The purpose of these partnerships is to promote an increase in the employment, job retention, earnings, and occupational skills development by participants. This, in turn, improves the quality of the workforce, reduces welfare dependency, and improves the productivity and competitiveness of the nation. California will receive approximately $454 million from the federal government this year to provide services for adults, laid-off workers, and youth.
In 1997, after extensive planning, San Francisco's business, labor, and community leaders recommended that a coordinated workforce development system for both residents and employers be created. These recommendations, combined with the California One Stop Vision, resulted in the creation of the One Stop San Francisco Career System.
One Stop San Francisco continues to work to link successfully the city's major employment and training programs and initiatives. The partnership currently includes:
Community Partners' Sites:
- City College of San Francisco (CCSF)
- Project Rebound
- CA Department of Human Services (DHS)
- CA Department of Rehabilitation (DR)
- CA Employment Development Department(EDD)
- National Council on the Aging (NCOA)
- Mayor's Office of Workforce and Economic Development (MOWED)
- San Francisco Commission on Aging (SFCOA)
- San Francisco Employers Advisory Council (SFEAC)
- UCSF School of Nursing
- La Casa de las Madres
- Black Coalition on AIDS
- Center Point, Inc.
- Walden House
- Goodwill Industries
- Standing Against Global Exploitation (SAGE)
- Positive Directions Equals Change
- Legal Services for Prisoners with Children
- San Francisco Children of Incarceratred Parents Partnership
(SFCIPP)
- Community Works
- Haight Ashbury Free Clinic
- Asian Neighborhood Design
- Booker T Washington Center
- Glide Memorial
More Links:
- San Francisco Sheriff's Department
- One Stop San Francisco
- SF Public Defender Voting Rights
- Media Rights on Prison Reform
- California Governor's Prison Reform and Rehabilitation Media
- Center for Juvenile and Criminal Justice
- ACLU News
- Take Action for Unbiased Sentencing
One Stop was established through the Work Force Investment Act and is under the auspices of the California Employment Development Department.
The federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA), which superseded the Job Training Partnership Act, offers a comprehensive range of workforce development activities through statewide and local organizations. Available workforce development activities provided in local communities can benefit job seekers, laid off workers, youth, incumbent workers, new entrants to the workforce, veterans, persons with disabilities, and employers.
