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Receive a presentation on two grants awarded to the Workforce Development Board of Solano County: the James Irvine Foundation Grant for capacity building and the California Workforce Development Board for Helping Justice-Involved Reenter Employment (HIRE); and Consider delegating authority to the County Administrator, with County Counsel concurrence, to execute expenditure contracts over $75,000 associated with the implementation of the grants
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Workforce Development Board (WDB) of Solano County recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive a presentation on two grants awarded to the Workforce Development Board of Solano County: the James Irvine Foundation Grant for capacity building and the California Workforce Development Board for Helping Justice-Involved Reenter Employment (HIRE); and
2. Consider delegating authority to the County Administrator, with County Counsel concurrence, to execute expenditure contracts over $75,000 associated with the implementation of the grants.
SUMMARY:
In November 2022, the WDB began conversations with the James Irvine Foundation through an introduction from the Equity at Work Council, a regional workforce initiative of the San Francisco Foundation. The initial conversations were to better understand the challenges and opportunities for workforce development in Solano County. As part of the James Irvine Foundation's Public Sector Practice Change Portfolio under their Better Careers initiative, in October 2023, the WDB was invited to apply for funding and was awarded a $500,000 grant.
In July of 2023, the WDB, in partnership with four community-based non-profits, applied for the Helping Justice-Involved Reenter Employment (HIRE) grant from the CWDB in the amount of $1,443,574. The WDB will act as the "hub" for the project and subgrant to the following organizations serving justice-invo...
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