April 29, 2009<\/p>\n
The Honorable Mark Ridley-Thomas RE:\u00a0 SUPPORT FOR CITY OF COMPTON\u2019S CAREERLINK CONTINUED WIA FUNDING<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Dear Supervisor Ridley-Thomas:<\/p>\n A well engaged entity in concert with the 2nd<\/sup> District is the Compton CareerLink WorkSource Center, operating as a proven and viable employment\/training resource for residents and businesses.\u00a0 Since 2003, our nonprofit organization, the Southland Partnership Corporation, has operated as an effective job exchange partner and business tenant lessee with the City of Compton CareerLink WorkSource Center.<\/p>\n In view of that, we extend this letter as a formal request for your reconsideration of the funding recommendations made by the Workforce Investment Board Executive Committee during theMarch 19, 2009Board of Supervisors\u2019 Meeting.\u00a0 Please act to intervene on the City ofCompton\u2019s behalf to ensure continuance of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs.<\/p>\n Now, more than ever before, our economic challenges demand that the Compton CareerLink WorkSource Center be persistent, without interruption, in its employment and training services in the 2nd<\/sup> District that it has effectively done for over thirty years.\u00a0 These are dedicated staff members delivering experienced services each day meeting the needs of our mutual community constituents.\u00a0 In addition, the Compton CareerLink WorkSource Center has an excellent track record of providing services to individuals with severely limited work skills and life challenges.<\/p>\n Southland Partnership Corporation and our subsidiary, the P.O.W.E.R. Collaborative Network (1200 job development members), is working with the Compton CareerLink by partnering in the delivery of workforce programs that have positive outcomes for job seekers and business customers.\u00a0 Our respective partnership includes workforce services such as;<\/p>\n The County of Los Angeles\u2019 funding recommendation for the City ofComptonto manage and operate WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs is most important.\u00a0 Which is why we fully support the efforts of theComptonCareerLinkWorkSourceCenterand look forward to a continued and prosperous partnership invaluable to the customers we collectively serve.<\/p>\n Thank you for your consideration and attention to this matter of great importance.\u00a0 Should you have any questions, please feel free to telephone me at, (310) 637-7248.<\/p>\n Respectfully submitted, April 29, 2009 The Honorable Mark Ridley-Thomas Supervisor, Second District Los AngelesCountyBoardof Supervisors 866 Kenneth…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":72,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-245","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordgogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordgogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordgogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordgogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordgogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wordgogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9378,"href":"https:\/\/wordgogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/245\/revisions\/9378"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordgogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordgogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Supervisor, Second District
\nLos AngelesCountyBoardof Supervisors
\n866 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
\n500 West Temple Street
\nLos Angeles,CA90012<\/p>\n\n
\nDean L. Jones, C.P.M.
\nCEO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"