Wraparound Services for Critical Employment Initiatives

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

County Spending Category
2.3 Employment Opportunities for Workers and Youth
Federal Expenditure Category
Assistance to Unemployed or Undermployed Workers (e.g. job training, subsidized employment, employment supports or incentives)
Project Launch Date
10/15/2022
Anticipated End Date
12/31/2026

Project Contacts

Indicators & Metrics to Date

  • Number of Workers Enrolled in Sectoral Job Training Programs
    532
  • Number of Workers Completing Sectoral Job Training Programs
    149
  • Number of People Participating in Summer Youth Employment Programs
    0
  • # of referrals/applications received
    570
  • # of individuals receiving cash assistance
    532
  • Amount of cash assistance distributed
    798000
  • # of successful training program completions
    355
  • # of successful job placements
    174
  • percentage of priority population served
    100
  • average/ median wages achieved in placed employment
    20.33
  • # of successful training program completions
    0
  • Amount of cash assistance distributed
    0
  • average/ median wages achieved in placed employment
    0
  • average/ median wages achieved in placed employment
    0
  • average/ median wages achieved in placed employment
    0
  • # of individuals receiving cash assistance
    0
  • # of referrals/applications received
    0
  • # of successful job placements
    0
  • # of successful training program completions
    0
  • percentage of priority population served
    100

Target Populations

  • Systems Impacted Individuals
  • Systems Involved Individuals
  • People Experiencing Homelessness
  • WEF will target Los Angeles County residents who have been economically impacted by COVID-19 and who may otherwise not have access to high road career pathways including, but not limited to justice-involved individuals, people experiencing homelessness, highest need communities per the Equity Explorer, women, and black, indigenous, and BIPOC communities. Participants must be enrolled in a County workforce training program and be able to provide a demonstrated financial need for emergency cash assistance.

Project Description

The Wraparound Services for Critical Employment Initiatives Project, also known as the Worker Equity Fund (WEF), provides cash assistance to mitigate potential barriers for populations that were most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to enable their successful participation in ARP-funded workforce training programs such as High Road Training Partnerships (HRTPs), Careers for a Cause, and other pandemic-related training programs. Individuals and families living in communities most negatively impacted by the pandemic are more likely to be unemployed and underemployed. Some workers lack access to transportation, childcare and the resources needed to successfully train for, compete for, gain employment, and sustain employment. Moreover, childcare, COVID-19 safety, housing uncertainty, and the digital divide remain many of the reasons why many under-resourced workers are not immediately returning to work. The WEF will provide support for workers to promote an equitable economic recovery from the impact of COVID-19. The WEF serves to ensure equitable access to workforce training and job placement services by making available emergency assistance to supplement and fill funding gaps for supports that enable them to train for and compete for gainful employment with long-term economic mobility. . The WEF aims support the catalyzing of employment training and opportunities for communities in need of an equitable economic recovery to reduce economic hardships and improve long-term outcomes both intergenerationally and multi-generationally. Supporting participants in workforce development programs in high-growth and opportunity economic sectors with cash assistance will ensure that COVID-impacted individuals, particularly those who are under-skilled, underemployed, and hard-to-employ to secure employment in the post-pandemic economy. Individuals that will be trained along with receiving job placement services will have improved life outcomes. Individuals will enter occupations that offer career pathways and family-sustaining wages to support recovery from the pandemic. A portion of Tranche 2 funds will include a third-party evaluator (TPE) who will provide a report on the design and evaluation of WEF describing best practices and recommendations for future programming. Tranche 2 funds will be folded into an agreement with a third-party administrator (TPA) who will design, administer, deliver, and execute the WEF.

Goals & Objectives

Goal Description Enable at least 459 participants to successfully complete a County operated workforce training program and at least 405 to obtain employment post-training

Objective Description Enroll at least 540 eligible individuals into the program

Activity Description Oversee training ARPA workforce service providers on providing referrals to WEF
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Service Delivery # of referrals/applications received 600.00
5 Service Delivery # of referrals/applications received 600.00 670.00

Activity Description Oversee outreach to and follow-up with referred participants
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Service Delivery # of referrals/applications received 600.00
5 Service Delivery # of referrals/applications received 600.00 670.00

Objective Description Provide at least 540 with up to $1,500 in emergency cash assistance

Outcome Description Promote program to workforce training program participants
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Service Delivery # of referrals/applications received 600.00
5 Service Delivery # of referrals/applications received 600.00 670.00

Outcome Description Participants enrolled into WEF.
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Service Delivery # of referrals/applications received 600.00
5 Service Delivery # of referrals/applications received 600.00 670.00

Goal Description Reduce barriers to successful completion by providing up to $1,500 in cash assistance to 540 participants with a demonstrated urgent financial need

Objective Description Partner with a TPA to track completion rates and report on outcomes by August 2023

Activity Description Complete sub recipient agreement with service provider. Co-develop application process with service provider.
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Service Delivery # of referrals/applications received 600.00
5 Service Delivery # of referrals/applications received 600.00 670.00

Activity Description Oversee the service provider who will document financial need
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Service Delivery Amount of cash assistance distributed 720000.00
7 Service Delivery Amount of cash assistance distributed 750000.00 810000.00

Activity Description Oversee the service provider who will distribute up to $1,500 in cash assistance per qualified applicant
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Service Delivery # of individuals receiving cash assistance 480.00
6 Service Delivery # of individuals receiving cash assistance 500.00 540.00

Objective Description Promote program to at least 670 of workforce training program participants

Activity Description Monitor job training completion and job placement rates
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Program Outcome # of successful job placements 360.00
1 Program Outcome # of successful training program completions 408.00
1 Program Outcome # of successful training program completions 408.00
8 Program Outcome # of successful training program completions 400.00 459.00
9 Program Outcome # of successful job placements 375.00 405.00

Activity Description Review and evaluate data in order to ensure participant completes a County workforce training program and start on a high road career pathway.

Outcome Description Participants that received Cash Assistance.
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Service Delivery # of individuals receiving cash assistance 480.00
6 Service Delivery # of individuals receiving cash assistance 500.00 540.00

Outcome Description Provide at least 540 with up to $1,500 in emergency cash assistance.
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Service Delivery # of individuals receiving cash assistance 480.00
6 Service Delivery # of individuals receiving cash assistance 500.00 540.00

Outcome Description Participants that secure unsubsidized employment
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Program Outcome # of successful job placements 360.00
1 Program Outcome average/ median wages achieved in placed employment 26.63
4 Program Outcome average/ median wages achieved in placed employment 21.22 22.00
9 Program Outcome # of successful job placements 375.00 405.00

Outcome Description Participants that complete job training program.
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Program Outcome # of successful training program completions 408.00
8 Program Outcome # of successful training program completions 400.00 459.00

Outcome Description Number of people served in priority populations.
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Program Outcome percentage of priority population served 100.00
3 Service Delivery percentage of priority population served 85.00 100.00