DEPARTMENT: Economic Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Alejandra Lopez
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-wide
SUBJECT:
Briefings on the Train for Jobs SA program, which implements the Workforce Development Pillar within the COVID-19 Community Recovery and Resiliency Plan and implementation planning for the SA: Ready to Work initiative.
SUMMARY:
This item provides an update on the Train for Jobs SA program, which implements the Workforce Development Pillar and associated strategies included in the COVID-19 Community Recovery and Resiliency Plan approved by City Council on June 4, 2020. This item also provides an update on implementation planning for the SA: Ready to Work initiative approved by voters on November 3, 2020.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
City Council approved the COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency Plan on June 4, 2020. The strategies associated with this Plan are categorized into four pillars: Workforce Development, Housing Security, Small Business Support, and Digital Inclusion. The Workforce Development Pillar was assigned to the Economic and Workforce Development Committee and staff presented the associated implementation plan on June 19, 2020. The implementation plan included expected outcomes, implementation partners and their associated budgets, program process overview, equity and engagement strategies, and major milestones. The Committee also received implementation updates on August 4, 2020, September 2, 2020, October 6, 2020,?October 22, 2020, December 8, 2020, January 12, 2021, and February 2, 2021.? In July 2020, San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg appointed a Workforce and Education Leadership Taskforce to reassess community workforce development priorities and to identify strategies beyond the immediate COVID-19 crisis. The taskforce included leaders from education, workforce development, asset-building, business, community organizations, labor, economic development, and philanthropy. The taskforce recommended the "SA: Ready to Work" program, to ...
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