The purpose of the ES program is to bring together individuals looking for employment and employers looking for job seekers

This federal Formula Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Employment Service/Wagner-Peyser Funded Activities program (CFDA 17.207), supports a range of employment services totaling $80,695,511. The grant aims to bring together job seekers and employers by providing services such as job search assistance, career counseling, skills assessments, job referrals, and labor market information. The lead grantee is the State of California Employment Development Department, which may subaward funds to organizations like Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Centers, Deaf Community Services of San Diego, and La Cooperativa Campesina De California to deliver specialized services to populations including the deaf, hard of hearing, and migrant/seasonal farmworkers. The grant performance period runs from July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027.

Activities

The ES is a universal access program that provides services to all individuals who need services. Allowable services include assessments of career interests, career guidance when appropriate, job search workshops, and referral to jobs or training as appropriate. Services offered to employers include referral of job seekers to job openings matching job requirements with applicants experience, skills and other attributes helping with special recruitment needs assisting employers with hard-to-fill job orders assisting with job restructuring and helping employers assist laid-off workers. Training services are not provided and not allowable under ES program.

Expected outcomes

The ES program outcomes are to ensure that individuals are able to access and receive the services they need to overcome barriers to employment and reenter the workforce system as quickly as possible.

Intended beneficiaries

This is a universal access program that is available to all individuals.

Subrecipient activities

The grantees may subaward funds to conduct LMI research as well as the provision of specific services such as assessments of career interests, career guidance, job search workshops, referral to jobs or training as appropriate, and others.