RE.8 - Create Trainee Apprenticeship Program

WHEREAS, creating jobs and incomes is crucial for eliminating poverty, obtaining access to quality health care and other benefits, and overall economic development; and

WHEREAS, City of Miami (“City”) wishes to fill positions in the City that require specialized experience in certain vocations or trades that may or may not require a high school diploma or General Educational Development (“GED”); and

WHEREAS, many unemployed individuals in the City and Miami-Dade County (“County”), including those who may or may not have a high school diploma or GED, and those in vulnerable and underserved communities, could benefit from the opportunity to obtain on-the-job training or apprenticeships that would allow them to compete for a City job; and

WHEREAS, this City Commission believes it is in the best interest of the City to remove barriers to obtaining careers with the City and to fill job vacancies by creating a trainee or apprenticeship program in conjunction with one or more community organizations, to identify, recruit, and provide funding to hire qualified individuals, including adults with physical and neurological disabilities, who may or may not have a high school diploma or GED as trainees or apprentices, and to provide these newly-hired trainees or apprentices with the on-the-job training and experience required to compete for these vacant positions;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:

Section 1.The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by reference and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section.

Section 2.The City Manager is directed to create a trainee or apprenticeship program in conjunction with one, or more community organizations, to identify, recruit, and hire qualified individuals, including adults with physical and neurological disabilities, as trainees or apprentices for the positions that require specialized vocational or trade experience, whether such positions require a high school diploma or GED, and to provide these newly hired trainees or apprentices with the training and experience required to compete for any vacant positions.

Section 3.The City Manager is directed to provide to the City Commission a report identifying legally available funding sources, for this purpose, including funding opportunities through one or more community organizations and to detail how the training or apprenticeship program will be implemented by the City.

Section 4.This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.