SECTIONS 14230-14235 - California Statutes

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.