14230-14235
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CODE
SECTION 14230-14235
14230. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that: (1) California deliver comprehensive workforce services to jobseekers, students, and employers through a system of one-stop career centers. (2) Services and resources target high-wage industry sectors with career advancement opportunities. (3) Universal access to core services shall be available to adult residents regardless of income, education, employment barriers, or other eligibility requirements. Core services shall include, but not be limited to: (A) Outreach, intake, and orientation to services available through the one-stop delivery system. (B) Initial assessment of skill levels, aptitudes, abilities, and supportive service needs. (C) Job search and placement assistance. (D) Career counseling, where appropriate. (E) Provision of labor market information. (F) Provision of program performance and cost information on eligible providers of training services and local area performance measures. (G) Provision of information on supportive services in the local area. (H) Provision of information on the filing of claims for unemployment compensation benefits and unemployment compensation disability benefits. (I) Assistance in establishing eligibility for welfare-to-work activities pursuant to Section 11325.8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and financial aid assistance. (4) State and federally funded workforce education, training, and employment programs shall be integrated in the one-stop delivery system to achieve universal access to the core services described in paragraph (3). (5) Intensive services shall be available to individuals who have completed at least one core service, have been unable to obtain employment, and who have been determined, by the one-stop operator, as being in need of more intensive services, or who are employed but in need of intensive services to obtain or retain employment to achieve self-sufficiency. Intensive services may include comprehensive and specialized assessments of skill levels and service needs, including learning disability screening, the development of individual employment plans, counseling, career planning, and short-term prevocational services to prepare an individual for training and employment. (6) Training services shall be made available to individuals who have met the requirements for intensive services, have been unable to obtain or retain employment through these services, and who, after an interview, evaluation, or assessment, are determined to be in need of training, and have selected a program of services directly linked to occupations in demand in the local or regional area. Training services may include: (A) Occupational skill training including training for nontraditional employment. (B) On-the-job training. (C) Programs that combine workplace training with related instruction. (D) Training programs operated by the private sector. (E) Skill upgrading and retraining. (F) Entrepreneurial training. (G) Job readiness training. (H) Adult education and literacy activities, including vocational English as a second language, provided in combination with subparagraphs (A) through (G), inclusive. (I) Customized training conducted by an employer or a group of employers or a labor-management training partnership with a commitment to employ an individual upon completion of the training. (7) As prescribed in the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, when funds are limited, priority for intensive services and training services shall be given to adult recipients of public assistance and other low-income adults, such as CalWORKs participants. (b) Each local workforce investment board shall establish at least one full service one-stop career center in the local workforce investment area. Each full service one-stop career center shall have all entities specified in Section 14231 as partners and shall provide jobseekers with integrated employment, education, training, and job search services. Additionally, employers will be provided with access to comprehensive career and labor market information, job placement, economic development information, performance and program information on service providers, and other such services as the businesses in the community may require. (c) Local boards may also establish affiliated and specialized centers, as defined in the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, which shall act as portals into the larger local one-stop system, but are not required to have all of the partners specified for full service one-stop centers. (d) Each local board shall develop a policy for identifying individuals who, because of their skills or experience, should be referred immediately to training services. This policy, along with the methods for referral of individuals between the one-stop operators and the one-stop partners for appropriate services and activities, shall be contained in the memorandum of understanding between the local board and the one-stop partners. (e) In light of California's diverse population, each one-stop career center should have the capacity to provide the appropriate services to the full range of languages and cultures represented in the community served by the one-stop career center. 14230.5. For purposes of this division and any laws governing workforce development programs provided for under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), entrance into a registered apprenticeship program shall be considered placement into a job. 14231. (a) The local providers of the following programs or activities shall be required partners in the local one-stop system: (1) Programs authorized under Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. (2) Programs authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 49 et seq.). (3) Adult education and literacy activities authorized under Title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998. (4) Programs authorized under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 720 et seq.). (5) Programs authorized under Section 403(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 603(a)(5) as added by Section 5001 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997). (6) Activities authorized under Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 3056 et seq.). (7) Postsecondary vocational education activities authorized under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 2301 et seq.), including community colleges and regional occupational centers and programs. (8) Activities authorized under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. Sec. 2271 et seq.). (9) Activities authorized under Chapter 41 (commencing with Section 4100) of Title 38 of the United States Code. (10) Employment and training activities carried out under the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9901 et seq.). (11) Employment and training activities carried out by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. (12) Programs authorized by this code, in accordance with applicable federal law. (13) Small business development centers, as defined in Section 15382 of the Government Code, where they exist. (b) Community-based organizations that provide intensive services as described in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 14230, shall be encouraged to be one-stop partners. 14232. The local board, with the agreement of the chief local elected official for the local area, shall develop and enter into a memorandum of understanding with the local one-stop partners, designate or certify one-stop operators, and conduct oversight over the local one-stop delivery system. 14233. One-stop career center operators shall recognize and comply with applicable labor agreements affecting employees of one-stop career centers, including the right to access by labor representatives pursuant to the Ralph C. Dills Act (Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 3512) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code). 14234. In order to avoid a conflict of interest, operators of one-stop career centers that issue vouchers shall not be the recipient of vouchers issued by their center without the approval of the chief local elected official and the state board in instances when there are no other potential one-stop partners in the local area. 14235. To the full extent permitted by federal law, the Employment Development Department shall utilize its Wagner-Peyser funded activities and programs to support local one-stop career centers.