MEETING DATE: 4/3/2018
DEPARTMENT: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY
DEPT HEAD/DIRECTOR: James Rydingsword
AGENDA ITEM PREPARER: Cynthia Larca
SBC DEPT FILE NUMBER: 130
SUBJECT:
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY - J. RYDINGSWORD
Approve Grant Agreement with the City of Sunnyvale for Workforce Development Services for the period of March 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019, in the amount of $79,925.00; and approve Budget Adjustment for Regional Business Services in the amount of $19,981.00. (4/5 vote)
SBC FILE NUMBER: 130
AGENDA SECTION:
CONSENT AGENDA
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
The State of California solicited applications from Regional Planning Units (RPU) to support the development and implementation of decision–making structures that will strengthen local board activities and performance at the regional level. The Bay-Peninsula RPU was awarded funding to focus on employer engagement and regional system alignment.
Coordinating employer engagement and creating regional system alignment will be accomplished through a first-ever regional business engagement team. Each workforce development board (WDB) in the RPU will hire a regional business representative, who will be tasked with ensuring that the local system of services and local businesses are connected to the broader regional workforce system, and with working with the other team members to strengthen possible collaborations and partnerships. San Benito County will be using existing staff for this project.
The leadership group of the RPU is committed to exploring and maximizing opportunities where regionalism will be to the benefit of the region’s businesses and job seekers. The new regional business engagement team will look at ways to strengthen existing partnerships and strategically develop new ones. An initial step will be to connect with business and economic development stakeholders to gain their perspectives on the best ways for the new regional businesses engagement team to move forward. The regional business engagement team will be expected to work with all the partners, to ensure that AJCC (America’s Job Center of California) and WDB staff have a common understanding of the system and to create a common approach to businesses throughout the region.
With regards to the longer-term sustainability of these efforts, building institutional knowledge and relationships across the region will carry on past the grant. The RPU will document all learnings through reports, updates, and communications.
The budget adjustment is for the FY17/18 projected amount of $19,981 and the FY18/19 amount of $59,944 will be incorporated in the annual budget process.
BUDGETED:
No