SOUTH BAY WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD - 2011

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dramatically reduce payrolls. Reduced local property tax revenues have only exacerbated the problem. Entities that depend on tax revenues to fund staff have had to make significant cuts. Schools are cutting both certificated (teachers /administrators) and classified staff; similarly, cities and counties are cutting mental health, maintenance, social services, recreation staff, and other types of workers. The public sector lost 15,400 jobs in December 2010 and 21,700 jobs (0.9%) over the year. These year -over losses were concentrated in local government. Between June 2008 and December 2010, California's government sector lost 84,700 jobs (3.3%), 73,500 of which in local government. While historically, public employees have not been served by NEGs, California's tepid economic recovery now necessitates NEG services for this workforce segment. The Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act of 2010 (Public Law 111 -226) On August 10th, 2010 the federal government enacted the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act of 2010 (the Act), Public Law 111 -226, which appropriated $16.1 billion nationwide to support medical assistance in the states and education - related jobs. Funding under the Act was estimated to support approximately 160,000 education jobs nationwide according to the U.S. Department of Education (ED). Per formula, California's share of this funding was $1,201,534,585. The state's local education agencies (LEAs) received $1,199,906,585 of California's total allocation, an amount calculated to be an equal proportion of the amount calculated for the 2010 -11 fiscal year for: 1) total school district revenue limits; 2) total county office of education revenue limits; and 3) the revenue limit portion of charter school operational funding, as appropriate. The Act also specified that LEA expenditures must be consistent with the Act's requirements and relevant federal regulations and guidance. In California, the Act saved approximately 16,500 teaching jobs (ED), layoffs that would likely have occurred otherwise, causing a cascade of secondary job losses and extended recessionary effects. Insofar as this project includes education layoffs, our request addresses only those unavoidable dislocations that have occurred or been announced despite assistance under the Act which can be linked directly to the state's ongoing budget challenges and a slower than expected economic recovery. Recent Regional Economic Impact National Emergency Grant Recently, DOL awarded an $8,197,664 Regional Economic Impact (REI) grant to the Tulare County WIB for the California Central Valley Workforce Collaborative (CCWC). The purpose: to address recession - driven job losses in several Central California industries in a 14 county area through paid work experience, Individual Training Accounts (ITAs), and on- the -job training (OJT) contracts for DWs. A portion of REI funds will be used to develop a demand - driven, regional workforce investment plan to