WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD (WIB) QUARTERLY MEETING

Workforce Investment Board
Chair: Charles Woo
Zeth Ajemian
Raul Anaya
Donna Brashear
Felicito “Chito” Cajayon
Rushmore Cervantes
David Crippens
Michael Dolphin
Ahmed Enany
David Flaks
Marco Frausto
Anthony Hassan
Joseph Herrera
Harvey Hill
Jacquelyn Honore
Steve Jaffe
Mark Jurisic
Art Lopez
Ruth Lopez Novodor
Luther Medina
Jackie Mizell-Burt
Juana Mora
Mary Rose Ortega
Hector Perez-Pacheco
Patricia Perez
Jan Perry
Kenn Phillips
Jonathan Port
Krishna Prasad
Sergio Rascon
David Rattray
T Santora
William Scoles
Carmel Sella
Paula Starr
Cassie Thomas
Laura Trejo
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD (WIB)
QUARTERLY MEETING
Thursday, October 30, 2014, 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 NOON
Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD)
1200 W. 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017
4th Floor Conference Room
AGENDA
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1. Call to Order/Roll Call
Charles Woo/
Pamela Williams
2. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
ACTION ITEMS:
3. Consideration of the Minutes of the July 21, 2014 Meeting
Charles Woo
4.
Greg Burks/
(a) A Report on Layoff Aversion Services Performance Results during
Program Year (PY) 2013–14 (July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014), and
Maricela Hernandez/
Carrie Rogers
(b) Approval of the Results of a Request for Proposals Conducted by
the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) for
the Provision of Layoff Aversion Services during Program Year (PY)
2014–15 (November 1, 2014 – April 30, 2015)
5. Approval of Recommendations from the Economic and Workforce
Development Department (EWDD) to Amend the Program Year (PY)
2014–15 Workforce Investment Act (WIA)/Workforce Investment Board
(WIB) Annual Plan and its Strategies and Activities to Reflect Savings/
Carry-Over Funding from PY 2013–14
6. Authorize the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD)
to Accept a $6,000,000 Workforce Innovation Fund (WIF) Grant from the
U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) for the Los Angeles Regional Initiative
for Social Enterprise (LA:RISE)
7. A Presentation by the Mayor’s Office on Mayor Garcetti’s Minimum Wage
Proposal for the City of Los Angeles
Jaime PachecoOrozco/
Jaime PachecoOrozco/
Vivienne Lee
Nicholas Greif
1200 W. 7th Street, 6th Floor • Los Angeles, CA 90017 • 213.744.7164 • www.wiblacity.org
Workforce Investment Board
Chair: Charles Woo
Zeth Ajemian
Raul Anaya
Donna Brashear
Felicito “Chito” Cajayon
Rushmore Cervantes
David Crippens
Michael Dolphin
Ahmed Enany
David Flaks
Marco Frausto
Anthony Hassan
Joseph Herrera
Harvey Hill
Jacquelyn Honore
Steve Jaffe
Mark Jurisic
Art Lopez
Ruth Lopez Novodor
Luther Medina
Jackie Mizell-Burt
Juana Mora
Mary Rose Ortega
Hector Perez-Pacheco
Patricia Perez
Jan Perry
Kenn Phillips
Jonathan Port
Krishna Prasad
Sergio Rascon
David Rattray
T Santora
William Scoles
Carmel Sella
Paula Starr
Cassie Thomas
Laura Trejo
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD (WIB)
QUARTERLY MEETING
Thursday, October 30, 2014, 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 NOON
Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD)
1200 W. 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017
4th Floor Conference Room
AGENDA
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8. Approval of Recommendations from the Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
Chair Regarding the Election of Chairs for the WIB Oversight Committee,
the WIB Business Services, marketing and Resource Development
Committee, and the WIB Ad Hoc Committee on Expanding Apprenticeship
Opportunities within the City’s WorkSource/America’s Job Center System
Charles Woo
9. A Request by the Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) Jaime Pachecoto Accept/Additional Assistance Solicit Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
Orozco
25% Governor’s Discretionary Funds from the State to Facilitate the Delivery
Reemployment Services to Workers Impacted by the Closure of the Nestle
Plan in Chatsworth
10. Approval of Recommendations from the Economic and Workforce
Development Department (EWDD) to Accept and Expend $300,000 of
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Funds from the South Bay Workforce
Investment Board (SBWIB) to Serve Dislocated Workers under the City’s
“Getting LA Back to Work” Initiative
Jaime PachecoOrozco
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
(The WIB Executive Committee approved the following items on September 24, 2014
on behalf of the full WIB. These items do not require a vote of the full WIB, but may
be called “special” by any WIB member for information and discussion purposes.)
11. Approval of the Results of a Request for Interest (RFI) Conducted by the Economic
and Workforce Development Department (EWDD) to Distribute Workforce Investment
Act (WIA) 25% Dislocated Worker Additional Assistance Funds to America’s Job
Centers/WorkSource Centers under “A New Direction for the Workforce” Initiative
12. Approval of Recommendations from the Economic and Workforce Development
Department (EWDD) to Reallocate “Getting LA Back to Work”/Workforce
Investment Act (WIA) National Emergency Grant (NEG) Funds to Select
America’s Job Centers/WorkSource Centers to Provide Re-Employment
Services to Dislocated Workers
1200 W. 7th Street, 6th Floor • Los Angeles, CA 90017 • 213.744.7164 • www.wiblacity.org
Workforce Investment Board
Chair: Charles Woo
Zeth Ajemian
Raul Anaya
Donna Brashear
Felicito “Chito” Cajayon
Rushmore Cervantes
David Crippens
Michael Dolphin
Ahmed Enany
David Flaks
Marco Frausto
Anthony Hassan
Joseph Herrera
Harvey Hill
Jacquelyn Honore
Steve Jaffe
Mark Jurisic
Art Lopez
Ruth Lopez Novodor
Luther Medina
Jackie Mizell-Burt
Juana Mora
Mary Rose Ortega
Hector Perez-Pacheco
Patricia Perez
Jan Perry
Kenn Phillips
Jonathan Port
Krishna Prasad
Sergio Rascon
David Rattray
T Santora
William Scoles
Carmel Sella
Paula Starr
Cassie Thomas
Laura Trejo
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD (WIB)
QUARTERLY MEETING
Thursday, October 30, 2014, 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 NOON
Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD)
1200 W. 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017
4th Floor Conference Room
AGENDA
(Page 3 of 4)
13. Approval of a Recommendation from Workforce Investment Board (WIB) Staff
that the City Financially Contribute to the South Bay Workforce Investment
Board’s (SBWIB) Management/Operations of the California Intrastate Training
Resources and Information Network (I-TRAIN)
14. Approval of Recommendations from Workforce Investment Board (WIB) Staff
Regarding:

