YF395372360A4
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Award Purpose
California Growth Opportunities is a partnership of Amity working with employment subgrantees, justice partners, and employers to address the need for employment support, violence prevention, including mentoring, conflict resolution, leadership development, paid work experience, and placement into unsubsidized employment for justice-involved young adults in high poverty, high crime communities with recent experience of community unrest.
Activities Performed
California Growth Opportunities serves participants with case management, employment preparation, paid work experience, supportive services, credential attainment, violence prevention (mentoring and conflict resolution services), and placement into unsubsidized employment in high growth fields.
Deliverables
The deliverables for California Growth Opportunities include the attainment of credentials (goal of 50%), measurable skills gain (goal of 70%), date of placement in employment or education (second quarter after exit - goal of 70% and fourth quarter after exit - goal of 60%), median earnings (second quarter after exit - goal of $5,750). Additional goals include reoffending indicator goals of less than 10% reconvictions 12 months post-release and returns to incarceration, and a goal of less than 5% rate for arrests for violent crimes committed after program entry. Other outcomes include improved performance on conflict resolution and leadership development core competencies for participants based on pre-program versus post-program assessments, increased work readiness/employability, and increased skills for community awareness and activity.
Intended Beneficiary
The intended beneficiaries of California Growth Opportunities are the participants served, employers receiving trained workers, and communities with elevated safety due to program results.
Subrecipient Activities
Employment subgrantees will provide services for all 348 participants. These services will include basic services such as identification, recruitment, selection, and retention, job preparation, career exploration and planning, case management with needs assessment and employment barrier identification, and the creation of an individual development plan (IDP) for each participant. It will also include supportive services provided directly and by referral, paid work experience of at least 200 hours, attainment of industry-recognized credentials, and placement into unsubsidized employment, with follow-up support for 12 months after exit.
California Growth Opportunities is a partnership of Amity working with employment subgrantees, justice partners, and employers to address the need for employment support, violence prevention, including mentoring, conflict resolution, leadership development, paid work experience, and placement into unsubsidized employment for justice-involved young adults in high poverty, high crime communities with recent experience of community unrest.
Activities Performed
California Growth Opportunities serves participants with case management, employment preparation, paid work experience, supportive services, credential attainment, violence prevention (mentoring and conflict resolution services), and placement into unsubsidized employment in high growth fields.
Deliverables
The deliverables for California Growth Opportunities include the attainment of credentials (goal of 50%), measurable skills gain (goal of 70%), date of placement in employment or education (second quarter after exit - goal of 70% and fourth quarter after exit - goal of 60%), median earnings (second quarter after exit - goal of $5,750). Additional goals include reoffending indicator goals of less than 10% reconvictions 12 months post-release and returns to incarceration, and a goal of less than 5% rate for arrests for violent crimes committed after program entry. Other outcomes include improved performance on conflict resolution and leadership development core competencies for participants based on pre-program versus post-program assessments, increased work readiness/employability, and increased skills for community awareness and activity.
Intended Beneficiary
The intended beneficiaries of California Growth Opportunities are the participants served, employers receiving trained workers, and communities with elevated safety due to program results.
Subrecipient Activities
Employment subgrantees will provide services for all 348 participants. These services will include basic services such as identification, recruitment, selection, and retention, job preparation, career exploration and planning, case management with needs assessment and employment barrier identification, and the creation of an individual development plan (IDP) for each participant. It will also include supportive services provided directly and by referral, paid work experience of at least 200 hours, attainment of industry-recognized credentials, and placement into unsubsidized employment, with follow-up support for 12 months after exit.
Awardee
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Funding Agency
Place of Performance
California
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Related Opportunity
Epidaurus was awarded
California Growth Opportunities: Empowering Justice-Involved Young Adults
Project Grant YF395372360A4
worth $4,000,000
from the Office of Workforce Investment in February 2023 with work to be completed primarily in California United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years 5 months and
was awarded through assistance program 17.270 Reentry Employment Opportunities.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Growth Opportunities.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 1/13/25
Period of Performance
2/1/23
Start Date
7/31/26
End Date
Funding Split
$4.0M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$4.0M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to YF395372360A4
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
YF395372360A4
SAI Number
1630:1630:YF:23A60YF039537:1:3
Award ID URI
SAIEXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
1630GM DOL (ETA) GRANTS MANAGEMENT
Funding Office
1630WS OFFICE OF WORKFORCE INVESTMENT
Awardee UEI
W62RJ6TQ6VL5
Awardee CAGE
4SVL1
Performance District
CA-90
Senators
Dianne Feinstein
Alejandro Padilla
Alejandro Padilla
Budget Funding
| Federal Account | Budget Subfunction | Object Class | Total | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Training and Employment Service, Employment and Training Administration, Labor (016-0174) | Training and employment | Grants, subsidies, and contributions (41.0) | $4,000,000 | 100% |
Modified: 1/13/25