REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
March 3, 2016
FROM: BRUCE RUDD, City Manager
City Manager's Office
BY: RENENA SMITH, Assistant City Manager
City Manager's Office
SUBJECT
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Authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute an amendment to the Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) between the City of Fresno (City) and the County of Fresno (County) for purposes of providing Federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Services within Fresno County.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval and execution of the First Amendment to Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement: Workforce Investment Act of 1998 Development Services between the City of Fresno ("City") and the County of Fresno ("County").
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Approval of the recommended action will allow the City and the County to amend the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement: Workforce Investment Act of 1998 Development Services (the "JPA") to reflect changes in federal law under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014.
BACKGROUND
The federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-220, 29 U.S.C. ? 2801, et seq.), as amended, ("WIA") provided funding to train unemployed workers and disadvantaged youth.
In order to access these WIA funds, local jurisdictions had to apply and be designated as a Local Workforce Investment Area ("LWIA"). The County originally sought and received such designation.
In May of 2009, to better serve local businesses and create the strongest possible governance structure for the LWIA, the City and the County jointly established a Workforce Investment Board ("WIB") through the JPA. The JPA created an agency separate from the City and County - the Fresno Regional Workforce Investment Board.
The federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-128, 29 U.S.C. ? 3101, et seq.) ("WIOA") supersedes and amends the WIA to, among other things, strengthen the United States workforce de...
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