Primary Department: Economic Equity and Opportunity
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Jie Wu, Interim Executive Director
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Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Transmittal
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Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Transmittal by the Department of Economic Equity and Opportunity of the Harris County Hire Up Harris Program Year 3 Evaluation Report.
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Background and Discussion:
In March 2022, Commissioners Court approved advertisement of RFPs for the Hire Up Harris Program, an ARPA-funded workforce development initiative dedicated to supporting Harris County residents following the
economic impact of COVID-19 by connecting them to high-quality upskilling and reskilling workforce training
programs with soft skills development and wraparound support services. Further, Hire Up Harris aims to build
capacity among organizations by adopting best practices that will result in transformational outcomes.
On October 25, 2022, Wesley Community Center and Volunteers of America Texas were awarded contracts as
subrecipients based on their proposals’ fitness for the intended program requirements and quality of program
services.
The goals of the Hire Up Harris program include increasing workforce development opportunities that
incorporate career advancement training, individual coaching, and a pipeline to open employment
opportunities, as well as technical job training. Additionally, the program aims to incentivize the placement of
workers in quality jobs that pay livable wages, the provisi...
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