DATE: September 22, 2020
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Delfino E. Neira, Director, Department of Social Services
SUBJECT: Agreements for Job Creation and Employment Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Master Agreement for Expanded Subsidized Employment, effective October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2025, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $15,000,000.
2. Authorize the Department Director or designee to add or delete Contractors from the Expanded Subsidized Employment Master Agreement.
3. Make a finding that it is in the best interest of the County to waive the competitive bidding process consistent with Administrative Policy No. 34 for unusual or extraordinary circumstances as the Fresno County Economic Development Corporation owns a proprietary website essential to the Expanded Subsidized Employment program.
4. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with the Fresno County Economic Development Corporation for job creation, marketing, subcontracted training, and website maintenance, effective October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2025, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $8,880,250.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. Approval of the first and second recommended actions will allow the Department to contract with qualified employers to hire California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Welfare To Work (WTW) participants as well as grant the Department Director or designee the authority to make necessary additions and deletions to the master list of qualified employers on an ongoing basis.
Approval of the third and fourth recommended actions will allow the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to market employment-ready CalWORKs WTW participants and the Department's Expanded Su...
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