To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Employment Training Panel (ETP) HWAF Revenue Agreement
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services director, or designee, to accept a grant in the amount of $741,040 and execute an agreement from Employment Training Panel to administer a healthcare workforce training program for the period March 1, 2024 through March 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Revenue totaling $741,040, sourced entirely from State funds (100%), has been allocated for the fiscal year 2023-2024 budget. Any unutilized funds from this allocation will be designated for appropriation in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2024-2025. No County match is necessary for this allocation.
BACKGROUND:
California Labor and Workforce Agency Employment Training Panel (ETP) funding supports customized worker training and skill upgrading of employer’s current workers increasing high-wage positions and advancing career-track workforce training for disproportionately affected communities. The Healthcare Workforce Advancement Fund Program (HWAF) concentrates on individuals that are unemployed at the start of training and placed into qualifying full-time employment and current workers in entry level healthcare jobs seeking upskilling or licensing for career advancement opportunities. Workplace settings include hospital, primary care, and community settings.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Without approval, participants and employers relying on ETP training funds will not have access to industry driven job trainings or skill upgrading that lead to self-sufficiency, adversely impacting participants ability to self-sustain within the community. Local businesses will have fewer qualified candidates for positions, and the local WDB will have failed to utilize training funds.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
The services provided under revenue agreement support three community outcomes established in the Children’s Report Card: (3)"Families that are Economically Self-Sufficient"; (4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and (5) "Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families” by providing training and employment opportunities for in-school and out-of-school youth.