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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1093
Author: Eduardo Garcia (D)
Introduced:2/27/15
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE: 7-0, 6/16/15
AYES: Hancock, Anderson, Glazer, Leno, Liu, Monning, Stone
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 5/7/15 (Consent) - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Public safety: supervised population workforce
training: grant program
SOURCE: California Workforce Association
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice
PolicyLink
DIGEST: This bill makes minor modifications to the criteria
for the Supervised Population Workforce Training Grant Program
administered by the Workforce Investment Board, as specified.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)States that California Workforce Investment Board ("WIB") is
the body responsible for assisting the Governor in the
development, oversight, and continuous improvement of
California's workforce investment system and the alignment of
the education and workforce investment systems to the needs of
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the 21st century economy and workforce. (Unemp. Ins. Code, §
14010.)
2)Establishes the Supervised Population Workforce Training Grant
Program to be administered by the WIB. (Pen. Code, § 1234.1.)
3)Requires the WIB to administer the grant program as follows:
a) Develop criteria for the selection of grant recipients
through a public application process, including the rating
and ranking of applications that meet threshold criteria;
and
b) Design the grant program application process to ensure
all of the following occurs:
i) Outreach and technical assistance is made available
to eligible counties;
ii) There is fairness and competitiveness for all
counties, including for smaller and rural counties;
iii) It encourages applicants to develop evidence-based,
best practices to serve the target population; and,
iv) It addresses the education and training needs of
both individuals with some postsecondary education who
can benefit from services that result in certifications,
and placement on a middle skill career ladder, and
individuals who require basic education and training to
obtain entry level jobs. (Pen. Code § 1234.2.)
4)Requires the grant program to be competitively awarded through
at least two rounds of funding, as specified, and provides
that each county is eligible to apply but that a single
application may include multiple counties applying jointly.
Requires each application to include a partnership agreement
between the county, or counties, and one or more local
workforce investment boards that outline the actions each
party agrees to undertake as part of the project proposed in
the application. (Pen. Code § 1234.3.)
5)Requires, at a minimum, each project proposed in the
application to include a provision for an education and
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training assessment for each individual of the supervised
population who participates in the project. (Pen. Code, §
1234.3, subd. (c).)
6)Provides that eligible uses of grant funds include, but are
not limited to, vocational training, stipends for trainees,
and apprenticeship opportunities for the supervised
population. Current law further states that supportive
services and job readiness activities are to serve as bridge
activities that lead to enrollment in long-term training
programs. (Pen. Code, § 1234.3, subd. (d).)
7)Requires the WIB to report to the Legislature the outcomes
from the grant program, as specified. (Pen. Code, § 1234.4.)
This bill:
1)Revises the criteria described above to allow applicants to
address either the education and training needs of individuals
with some postsecondary education, or individuals who require
basic education and training to obtain entry level jobs,
instead of requiring the applicants to serve both education
needs.
2)Authorizes the WIB to delegate the responsibility for
determining the sufficiency of a prior assessment to one or
more local workforce investment boards.
3)Expands the content of the report to be given to the
Legislature evaluating the Supervised Population Workforce
Training Grant Program to include the following:
a) The education and workforce readiness of the supervised
population at the time individual participants entered the
program and how this impacted the types of services needed
and offered; and
b) Whether the metrics used to evaluate the individual
grants were sufficiently aligned with the objectives of the
program.
4)Includes uncodified legislative findings and declarations
concerning the importance of job training for formerly
incarcerated persons, as specified.
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Background
The WIB is the body responsible for assisting the Governor in
the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of
California's workforce investment system and the alignment of
the education and workforce investment systems to the needs of
the 21st century economy and workforce. The WIB administers the
Supervised Population Workforce Training Grant Program, a
program to award grant funding for vocational training and
apprenticeship opportunities for offenders under county
jurisdiction who are on probation, mandatory community
supervision, or post-release community supervision. This bill
makes various minor technical changes to the Supervised
Population Workforce Training Grant Program in the WIB.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified6/30/15)
California Workforce Association (co-source)
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (co-source)
PolicyLink (co-source)
California Edge Coalition
California Public Defenders Association
National Center for Youth Law
Office of the Riverside County Superintendent of Schools
REDF
Root & Rebound
OPPOSITION: (Verified6/30/15)
None received
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT:
The author states:
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With orders from the U.S. Supreme Court to reduce its
prison population, the state needs smart, effective
policies to help local jurisdictions achieve
realignment goals and reduce recidivism. Workforce
development for the re-entry population is a practical
strategy for improving access to a stable job. It
helps improve offender outcomes, reduce the likelihood
of recidivism, and promote community safety and
stability. AB 1093 makes key program changes to the
2014 bill [AB 2060 (V. Manuel Perez)].
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 5/7/15
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Chang, Chau,
Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly,
Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina
Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez,
Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low,
Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea,
Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Mark
Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams,
Wood, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Campos, Roger Hernández, Steinorth
Prepared by:Alison Anderson / PUB. S. /
7/2/15 8:48:09
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