Item 09 - Biennial Modification to the PY 2021-24 Regional and Local Workforce Plan

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Orange County WDBs 2023 Biennial Modification to PY 2021-24 Unified Local Plan 14 referred, 58% of them had driver's license holds released due to participation in the WIOA program. However, since the onset of the pandemic, services have stalled, and referrals ceased. The local workforce boards are invested in the relationship with DCSS and are anxious to return to pre-COVID processes and referrals. To strengthen the partnership and improve outcomes for the target population, the boards and DCSS are committed to the following: • Grow participant referrals by focusing on outreach planning and new strategies to promote the program to a broader population of non-custodial parents. • AJCC staff will provide additional training to frontline DCSS staff on WIOA eligibility and detailed program information. • AJCC staff will work with DCSS staff to develop WIOA talking points for frontline DCSS staff to utilize in discussing WIOA services with non-custodial parents. • DCSS will train AJCC frontline staff on how to address concerns non-custodial parents express about going to work. Training will address the DCSS goal not to be a barrier to the non-custodial parent's employment goals and the tools they have available to modify child support orders. • AJCCs will work with DCSS to develop a separate referral process for justice-involved non-custodial parents to the prison-to-employment (P2E) program. • DCSS will participate in the Orange County Leadership council bi-monthly meetings so the partnership can develop a broader range of support and participation from other community-based organizations and education providers. • Board staff will explore additional options to provide workshops to non -custodial parents who are English language learners. DCSS serves a large population of Spanish-speaking and Vietnamese-speaking non-custodial parents who could benefit from career workshops taught in their native languages. AJCC staff currently offers language-specific services on a one-on-one basis to individuals, as necessary. The centers do not currently offer language-specific workshops. As the biennial modification was being prepared, the local boards agreed to explore opportunities with DCSS to co-locate staff within the AJCCs to facilitate immediate handoffs to workforce service staff after non-custodial parents meet with DCSS representatives. C. Coordination with Local Partnership Agreement Partners Established in Alignment with the Competitive Integrated Employment Blueprint and Other Local Partners That Serve Individuals with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities In 2018, the California Department of Education, DOR, and the California Department of Developmental Services developed the Competitive Integrated Employment (CIE) Blueprint, which is a five (5)-year plan to assist people with intellectual disabilities and development disabilities (ID/DD) prepare for and secure a job earning at least minimum wage working in the community with people without disabilities. The goals of the Blueprint are to: EXHIBIT 2