REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
November 9, 2017
FROM: WILMA QUAN-SCHECTER, City Manager
City Manager's Office
SUBJECT
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Approve the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Mandated Partner Phase II Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board and the State of California Employment Development Department
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Mandated partner Phase II Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board and the State of California Employment Development Department.
BACKGROUND
The United States Congress passed the WIOA, as an enhancement to the previous Workforce Investment Act. The WIOA was signed into law by President Barack Obama on July 22, 2014, and the law took effect on July 1, 2015. The WIOA mandates that certain Federal, State, and local agencies formally partner with local Workforce Development Boards at what is now known as America's Jobs Centers of California (AJCC), in order to refer clients between the partners for specific services to better serve the community and leverage resources from multiple sources, as appropriate.
These mandated partners are to represent the following areas of need:
* State of California Employment Development Department
* Representatives of Community Services Block Grant Act
* Representatives for Older Americans
* Department of Rehabilitation
* Fresno County Department of Social Services
* Representatives of Adult Education/Community Colleges
* Representatives for Native Americans
* Representatives for Migrant Seasonal Farmworkers
* Job Corps
The MOU process was split between Phase I and Phase II, where Phase I established the AJCC system, partnerships and shared services. Phase I MOUs are reviewed and renewed every three (3) years. The Phase I agreements were completed in July 2016.
Phase II establishes the Resource Sharing Agreements (RSAs) bet...
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