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.