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Report regarding the City of South San Francisco receiving an Advancing Economic Mobility Grant from the National League of Cities to Provide Enhanced Outreach for the Promotores Program to the Asian American Community (Michael Guss, Economic Development Specialist)
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It is recommended that the Commission on Equity and Public Safety receive the report and provide comments on the implementation of the pilot program.
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BACKGROUND
The City created the Economic Advancement Center (EAC) in 2021 in response to the need for more economic mobility resources in the region. The focus of the EAC has been focused on assisting unemployed and underemployed residents, and small businesses impacted by, the Covid-19 pandemic. The City Council appropriated $2 million to support the EAC. This was later supplemented by $3.1 million in federal, state, county, and private grants.
The City contracts with two service providers, who provide workforce development services and small business assistance respectively. JobTrain, Inc. provides career counseling and job placement services. Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center provides entrepreneurship classes and small business counseling services.
In 2022, the City created the Promotores Program. The Program was a result of the Racial and Social Equity Action Plan of the Commission on Racial and Social Equity. The goal of the Promotores Program is to expand linkages and navigation support for people of color and other historically disenfranchised community members. The Promotores Program also seeks to build trust between community members, the City, other governmental service providers and nonprofit service providers. (South San Francisco Commission on Racial and Social Equity, Action Plan, Strategy 3.1, Page 32).
In 2023, the Promotores Program was co-located in the EAC to provide a better synergy between the Promotores Program and other equity efforts-specifically the work of JobTra...
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