BILL NUMBER: AB 926 CHAPTERED 09/29/99 CHAPTER 573 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 29, 1999 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 28, 1999 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 9, 1999 PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 7, 1999 AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 30, 1999 AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 19, 1999 AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 15, 1999 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Cedillo FEBRUARY 25, 1999 An act to amend Section 1 of Chapter 1051 of the Statutes of 1998, relating to job training, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 926, Cedillo. Job training: at-risk youth. Existing law appropriates, in augmentation of the Budget Act of 1998, $1,250,000, to the Employment Development Department to support certain at-risk youth employment demonstration projects conducted by private, nonprofit entities in specified job training service delivery areas. This bill would, in addition, require that those funds be expended pursuant to certain guidelines and requirements regarding, among other things, the procurement by funding recipients of private matching funds, the demonstration of significant employer involvement in the relevant projects, the awarding of projects through a competitive bid process, and the satisfaction of specified criteria in the provision of relevant services. This bill would also require that a specified amount of these funds be allocated to the job training service delivery area of the City and the County of Sacramento. By changing the requirements for expenditure of an existing appropriation, the bill would make an appropriation. This bill would also require the department to submit a report to the Legislature and the Governor, on or before January 1, 2003, detailing certain information with respect to projects funded under these provisions, and would require the department's annual report to the Legislature on the effectiveness of specified job preparation and training programs to also detail the effectiveness of the at-risk youth demonstration projects funded under these provisions. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. Appropriation: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 1 of Chapter 1051 of the Statutes of 1998 is amended to read: SECTION 1. The sum of one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($1,250,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Employment Development Department to be allocated and disbursed by the department, as follows: (a) (1) The sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to the administrative entity of the job training Service Delivery Area for the City of Los Angeles to support no more than four at-risk youth employment demonstration projects by private, nonprofit entities. (2) The sum of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) to each of the administrative entities of the job training Service Delivery Areas of the City of Oakland, the City and County of San Francisco, the City of Santa Ana, the City and County of Sacramento, the County of Fresno, and the City and County of San Diego, jointly, to support in each of those jurisdictions no more than two at-risk youth employment demonstration projects by private, nonprofit entities. (b) The funds specified in subdivision (a) shall be expended pursuant to the following guidelines and requirements: (1) The demonstration projects in those jurisdictions shall be located in areas of chronic youth unemployment. The administrative entities of participating job training service delivery areas shall, in order to implement these projects, contract with private, nonprofit organizations, without regard to relevant service delivery area boundaries, to train at-risk youth for appropriate employment opportunities. However, the recipients of any funds under this subdivision shall be required to satisfy both of the following requirements: (A) They shall obtain matching funds on a dollar-for-dollar basis from private sources. (B) They shall be able to demonstrate significant employer involvement in their program with the purpose of implementing a campaign among employers in the targeted area to provide jobs to at-risk youth who have participated in the project. For purposes of this paragraph, "at-risk youth" means persons who are between 16 and 22 years of age, who are considered to be at risk of homelessness, crime, or welfare dependency, and who lack employment skills. (2) The administrative entities of participating job training service delivery areas or their successors shall ensure that all participants in the at-risk youth demonstration projects are covered by workers' compensation insurance, and that the recipients of any funds under subdivision (a) maintain general liability insurance and automobile insurance, and have practices in place to ensure fiscal accountability. (3) City and county service delivery areas that participate in demonstration projects under this subdivision shall award projects through a competitive bid process, with priority given to recipients that operate residential facilities that house at-risk youth. In cities and counties with existing youth job training programs, funding recipients shall consult with the local agencies that deliver those programs. (4) Nonprofit organizations receiving funding under subdivision (a) shall be able to demonstrate that they meet the following criteria in the provision of services: (A) Quality management. (i) Presentation of a clear and consistent mission. (ii) Maintenance of continuity and competence of leadership. (iii) Incorporation of staff development as a management strategy. (iv) Leveraging of resources through collaboration and partnerships. (v) Attraction of diverse funding sources. (vi) Commitment to a strategy with a goal of continuous improvement. (B) Youth development. (i) Nurturing of relationships between youths and caring adults. (ii) Engaging, as appropriate, family and peers in organized activities. (iii) Placement of high expectations on youths and staff. (iv) Processes for building youths' responsibility and leadership skills. (v) Offering individualized age and stage appropriate activities. (vi) Development of a sense of group membership. (vii) Fostering a sense of identity and self. (viii) Sustaining services over the long term. (C) Work force development. (i) Nurturing of career awareness and exploration. (ii) Provision of career guidance and career planning throughout the program. (iii) Provision of work-based learning opportunities. (iv) Provision of experiential learning opportunities. (v) Ensuring that employers are actively engaged. (vi) Emphasis on the connection between work and learning. (vii) Offering postplacement activities. (D) Evidence of success. (i) Establishing intermediate and long-term outcomes and measurable indicators. (ii) Collecting and maintaining data that can be used for management decisionmaking. (iii) Using data to assess progress and evaluate effectiveness. (iv) Sharing information with stakeholders. (5) Recipients of funding under this subdivision may use those funds to support one or more of the following employment-related activities: (A) Preemployment services. (B) Educational or vocational assessment. (C) Intensive basic skills development programs for reading, writing, and mathematics, that include an employment assistance component. (D) Temporary labor programs. (E) Training internships with employers. (F) Supervised job search and job development services. (G) Employment retention services. (6) The unit of general local government or each unit of general local government that is described in subparagraph (A), and which is represented by the chief local elected official described in subsection (c) of Section 103 of the federal Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 1513 (c)), shall be liable to the department for all funds distributed pursuant to this subdivision that are not expended in accordance with this subdivision. (7) City and county service delivery areas or their successors that participate in demonstration projects under this section shall not expend more than 15 percent of funds allocated to them for administrative expenses. (8) The department shall submit a report to the Legislature and to the Governor, on or before January 1, 2003, detailing all of the following with respect to demonstration projects funded under this subdivision: (A) The amount and source of required matching funds from private sources. (B) The successful completion rates by project component. (C) The extent to which the criteria specified in paragraph (4) were achieved. (D) The number of participants who remained or returned to school part-time or full-time for at least one semester. (E) The number of participants who were placed in part-time or full-time employment lasting at least three months. SEC. 2. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are: In order to implement, at the earliest possible time, certain at-risk youth employment demonstration projects, which were funded pursuant to an augmentation of the Budget Act of 1998, it is necessary that this act go into immediate effect.