There is hereby established a department to
be entitled "Department of Youth and "Workforce Services."
There shall be appointed by the Mayor a Commissioner
of Youth and Workforce Services who shall head the Department of Youth
and Workforce Services and who shall serve and hold such office at
the pleasure of the Mayor.
[Amended 8-7-2006 by L.L. No. 2-2006]
A. The qualifications for eligibility to hold the office
of the Commissioner and the compensation of the Commissioner shall
be established by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
B. The Commissioner shall appoint, to hold office during
his or her pleasure, a Deputy and such other subordinates as may be
prescribed by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment.
C. In case of the absence or inability of the Commissioner
or of a vacancy in the office, the Deputy Commissioner shall discharge
the duties of the office until the Commissioner returns, his disability
ceases or the vacancy is filled.
The Department of Youth and Workforce Services
will work collaboratively with the community to administer, oversee
and manage support services to enrich and further develop the lives
of young people, and their families and will administer programs for
youth and eligible adults under the Workforce Development Act through:
A. Establishing and developing a system to ensure the
coordination of youth and family service providers who are committed
to addressing the problems which confront our youth and families.
B. Encouraging the development of community-based family-focused
programs, which ensure comprehensive services to address the special
needs of youth and their families.
C. The Albany Plan, a summer youth employment program
which provides employment opportunities for the City's youth.
D. After-care programming which provides supervision
and support for juveniles during the critical period following their
release from incarceration, day treatment programs, residential programs
and other facilities.
E. Youth development programming which provides education
and vocational training to disadvantaged youth.
F. Workforce development programming which provides individualized
and coordinated services to enable eligible youth to assess their
strengths, interests and needs, achieve academic success, and gain
work experience and leadership skills.
G. Career Central: to oversee and administer the City's human resource and employment and training programs and initiatives as set forth in Part
17, Division of Workforce Services of this chapter.
H. Annual reports.
(1) The Commissioner of Youth and Workforce Services shall
prepare an annual report describing the activities of employment,
training and education programs funded through the Workforce Development
Act and administered through the City of Albany.
(2) The information contained in the annual report shall
include but not necessarily be limited to the following:
(a)
A description of the Workforce Development programs
administered by the Department, including staff, services, resources
and costs associated with the individual programs.
(b)
Performance standards as compared to the service
delivery area's standard for programs administered by the Department,
including employment rates, weekly earnings and employability enhancement
rates for program participants. The data should reflect breakdowns
for public assistance recipients, youth and other participants.
(3) The annual report shall be submitted to the Mayor
and the Common Council by October 31 of each year.