2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 7 - CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT › CHAPTER 3 - State Responsibilities › ARTICLE 3 - Removing Barriers to Employment Act › Section 14033.

14033. (a) The purpose of the initiative shall be to provide individuals with barriers to employment the services they need to enter, participate in, and complete broader workforce preparation, training and education programs, and, ultimately, to obtain and retain employment. Specifically, the program should strive to address racial and ethnic exclusion and inequity in the labor force and enhance racial and economic justice. Projects should create pipelines to quality jobs, upward mobility, and income security for workers historically excluded from quality jobs and economic prosperity. Special emphasis shall be given to applications that integrate individuals from target populations into career pathway programs aligned with regional labor market needs.
(b) Grants shall be evaluated using the following criteria:
(1) Ability to provide the services proposed in the grant to the number of individuals specified in the grant as evidenced by, among other things, whether the grantee completed the work proposed.
(2) Ability of individuals to successfully complete relevant programming funded under the grant as demonstrated by relevant measures directly related to the purpose of the program.
(3) Ability of individuals to transition into or be integrated into the broader workforce and education system as evidenced by employment and enrollment in relevant programs.
(4) Ability of individuals to succeed in both the broader workforce and education system and labor market once they transition into the broader system. This shall be measured by tracking these individuals utilizing the existing performance monitoring systems and metrics governing relevant programs and outcomes once they transition into the broader system.
(5) Ability for program participants to inform programming on an ongoing basis and evaluate program performance and success.
(6) The degree to which program activities acknowledge and address historic racial inequity and socioeconomic barriers to labor force participation for targeted population groups.
(7) The degree to which leadership at the executive level of the lead applicant organization reflects the target populations in Section 14034.
(8) The degree to which at least 25 percent of the lead applicant organization’s staff reflects the target populations in Section 14034.
(c) Grant applicants shall provide all necessary information to the California Workforce Development Board to facilitate grant performance evaluation.
(d) Grant applicants and partners may be required to participate in technical assistance activities, including, but not limited to, the convening of communities of practice to identify and help replicate evidence-based practices and to help facilitate an assessment and evaluation of grant performance and initiative success.
(e) The California Workforce Development Board shall issue an interim and a final report, to be posted on its internet website. The interim report shall be posted no later than six months following the midpoint of the program and the final report shall be posted no later than one year following the completion of the program. The reports shall include, but not be limited to, the programmatic impact on the target populations, the fiscal savings associated with the program, key conclusions, the benefits conferred or realized using quantitative and qualitative data, and policy recommendations to provide guidance to the Legislature and the Governor in scaling a permanent program.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 323, Sec. 3. (AB 628) Effective January 1, 2022. See conditional termination clause in Section 14007.)