OEWD Workforce Strategy

RFP #113 Funding Recommendations

Workforce Investment San Francisco

March 27, 2013

Presentation Overview

• Overview of Funding

• Timeline

• Review Process

• Program Goals and Strategies

• Funding Recommendations

• Contract Performance Period

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Proposed Annual Funding

WIA Formula $5.5 million

WIA Adult $2 millionWIA Dislocated Worker $2 millionWIA Youth $1.5 million

CDBG $1.35 million

General Funds $5 million

Total $11.8 million

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• 2012-2013 $12.9 million

• 2011-2012 $14.2 million

• 2010-2011 $13.7 million

Previous Annual Funding

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RFP Timeframe

RFP Framework Approved by WISF December 5, 2012

RFP Released December 10, 2012

Technical Assistance Conference December 18, 2012

Online Proposal System Available December 21, 2012

Proposals Due January 17, 2013

Preliminary Notification Letters Sent February 19, 2013

WISF Meeting (Funding Recommendations Reviewed) March 27, 2013

Citizen’s Committee on Community Development (CDBGOversight)

April 9, 2013

Scope/Budget Negotiations/Agreement Finalization April – June, 2013

Services begin July 1, 2013

Overview of Funding

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WIAFormula Funding

CDBGWorkforce Funding

OEWDGeneral Funds

Workforce Investment Act,Department of Labor (DOL)

Community DevelopmentBlock Grant (CDBG),Housing and UrbanDevelopment (HUD)

City and County of SanFrancisco

Includes:- WIA Adult

- WIA Dislocated Worker- WIA Youth

Procurement for workforcedevelopment purposes have

been separated out fromother CDBG non-workforce

procurement.

Increases the flexibility ofservice strategies/ service

models. Increases theflexibility of who qualifies toreceive services. Increasesthe total number of people

that can be served.

-Youth Council(Young Adult Strategies)

-WISF (All Strategies)

-Citizen’s Committee onCommunity Development

(CCCD)

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Review Process

• Each proposal submitted was evaluated by a panel ofreviewers. Reviewers represented a range of expertise inworkforce development and included OEWD staff, other Cityagency staff, and professionals from local and nationalorganizations.

• Teams evaluated proposals based on a series of objectiveevaluation factors, laid out in a scoring guide that correspondedto questions posed in the RFP. Teams then maderecommendations on the final selection of awards based on thescoring.

• OEWD staff compiled the final recommendations presented tothe CCCD, Youth Council and WISF.

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Proposals Received

83 proposals received

51 agencies applied

$20,261,706 requested in total

Challenges with OEWD’s Limited Funding(not exhaustive)

Basic Skills Development

• Comprehensive on-ramps and remedial hard and soft skills training

Transitional Employment and Wage Subsidies• Training with wages, a wide-range of supports, and connection to

competitive employment

Intensive Occupational Skills Training• Intensive/integrated basic and occupational skills training

Capacity Building

• Direct service and organizational development

Job Retention

• Career planning and development, skills-upgrading, asset management

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Workforce Development Themes

• Focus on training and skills development

• Reinforce sector strategies

• Support neighborhood-based services

• Increase collaboration & coordinationamong workforce system services &

providers

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RFP #113 Goals

• Strengthen the San Francisco workforce system’sstrategic alignment with local labor marketrealities.

• Build stronger, system-wide connections betweenproviders.

• Increase San Francisco residents’ ability tocompete for jobs.

• Position San Francisco’s workforce system toleverage other systems.

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• Provide a comprehensive array of sector-based workforce servicesto job seekers and employers.

• Sector Access Points - Provide centralized resources and entry foreach targeted industry, leveraging the services provided by thevarious Sector Academy partners.

• Occupational Skills Training - curriculum will be customized to meetindustry requirements and successfully prepare participants forindustry certifications and sector occupations.

• Sector Bridge Programs – prepares young adults with basiceducation and technical skills that are contextualized around aspecific industry sector.

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Sector Strategy

Four priority sectors:

1. Construction

2. Health Care

3. Hospitality/Retail

4. Information and Communications Technology

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Sector Strategy

• Provide centralized access points for Workforce Systemresources.