Designating a Date for the Economic and Workforce Development
Department (EWDD) to Present Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
Performance Results for Program Year 2013-14 (July 1, 2013 –
June 30, 2014) to the WIB

Establishing Additional Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Performance
Measures for the Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs for Program
Year 2014–15 (July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015)
15. Approval of Recommendations from the Economic and Workforce Development
Department (EWDD) to Market the City’s Workforce Development System
through the Workforce Investment Board’s (WIB) Sponsorship of the Taste of
Soul Festival in South Los Angeles and the Honor a Hero – Hire a Vet Job &
Resource Fair in the San Fernando Valley
16. Approval of a Recommendation from the Economic and Workforce Development
Department (EWDD) to Accept $711,463 from the Los Angeles County
Department of Community and Senior Services and $250,000 from the Mayor’s
Fund Los Angeles to Provide Youth Work Experience Opportunities
17. Approval of a Recommendation from Workforce Investment Board (WIB) Staff
that a WIB Ad Hoc Committee be Established to Develop Recommendations
for Implementation of Assembly Bill 554 (Atkins), which Focuses on Increasing
Apprenticeship Opportunities through the Public Workforce System
1200 W. 7th Street, 6th Floor • Los Angeles, CA 90017 • 213.744.7164 • www.wiblacity.org
Workforce Investment Board
Chair: Charles Woo
Zeth Ajemian
Raul Anaya
Donna Brashear
Felicito “Chito” Cajayon
Rushmore Cervantes
David Crippens
Michael Dolphin
Ahmed Enany
David Flaks
Marco Frausto
Anthony Hassan
Joseph Herrera
Harvey Hill
Jacquelyn Honore
Steve Jaffe
Mark Jurisic
Art Lopez
Ruth Lopez Novodor
Luther Medina
Jackie Mizell-Burt
Juana Mora
Mary Rose Ortega
Hector Perez-Pacheco
Patricia Perez
Jan Perry
Kenn Phillips
Jonathan Port
Krishna Prasad
Sergio Rascon
David Rattray
T Santora
William Scoles
Carmel Sella
Paula Starr
Cassie Thomas
Laura Trejo
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD (WIB)
QUARTERLY MEETING
Thursday, October 30, 2014, 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 NOON
Economic and Workforce Development Department (EWDD)
1200 W. 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017
4th Floor Conference Room
AGENDA
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ADVISORIES/DISCUSSIONS/PRESENTATIONS/REPORT-BACKS/UPDATES:
18. An Announcement Regarding the Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
Kimberly Hlaing
Hosting an Upcoming Training by the California Workforce Association (CWA)
on the Requirements of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
19. A Discussion of “The State of the American Veteran: The Los Angeles
County Veterans Study” conducted by the University of Southern
California (USC) School of Social Work Center for Innovation and
Research on Veteran’s & Military Families
Dr. Sara Kintzle,
USC, CIR
20. Invitation to Various Upcoming Grand Openings of City of Los Angeles
Charles Woo
WorkSource Centers/America’s Job Centers of California (November 5,
2014 Through Dec. 17, 2014), the Cash for College Annual College and
Career Convention (November 5-6, 2014), the “Honor a Hero, Hire a Vet”
Job and Resource Fair (November 6, 2014), and the 10,000 Strong Veterans
Hiring Initiative – Virtual Veterans Career Expo (November 5, 2014)
21. Date of the Next WIB Quarterly Meeting
Charles Woo
22. Adjourn
Charles Woo
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