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Authorize negotiation and execution of eleven agreements with eleven agencies to provide workforce readiness services to include adult basic education, high school equivalency preparation, English for speakers of other languages, digital literacy, and job training, for a 12-month term through March 30, 2025, and four extension options, each in an amount not to exceed $3,695,079, for a total agreement amount not to exceed $18,475,395 divided among the agencies.
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Lead Department
Austin Public Health.
Fiscal Note
Funding in the amount of $1,847,540 is available in the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Austin Public Health Department Operating Budget. Funding for the remaining terms is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.
For More Information:
Adrienne Sturrup, Director, 512-972-5010; Laura LaFuente, Assistant Director, 512-972-5077; Ashlee Kraus, Acting Social Services Agreements Administration Manager, 512-972-5044; Juanita Jackson, Business Process Consultant, (512) 972-6163.
Additional Backup Information:
This action will authorize negotiation and execution of eleven agreements with eleven social service agencies for a 12-month term beginning on April 1, 2024.
The awarded agencies for the workforce readiness issue area will provide low-cost, high-quality adult basic education (ABE), high school equivalency (HSE), English for speakers of other languages (ESOL), and vocational training; wrap around support services to foster increased sustainability and self-sufficiency; integrated education and training to meet students where they are and provide training in their language; and move Austinites into jobs that earn at least $15 per hour.
The agencies below were awarded agreements to provide these services and were scored as follows:
Agency
Score
Amount
Goodwill
87
$762,218
Todos Juntos
84.5
$198,128
Youth and Family Alliance
83.9
$956,610
Latinitas
82.9
$100,000
Austin Voices for Youth and Education
82.6
$120,000
AISD
80.9
$...
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