ESP Technical Assistance and Evaluation Award – PY 21-22

Workforce Services Information Notice
WSIN21-49

Issued: June 9, 2022

The Employment Development Department (EDD), in coordination with the California Workforce Development Board and on behalf of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, is pleased to announce the award of $1.2 million of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds for the Equity and Special Populations (ESP) Technical Assistance (TA) and Evaluation grant for Program Year (PY) 2021-22. These funds will assist in implementing programs that provide job training and employment opportunities to 2,530 individuals facing barriers to employment.

The ESP TA awardee will provide TA and evaluation to the ESP PY 21-22 awardees in designing, developing, and implementing projects that accelerate employment and re-employment strategies for populations facing significant employment barriers. The TA awardee will work in close coordination with the ESP PY 21-22 awardees in the following California regions: Alameda, Contra Costa, Colusa, Fresno, Glenn, Imperial, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Merced, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, Tulare, and Ventura. One organization was selected for funding via a competitive process.

An award of $1.2 million will assist program awardees with projects that foster workforce equity for the English language learners (ELLs), homeless and housing insecure, immigrants, justice-involved individuals, people with disabilities (PWD), veterans, young adults, and other target populations in geographic locations disproportionately impacted by the novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19). The program intends to build meaningful and sustainable industry investment and partnerships, system innovation, and develop projects that have the best potential to place participants into quality jobs and career pathways that lead to self-sufficiency.

The EDD expects that the performance period will be 18 months. A list of the awardee and a description of their project is available on the EDD Workforce Development Solicitations for Proposals webpage.

If you have any questions regarding the ESP grant solicitation, please email WSBGrants@edd.ca.gov.

 

/s/ KIMBERLEE MEYER, Chief

Central Office Workforce Services Division