DATE: October 17, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Blake Konczal, Executive Director, Workforce Development Board
SUBJECT: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Mandated Partner Phase II Memorandum of Understanding
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
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 Fresno County Department of Social Services.
REPORT
This Phase II MOU is required to be in place no later than January 1, 2018. This Phase II MOU will be appended to the Phase I MOU executed in 2016.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no alternative action. If a Phase II MOU is not executed with each mandated partner by January 1, 2018, Fresno County will be out of compliance with WIOA requirements and could lose funding for WIOA activities that benefit the residents of Fresno County.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in net County cost associated with the Recommended Action. The FRWDB is 100% funded by non-County sources. These have their origin primarily with the United States Department of Labor, being supplemented by other federal and State of California grants.
DISCUSSION:
The United States Congress passed the WIOA (the "Act"), as an enhancement to the previous Workforce Investment Act. The Act 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 Service...
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