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Building Social Enterprise Capacity and Leveraging Community Engagement

Learn about LA County's support for social enterprises and their partnership in action, including the LA:RISE program. Discover the goals and effectiveness of social enterprises and how they are supported by the county and city. Explore the next steps in building social enterprise capacity and addressing homelessness. Q&A session included.

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Building Social Enterprise Capacity and Leveraging Community Engagement

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  1. Building Social Enterprise Capacity and Leveraging Community Engagement Meeting of the Minds 2019 September 3, 2019

  2. OVERVIEW • Introduction • What are Social Enterprises? • How did LA County Support the Engagement of Social Enterprises? • Social Enterprises Partnership in Action - LA:RISE • LA City’s Implementation • LA County/City Expansion • What’s Next? • Q & A

  3. MEET THE PANEL Jose R. Perez, Assistant Director, Workforce Development Los Angeles County Workforce Development, Aging & Community Services Insert Photo Gerardo Ruvalcaba Director, Workforce Development Division Los Angeles City Economic & Workforce Development Department Greg Erickson, Los Angeles Regional Manager REDF Cherylynn Hoff Los Angeles County Workforce Development, Aging & Community Services

  4. WHAT ARE SOCIAL ENTERPRISES? SOCIAL ENTERPRISE – A KEY PART OF THE SOLUTION • Mission-driven, revenue-generating businesses that invest their earnings in transforming lives. • An important part of service delivery throughout the Country. • Leverage expertise and community engagement in a model that seeks to effect positive social impacts.

  5. SOCIAL ENTERPRISES WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE?

  6. SOCIAL ENTERPRISES – A KEY PART OF THE SOLUTION • Self-sustaining businesses earn revenue and reinvest in hiring and supporting more people. • Sell products and services in the competitive marketplace and hire employees who would otherwise not have much hope of finding/keeping a job. • Improves lives, strengthens families and communities, and helps spending for government programs go further. • We all benefit from living in a society where everyone has the opportunity to contribute.

  7. SOCIAL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL ENTERPRISE EFFECTIVENESS

  8. SOCIAL ENTERPRISES SOCIAL ENTERPRISE EFFECTIVENESS

  9. SOCIAL ENTERPRISE SUPPORT SOCIAL ENTERPRISE EFFECTIVENESS MISSION: To create jobs and employment opportunities for people facing the greatest barriers to work. We do this through social enterprise and venture philanthropy Invest • Learn • Lead • Develop Talent

  10. REDF’s NATIONAL REACH

  11. LOS ANGELES REGION’S SUPPORT OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES County Social Enterprise Certification &Preference Program Social Enterprise Master Agreement List LA City and LA County WDB LA:RISE Program

  12. LA COUNTY SOCIAL ENTERPRISES PREFERENCE & CERTIFICATION PROGRAM Social Enterprise Preference (SEP) Program • Modeled after State of California’s 2016 SB 1219 • Assist businesses that have integrated a social mission into their business model • Provide Certified Social Enterprises a 15% Price Preference when competing for government contracts • First of its kind program in the Nation that seeks to leverage the County’s purchasing power to aid mission-driven organizations with a competitive advantage • 175 organizations certified as SEs

  13. LA COUNTY SOCIAL ENTERPRISES MASTER AGREEMENT Social Enterprise Preference (SEP) Program • County SE Certification allows organizations the opportunity to be pre-approved under a Social Enterprise Master Agreement (MA) • The MA allows pre-qualified SEs to perform various services, on an as-needed basis. • Purchase order awards can be expedited under delegated authority to WDACS. • We are extending that authority to other County departments

  14. USING SOCIAL ENTERPRISES TO ASSIST THE HOMELESS INTO THE WORKFORCE: LA:RISE Social Enterprise Preference (SEP) Program • In 2015 homelessness population increased 25%and has been rising ever since

  15. LA:RISE IMPLEMENTATION – PARTNERSHIP AND INNOVATION WHERE ARE WE GOING/NEXT STEPS • Initial LA:RISE Prototype: • LA City/REDF Partnership • Use of USDOL Workforce Innovation Grant - initial funding • 12 Month Planning  • Program Expansion

  16. Competitive Employment

  17. SOCIAL ENTERPRISE & WORKFORCE INTEGRATION Colocation & Co-Case Management Between Social Enterprises and the Workforce Development System

  18. RETENTION SERVICES RETENTION SERVICES

  19. LEGAL SERVICES LEGAL SERVICES

  20. LA:RISE DATA DASHBOARDS

  21. LA:RISE DATA DASHBOARDS

  22. LA:RISE DATA DASHBOARDS

  23. GOVERNMENT INVESTS IN EMPLOYMENT STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS CRISIS • LA County voters approved Measure H: $355 million for 10 years to implement 52 strategies to address homelessness • LA City voters passed Measure HHH to provide $1.2 billion to pay for housing thousands of homeless in LA City • With these investments, the leveraging of Employment Services as an integral part of addressing housing stability.

  24. NEXT STEPS WHERE ARE WE GOING/NEXT STEPS • Career Pathways & Employer Engagement • High Road Training Partnerships & Initiatives • System alignment pilots in Pomona and South LA • Fair Chance Hiring • CalFresh E&T

  25. QUESTIONS WHERE ARE WE GOING/NEXT STEPS

  26. SUCCESS STORY VIDEO WDACS/County channel: https://vimeo.com/306863418 REDF LA:RISE video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NstsV63Bq4

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