DEPARTMENT: Health
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Dr. Colleen M. Bridger
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-Wide
SUBJECT:
Work Experience Agreement with Arbor E&T, LLC d/b/a ResCare Workforce Services for the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District's Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program
SUMMARY:
This Ordinance authorizes an agreement between the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (Metro Health) and ResCare Workforce Services. The purpose of this agreement is to establish policies and procedures for the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) Work Experience / Internship training positions. The agreement shall become effective upon execution and will terminate on August 31, 2018.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
This will be the first year of this collaboration between the Metro Health WIC Program and ResCare Workforce Services. ResCare Workforce Services is the largest career center workforce contractor in the United States. ResCare Workforce Services serves as a contractor for Workforce Solutions Alamo and administers the Work Experience (WE) program. The WE program is designed to provide youth participants with job opportunities that they otherwise would not qualify for. With funding from Workforce Solutions Alamo, ResCare Workforce Services has funding available to provide the WIC Program with needed summer staffing through the WE program. The impact of this collaboration will be that WIC will have a cost savings in temporary staff salaries.
ISSUE:
This agreement offers the opportunity to engage participants in a trainee capacity to gain work experience in a work environment that they normally would not have the opportunity to work in due to lack of work experience. During summer months, in addition to normal WIC services, WIC also provides breakfast and lunch to WIC participants through the Summer Feeding Program. Due to the administration of this additional program there is an increased workload and WIC hires temporary workers to tak...
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