Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 3/11/2025 2:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Labor, Workforce, & Economic Development Committee Hearing on Dockets #0397, 0398, 0401, 0403, 0404, 0455, 0449-0452 & 0455 Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Not available   Agenda packet: Not available Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Meeting Items (10) 10 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 2025-0398 2   Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action On the message and order, referred on February 5, 2025, Docket #0398, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Six Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Six Dollars and Fifty-Seven Cents ($626,466.57) in the form of a grant, for the Carry-in WIOA Dislocated Workers Program Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Labor, passed through the MassHire Department of Career Services, to be administered by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant will fund a program to help dislocated workers get back to work as quickly as possible and overcome barriers to employment, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.     Action details Not available 2025-0397 2   Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action On the message and order, referred on February 5, 2025, Docket #0397, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Seven Hundred Two Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Four Dollars and Twenty-Two Cents ($702,244.22) in the form of a grant, for the REDEA Program for Field CY24 Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Labor, passed through the MassHire Department of Career Services, to be administered by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant will fund individual reemployment needs of unemployment insurance claimants, as well as prevent and detect improper benefit payments, and application assistance for, training and education resources and programs, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass. The report was accepted; the order was passed.     Action details Not available 2025-0401 2   Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action On the message and order, referred on February 5, 2025, Docket #0401, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-One Dollars ($254,921.00) in the form of a grant, for the WIOA Youth Activities Admin Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Labor, passed through the MassHire Department of Career Services, to be administered by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant will fund a program that focuses primarily on out-of-school youth, between ages 14-24, who face barriers to education, training, and employment, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.     Action details Not available 2025-0403 2   Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action On the message and order, referred on February 5, 2025, Docket #0403, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Hundred Nine Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-One Dollars and Seventy Cents ($109,271.70) in the form of a grant, for the WIOA Dislocated Worker Admin Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Labor, passed through the MassHire Department of Career Services, to be administered by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant will fund individualized career services and training services, for dislocated workers to rejoin the workforce as early as possible and overcome barriers to employment, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.     Action details Not available 2025-0404 2   Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action On the message and order, referred on February 5, 2025, Docket #0404, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Ninety-Four Thousand Eighty-Nine Dollars ($94,089.00) in the form of a grant, for the Wagner Peyser Admin Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Labor, passed through the MassHire Department of Career Services, to be administered by the Office Workforce Development. The grant will fund individual reemployment needs of unemployment insurance claimants, as well as prevent and detect improper benefit payments and application assistance for training and education resources and programs, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.     Action details Not available 2025-0449 2   Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action On the message and order, referred on February 12, 2025, Docket #0449, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Two Million Two Hundred Ninety-Four Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Nine Dollars ($2,294,289.00) in the form of a grant for the WIOA Youth Program Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Labor, passed through the MassHire Department of Career Services, to be administered by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant will fund a comprehensive youth employment program to serve eligible youth, ages 14-24, who face barriers to education, training, and employment, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.     Action details Not available 2025-0450 2   Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action On the message and order, referred on February 12, 2025, Docket #0450, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million Seven Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Two Hundred Twelve Dollars and Seventy Cents ($1,761,212.70) in the form of a grant, for the WIOA Adult Activities, awarded by the United States Department of Labor, passed through the MassHire Department of Career Services, to be administered by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant will fund services to help job seekers access employment, education, skills training, apprenticeships and support services, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.     Action details Not available 2025-0451 2   Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action On the message and order, referred on February 12, 2025, Docket #0451, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of One Million Seventy-Six Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Seven Dollars ($1,076,177.00) in the form of a grant, for the Wagner Peyser Program, awarded by the United States Department of Labor, passed through the MassHire Department of Career Services, to be administered by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant will fund the individual reemployment needs of Unemployment Insurance claimants, as well as prevent and detect improper benefit payments, and application assistance for, training and education resources and programs, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.     Action details Not available 2025-0452 2   Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action On the message and order, referred on February 12, 2025, Docket #0452, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Nine Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Five Dollars and Thirty Cents ($983,445.30) in the form of a grant, for the WIOA Dislocated Workers Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Labor, passed through the MassHire Department of Career Services, to be administered by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant will fund a program to help dislocated workers get back to work as quickly as possible and overcome barriers to employment, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.     Action details Not available 2025-0455 2   Matters Recently Heard-For Possible Action On the message and order, referred on February 12, 2025, Docket #0455, authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) in the form of a grant, for the Carry-In Regional Planning Grant, awarded by the United States Department of Labor, passed through the MassHire Department of Career Services, to be administered by the Office of Workforce Development. The grant will fund regional planning efforts to address the creation of regional pipeline programming for high demand industries and occupations in alignment with regional planning priorities, the committee submitted a report recommending that the order ought to pass.     Action details Not available