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FILE ID: 15-00989`.
Date: 08/7/2015 Requesting Department: Office of Grants Administration
Commission Meeting Date: 09/10/2015 District Impacted: Citywide
Type: Z Resolution ❑ Ordinance ❑ Emergency Ordinance ❑ Discussion Item
❑ Other
Subject:
Purpose of Item:
A resolution of the Miami City commission authorizing the City Manager to accept grant funds from
the South Florida Workforce Investment Board D/B/A Career Source South Florida ("SFWIB") in a
total amount not to exceed $2,090,494.00 ("Grant") for the operation of the Miami Career Center
("Center") at the Lindsey Hopkins Educational Center located at 750 Northwest 20 street, Miami,
Florida; establishing a new special revenue project entitled: "South Florida Workforce Investment
Board grant for workforce initiatives 2015-2016 to accept the grant and appropriating the grant in an
amount not to exceed $2,090,4.94.00; further authorizing the city manager to negotiate and execute a
fixed rate contract with cost reimbursement grant components with SFVVIB, in substantially the
attached form, and to negotiate and execute all other necessary amendments, extensions, renewals,
and modifications, in a form acceptable to the city attorney, to implement the acceptance of and
compliance with the grant award for said purposes, for the period commencing July 1, 2015 through
June 30, 2016, with the options to renew for two (2) additional like periods at the same not -to -exceed
amounts under the same terms and conditions for the center, subject to budgetary approval at time
of need.
Background Information:
See attached.
Budget Impact Analysis
YES Is this item related to revenue?
YES Is this item an expenditure? If so, please identify funding source below.
General Account No.-
Special
o;Special Revenue Account No: TBD
CITP Project No:
NO Is this item funded by IIomeland Defense/Neighborhood Improvement Bonds?
Start Up Capital Cost: $00
Maintenance Cost: $00
Total Fiscal Impact: $2,090,494.00
Final Approvals
(SIGN AND DATE)
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Background Information:
Considering the employment indicators in the City of Miami, the City in 2013 opened a career center at
the Lindsey Hopkins Technical Education Center located at 750 NW 20th Street, 4th Floor to have
direct access to job opportunities as well as maintain our current economic advantage in the
government, tourism, and educational sectors. To develop this workforce within City limits, the City of
Miami is taking a proactive role to advance low income, dislocated, and public benefit recipients on the
path to self-sufficiency by providing comprehensive workforce services at this Center.
The Center is funded by South Florida Workforce Investment Board ("SFWIB") to provide services to
job seekers and local businesses. The SFWIB funding is utilized for program and administration
expenditures related to the provision of workforce services as well as for training and supportive
services for program participants. In February 2014, South Florida Workforce Investment Board
changed its name to CareerSource South Florida.
In program year 2014-2015, CareerSource South Florida City of Miami Career center ("Center") met
sixty seven percent (67%) of the required performance measures.
1012 Total Direct Job Placements/ Balance Scorecard 953
437 City of Miami residents employed by the Career Center (Direct Job Placement)
2909 Participants obtain employment after receiving services from the career center
1500 Job Openings created
19 Participants completed training 17 are gainfully employed
264 Participants receiving training services
72 Welfare/CAP participants were employed (Direct Job Placement)
16,214 Distinct individuals receiving services.
1446 Business/employers served
$577.67 Cost per placement
$37.00 Return on investment
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