Description
The Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) is seeking a contractor to deliver comprehensive Youth Workforce Services throughout its thirteen-county service area. The contractor will provide services to support eligible In-School Youth (ISY) and Out-of-School Youth (OSY) under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) and related state and local workforce initiatives. The services will include recruiting, enrolling, and serving eligible youth, delivering the fourteen required WIOA youth program elements, implementing sector-based career pathway strategies, developing and maintaining strong employer partnerships, and ensuring equitable access to services across rural and urban communities. The contractor will be expected to collaborate with required workforce system partners to ensure seamless service delivery and avoid duplication of effort.
• The contractor must have a minimum of five years of experience providing workforce development, youth services, education/training services, case management, or similar programs funded by federal, state, or public funds.
• The contractor must demonstrate the capacity, infrastructure, staffing, partnerships, and management systems necessary to achieve enrollment targets, support measurable skill gains and credential attainment, and improve employment and wage outcomes for youth participants.
• The contractor must comply with all applicable statutes, regulations, guidance, and policies issued by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) and WSA.
• The contractor must provide comprehensive youth workforce services consistent with WIOA and WSA’s Youth Service Delivery Model.