school or out-of-school) between the ages of 14 and 24, eligible for assistance are able to acquire educational and occupational skills, training and support needed to achieve academic and employment success and successfully transition into careers and productive adulthood.
Transportation is one of County’s sectors identified as a growing industry which was recently identified in a report commissioned by Employment Development Department Labor Market Division. Truck driving is what the WIOA program does best and has the most success in.
The County, along with participant, does an informal price quote for each school with which we contract. The County currently has three trucking schools working with it who are on the State Eligible Training Provider List. Each participant must visit three schools and complete a school questionnaire. The County gives them a template to document those discussions, which are kept on file. It is ultimately the participant’s choice after they visit the schools and interview three individuals that are currently doing the job for which participant is requesting to attend training. This is so the participant knows what to expect in training and on the job. The maximum amount for each contract is not to exceed $5,000.
Commercial Drivers Learning Center (CDLC) is a great partner as they make the referrals to us for Yolo County residents requesting training. In addition, CDLC helps them identify employers who will hire them after training is complete and after they have earned their Class A license. The recommended action will expedite the frequent and routine processing of individual OST Agreements, expediting customer services for both participant and training facility. This is imperative for participants on Unemployment Compensation, who must begin training timely in order to keep their benefits.
The County is rapidly approaching the $100,000 signing authority of Purchasing. When OST agreements have to go to the Board of Supervisors for approval, participants would be delayed in beginning their training which would be to their detriment. |
| Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies) |
| Templates for these Occupational Skills Training Agreements were developed by HHSA staff and County Counsel. This resolution has been approved as to form by County Counsel. |
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