Employment Social Enterprise Grant Award – PY 22-23

Workforce Services Information Notice
WSIN22-52

Issued: June 26, 2023

The Employment Development Department (EDD), on behalf of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, announces the award of seven grants totally more than $9.9 million through the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Governor’s discretionary funds for an Employment Social Enterprise (ESE) grant for Program Year (PY) 22-23 Solicitation for Proposals.

Funds will be used to support innovative projects that build the capacity of ESEs to provide supportive services to participants to increase retention and success in the program. These projects will serve 1,558 workers currently confronting economic and employment barriers in the following California Regions: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Santa Clara, Alameda, San Mateo, San Bernardino, and Riverside.

Grant awards range from $1-2 million to support projects that serve one or more of the following special populations: sectors including justice-involved individuals, disconnected young adults, people with disabilities, long-term unemployed, older individuals, English language learners, and veterans. Job seekers receiving services funded by these grants will benefit from workforce and supportive service interventions including system-level services, transitional job placement, training and assessment services, supportive services, and wrap around services. Some of the targeted industries include construction, street and sidewalk maintenance, commercial trucking, business services, information technology, transportation and logistics, distribution, retail, janitorial, uncrewed aerial systems, including agriculture, energy and utilities, environmental monitoring, app design, content creation, social media marketing, digital media and technology, drone operation, film editing, graphic design, and web development.

The EDD expects the performance period to be between 18-24 months. A list of the awardees and descriptions of their projects is available on the EDD Workforce Development Solicitations for Proposals webpage. 

/s/ KIMBERLEE MEYER, Chief
Central Office Workforce Services Division

Federal Funding Disclosure: This Equity Target Population Fund Grant Program is funded by a grant award totaling $$9,927,164 (100%) from the U.S. Department of Labor, with $0 (0%) financed from non-federal sources.