Employment Social Enterprise Technical Assistance Award – PY 22-23

Workforce Services Information Notice
WSIN22-53

Issued: June 26, 2023

The Employment Development Department (EDD), on behalf of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, is pleased to announce one award of $1.4 million of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Title I Governor’s discretionary funds through the Employment Social Enterprise (ESE) Technical Assistance (TA) grant for Program Year (PY) 2022-23 solicitation for proposals. REDF, the selected organization, will support workforce development projects that increase equity and improve outcomes for underserved populations facing significant barriers to employment by providing necessary guidance and support to program awardees in their pursuit of successful ESE programs and participant outcomes.

These funds will provide meaningful technical assistance to the ESE PY 22-23 program awardees as they plan and implement social enterprise projects that accelerate outcomes for underserved populations facing significant barriers to employment. The ESE program will provide support to California’s most vulnerable populations, transitioning participants into the workforce by placing them into supported employment settings that allow them to earn wages while improving their job skills and building work experience.

The ESE TA award funds the assessment, analysis, and improvement of those service delivery approaches currently associated to the social enterprise models being used by the ESEs in the program. The TA provider will coordinate with efforts throughout the state, across agencies and departments, to increase access to and retention of the transitional employment component of the social enterprise model including supporting recruitment, wrap-around services, case management, and job placement for project participants.

The EDD expects the performance period to be between 18-24 months.  A project summary about the REDF program 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 $1.4 (100%) from the U.S. Department of Labor, with $0 (0%) financed from non-federal sources.