ITEM 6-N

Council Meeting 4/l4/92
                                       Santa Monica, California

TO:      Mayor and City Council

FROM:    City Staff

SUBJECT: Recommendation to Approve Resolution Supporting
         Increased Job Training Partnership Act Funding
         for Santa Monica

INTRODUCTION

This report requests that the City Council approve  the  attached
resolution   supporting  an  increase  in  Federal  Job  Training
Partnership Act funding to the Santa Monica area.

BACKGROUND

As identified in both the City's Ten-Year Youth Action  Plan  and
the  recent  Homeless  Task Force Report, there is an ongoing and
critical  need  in  Santa  Monica  for  more  comprehensive   job
development   and   employment  services  for  youth,  low-income
residents, and homeless persons.  Both  reports  identified   the
need for expanded and comprehensive employment programs for these
target groups as major priorities -- emphasizing the need  for  a
partnership  with  the  private  sector  and  other  governmental
entities to meet that end.  A critical component  of  any  effort
should  be  the utilization of any available Federal Job Training
Partnership Act (JTPA) funds which, in the case of Santa  Monica,
now  is  allocated  to  the  County  of  Los Angeles for award to
providers in each Supervisorial district in the County.

DISCUSSION

The City recently received the County's Request for Proposals for
JTPA  funding  for  the  next four-year period, beginning July l,
l992.  While the City does not provide direct  job  training  and
placement  services for the target groups prioritized under JTPA,
City staff began efforts to assess what organizations were  going
to  apply  and how the City could advocate for increased funding,
especially for programs that would include services  to  homeless
persons  and  youth.   At  this  time, proposals which will serve
low-income and  homeless  adults  will  be  submitted  by  United
Housing   and   Community  Development  Corporation  (UCHDC)  for
on-the-job training and by the Venice Skills Center (of  the  Los
Angeles  Unified  School District) for classroom training and job
placement.  Both proposals will include allocation  requests  for
Santa  Monica.   Discussions  are  also  being  held  with  Santa
Monica/Malibu Unified School District to assess  the  feasibility
of  funding  for  the District's planned adult education program.
An application for youth employment funding will be submitted  by
the Catholic Youth Organization (Archdiosese of Los Angeles).

In order to support the proposals of applicant  agencies  and  to
show   the  City's  interest  in  expanded  services,  staff  has
developed the attached resolution which will  be  transmitted  to
the  Board of Supervisors as well as included in applicant agency
proposals.  In addition, staff has alerted  Supervisor  Edelman's
Office  of  the  City's  interest  in  working with the County to
expand allocations to this area.

FISCAL/BUDGETARY IMPACT

There is no fiscal or budgetary impact of  this  Council  action.
Any  funding  made  available  would  go  directly  to  applicant
non-profit agencies.

RECOMMENDATION

City staff recommends that the City Council approve the  attached
resolution  and  authorize  City  staff  to  work  with applicant
agencies and the County to ensure increased  for  increased  JTPA
funding to the area.

Prepared by:  Barbara Stinchfield, Acting Community Development
                 Director
              Community Development Department

Attachment:   Resolution