• Coordinate services and outreach that meet neighborhood-specific and Citywide needs.

• Implement services and strategies in coordination with thebroader Workforce System and industry/sector trends.

• Provide a menu of workforce services and WIA-mandatedservices to job seekers and employers.

• Four types of Access Points being procured in this RFP:

1. Comprehensive “OneStop”

2. Industry/Sector

3. Neighborhood Network

4. Young Adult WorkLink

Access Points

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Service Strategy:• Provide skills building training specifically tailored to the

needs of Young Adults (age 18-24).

• Serve as a feeder to post-secondary education, the City’sSector academies, or other advanced training.

• Link young adults to competitive employment.

Goals:• Achievement of literacy or numeracy gains, achievement of

HS diploma/GED, and an industry recognized credential.

• Placement into employment or post-secondary education.

• Retention in employment or post-secondary education.

Young Adult

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Program Areas:

• RAMP (Reconnecting All through Multiple Pathways)

• Sector Bridge

• Young Adult WorkLink (Access Points Strategy)

Program Strategy Alignment with Department of Children, Youth and theirFamilies (DCYF) Program Components: Intake/Assessment, Job Readiness

Services, Career Exploration, Work-based Learning, Education Support,Transition Planning

Young Adult

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Overview of Procurement

Total AmountRequested

AmountRecommended

% RequestRecommended

Proposed# Served

ComprehensiveAccess Point

$2,047,488.80 $1,575,000 77% 1,560

SectorProgramming

$9,227,901.98 $5,450,000 59% 1,330

NeighborhoodWorks AccessPoints

$5,872,075.07 $2,532,500 43% 2,560

Young AdultStrategies (notincluding SectorBridge)

$2,408,150.15 $1,985,000 82% 1,070

Database $706,090.00 TBD TBD N/A

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OEWD Investment Areas

Sector Programming47%

Comprehensive Access Point14%

Young Adult Strategies17%

Neighborhood Access Points22%

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RFP #113 Funding RecommendationsSector Programming: Coordinator

CurrentlyFunded

Recommend Funding Range for 13/14

Proposed #Served

$50K-$150K $151K-$300K $301K+

Bay Area Video Coalition(TechSF)

Yes X 400

Jewish VocationalService(Healthcare Academy)

Yes X 266

Mission Hiring Hall(CItyBuild )

Yes X 600

Mission Hiring Hall(Hospitality Initiative)

Yes X 300

Self Help for the Elderly(Hospitality Initiative)

Yes X 125

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RFP #113 Funding RecommendationsSector Programming: Healthcare Training

CurrentlyFunded

Recommend Funding Range for 13/14

Proposed #Served

$50K-$150K $151K-$300K $301K+

Arriba Juntos Yes X 40

In-Home SupportServices Consortium

Yes X 100

Mission LanguageVocational School

Yes X 120

Mujeres Unidas yActivas

Yes X 46

Self Help for theElderly

Yes X 32

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RFP #113 Funding RecommendationsSector Programming: Hospitality Training

CurrentlyFunded

Recommend Funding Range for 13/14Proposed #

Served

$50K-$150K $151K-$300K $301K+

Charity CulturalServices

Yes X 60

Community HousingPartnership

Yes X 70

Episcopal CommunityServices

Yes X 50

Mission LanguageVocational School

Yes X 120

Young CommunityDevelopers

Yes X 150

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RFP #113 Funding RecommendationsSector Programming: Technology Training

CurrentlyFunded

Recommend Funding Range for 13/14

Proposed #Served

$50K-$150K $151K-$300K $301K+

Tekmeca Yes X 20

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RFP #113 Funding RecommendationsSector Programming: Construction Training

CurrentlyFunded

Recommend Funding Range for 13/14Proposed #

Served

$50K-$150K $151K-$300K $301K+

Asian NeighborhoodDesign

Yes X 10

A. Philip RandolphInstitute

Yes X 150

Anders and Anders Yes X 120

Charity CulturalServices

Yes X 450

City College of SanFrancisco

Yes X 300

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RFP #113 Funding RecommendationsComprehensive Access Point

