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Consider recommendations regarding a Grant Agreement with the California Workforce Development Board/Employment Development Department to implement Supervised Population Workforce Training Program (AB 2060), as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Department of Social Services (DSS) Director, or designee, to execute the Grant Agreement to receive Recidivism Reduction Funds in the amount of $341,374.00 from the California Workforce Development Board (State Board)/Employment Development Department (EDD) for the period of July 1, 2016 through December 31, 2017;
b) Establish appropriations of $341,374.00 in the Social Services Department in Social Services in Fund 0055 for Salaries and Wages of $124,018.00, Services and Supplies of $193,356.00, Other Charges of $24,000.00 funded by Intergovernmental Revenue-State by California AB2060 State Recidivism Reduction Funds; and
c) Determine that the approval and execution of the Grant Agreement is not the approval of a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4), finding that the project is a creation of a governmental funding mechanism or other government fiscal activity, which does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.