Title
Request to Amend Youth Workforce Development Services Contracts (Ordinance S-48996)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to amend Contract 154077 with Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. (CPLC); Contract 154076 with Jewish Family & Children's Service, Inc. (JFCS); Contract 154071 with Neighborhood Ministries, Inc. (NM); and Contract 154387 with Valley of the Sun Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) to add $21.2 million in federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds for a new aggregate value for all contracts and expenditures not to exceed $26.5 million. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item for the life of the contracts. Funds are available from the WIOA grant. There is no impact to the General Fund.
Report
Summary
The City of Phoenix Human Services Department contracted with CPLC, JFCS, NM, and YMCA to provide Youth Workforce Development Services through the WIOA grant. The contractors support the delivery of innovative and comprehensive workforce development services to out-of-school youth, ages 16 to 24, and in-school youth, ages 14 to 21, who are experiencing significant barriers to education, training, and employment.
This request is to amend the original contracts to increase the aggregate authority to $26.5 million for the foregoing contracts. The action taken on March 17, 2021, requested authority for only one year of funding (totaling $5.3 million) instead of requesting sufficient funding for the full terms of the foregoing contracts.
The annual funding breakdown is as follows:
- CPLC: $1,750,000;
- JFCS: $420,000;
- NM: $1,258,062;
- YMCA: $1,750,000; and
- Participant Training Cost: $121,938.
Total: $5.3 million per year. Five-year total not to exceed $26.5 million.
Contract Term
The term of each contract is 15 months beginning on or about April 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022, with four one-year renewal options beginning on July 1, 2022, which may be exercised at the discretion of the City Manager or his designee.
Financial Impact
The new aggregate value of the affected contracts shall not exceed $26.5 million. Funds are available from the WIOA grant. There is no impact to the General Fund.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
- The Phoenix Business and Workforce Development Board Executive Leadership Committee approved this item on Feb. 11, 2021.
- The Workforce and Economic Development Subcommittee approved this item on Feb. 24, 2021, by a vote of 4-0.
- The City Council approved Contracts 154077, 154076, 154071, and 154387 (Ordinance S-47403) on March 17, 2021.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Gina Montes and the Human Services Department.