REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Award of Contract to the San Mateo County Community College District and to modify an existing contract with Open Access to Implement the State of California-funded SlingShot Compact
Report
BACKGROUND
The California Workforce Development Board (CWDB) has granted NOVA Workforce Development a series of awards under its SlingShot initiative to develop and implement training programs that connect job seekers from diverse backgrounds with career opportunities in the heart of Silicon Valley's innovation economy. In this SlingShot initiative, NOVA is acting on behalf of the Workforce Innovation Network (WIN), a regional partnership that includes public workforce agencies in San Jose and San Francisco.
The CWDB designed SlingShot to promote regional economic prosperity, income mobility and enhanced career opportunities for individuals from populations that are currently underrepresented in regional economic activities. NOVA's SlingShot project is focused on the region's innovation industries, specifically occupations requiring DevOps and digital advertising skills.
CWDB has granted NOVA two major SlingShot grants. An initial $100,000 planning grant on April 15, 2016, enabled NOVA to contract with Open Access on April 1, 2017, for $30,000. Open Access is leading the DevOps initiative. On May 30, 2017, under the City Manager's contract approval authority, NOVA and Open Access modified that initial agreement to increase the contract to $60,000 and provide resources for additional planning activities. In March 2017, CWDB granted NOVA a $900,000 implementation grant. This grant enables NOVA to expand the scope of the Open Access contract from planning to implementation and enables NOVA to engage the San Mateo County Community College District (SMCCCD) to implement the digital advertising initiative for incumbent workers.
NOVA identified SMCCCD as its lead digital advertising training partners because of its ongoing partnership wi...
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