CurrentlyFunded

Recommend Funding Range for 13/14Proposed #

Served

$50K-$150K $151K-$300K $301K+

Goodwill(Coordinator)

Yes X 250

Manpower(Business Services)

Yes X 500

Jewish VocationalService(Dislocated Worker)

Yes X 150

Five Keys (Assessment& Education Linkage)

Yes X 500

Goodwill(Re-entry Navigator)

Yes X 160

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Young Adult RFP #113 Funding RecommendationsRAMP

CurrentlyFunded

Recommend Funding Range for 13/14Proposed #

Served

$50K-$150K $151K-$300K $301K+

Goodwill Yes X 100

San FranciscoConservationCorps

Yes X 75

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Young Adult RFP #113 Funding RecommendationsSector Bridge

CurrentlyFunded

Recommend Funding Range for 13/14Proposed #

Served

$50K-$150K $151K-$300K $301K+

Bay Area VideoCoalition

Yes X 40

Bayview Hunters PointCenter for Arts &Technology

Yes X 90

Jewish VocationalService

Yes X 35

Larkin Street Yes X 36

Renaissance Parentsof Success

Yes X 200

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Young Adult RFP #113 Funding RecommendationsYoung Adult WorkLink

CurrentlyFunded

Recommend Funding Range for 13/14Proposed

#Served

PrimaryNeighborhoods

Served$50K-$150K $151K-$300K $301K+

Collective Impact Yes X 150WesternAddition

Community YouthCenter

Yes X 150

Chinatown,Vis Valley,Bayview/

Hunter’s Point

Hunters PointFamily

Yes X 150Bayview,

Hunter’s Point

Mission EconomicDevelopmentAgency

Yes X 200Mission,

Vis Valley,Excelsior

Success Center Yes X 200Bayview/Hunter’s

Point, Mission

Vietnamese YouthDevelopmentCenter

No X 45Tenderloin,

SOMA

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RFP #113 Funding RecommendationsNeighborhood Access Points

CurrentlyFunded

Recommend Funding Range for 13/14Proposed

#Served

PrimaryNeighborhoods

Served$50K-$150K $151K-$300K $301K+

Central CityHospitality House

Yes X 70 Tenderloin

Chinese forAffirmative Action

Yes X 120Chinatown,Vis Valley,Excelsior

Collective Impact Yes X 150WesternAddition

Compass FamilyServices

No X 100

Bayview/Hunter’s Point,

Mission,Tenderloin

FACES Yes X 500 Vis Valley

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RFP #113 Funding RecommendationsNeighborhood Access Points

CurrentlyFunded

Recommend Funding Range for 13/14Proposed

#Served

PrimaryNeighborhoods

Served$50K-$150K $151K-$300K $301K+

Hearing andSpeech Center

No X 20Bayview/

Hunter’s Point,Mission

LGBT Center Yes X 300

Upper Market/Castro,Mission,

Tenderloin

Mission EconomicDevelopmentAgency

Yes X 500 Mission

Positive ResourceCenter

Yes X 140

Tenderloin,Upper

Market/Castro,SOMA

Self Help for theElderly

Yes X 250 Chinatown

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RFP #113 Funding RecommendationsNeighborhood Access Points

CurrentlyFunded

Recommend Funding Range for 13/14Proposed

#Served

PrimaryNeighborhoods

Served$50K-$150K $151K-$300K $301K+

Swords toPlowshares

No X 100

Bayview/Hunter’s

Point, SOMA,Tenderloin

Toolworks Yes X 70 Mission Bay

Upwardly Global Yes X 70

Tenderloin,Sunset,WesternAddition,

Richmond

Young CommunityDevelopers

Yes X 240

Bayview/Hunters Point,

Vis Valley,Potrero

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Contract Performance Period

• Initial term of the grants awarded under this RFP will betwelve months, commencing on or around July 1, 2013and ending in June, 2014.

• Anticipate two optional one-year extensions based onperformance related to outcomes and interim measuresof progress.

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Recommended Action

Approve the recommended service providers and grantOEWD authority to establish contracts for activities

identified in RFP #113.