REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
August 22, 2019
FROM: BLAKE KONCZAL, Executive Director
Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board
BY: WILMA QUAN, City Manager
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
SUBJECT
Title
Approve the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Local Plan Program Year 2017-2021, Two Year Modification
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff requests Council approve the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Local Plan Program Year 2017-2021, Two Year Modification, to align ith the State Plan.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The California Workforce Development Board (State Board) has made changes to the State Plan, which requires that the local boards update their plans to keep them consistent with the policy direction of the State Plan. Modifications required to align the Local Plan with the State Plan include the following areas:
1) Department of Social Services CalFresh programs;
2) Local Child Support Agencies to provide workforce services to unemployed, underemployed, and payment-delinquent non-custodial parents;
3) Programs that serve individuals with disabilities, including detail on strategies to implement Competitive Integrated Employment;
4) Requirements pertaining to services for English Language Learners, the Foreign Born, and Refugees; and
5) Other changes to the Local Plan made pursuant to changes in labor market and economic conditions or in other factors affecting the implementation of the Local Plan are submitted as modifications to the regional or local plan they propose to modify.
The directive mandates that each Local Board must hold public meetings for stakeholders to ensure opportunities to participate in and provide feedback on the local and regional plans as part of the initial development of the plan modifications. These meetings were held in October and November 2019, attendees included the following:
1) Organizations providing services to the re-entry population,
2) English learners, as well as adult education partn...
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