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Health and Human Services Agency, recommending the Board:
1) Approve the boilerplate Los Rios Community College District Unpaid Internship Agreement for use on an “as requested” basis in order to allow eligible Los Rios Community College District participants with the opportunity to gain unpaid work experience to improve their employability in the open job market; and
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 077-2016, which authorizes the Health and Human Services Agency Director, or designee, to execute Los Rios Community College District Unpaid Internship boilerplate agreement.
FUNDING: Nonfinancial Agreement.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION:
Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending adoption and approval of a resolution to authorize the HHSA Director, or designee, to execute Los Rios Community College District Unpaid Internship boilerplate agreements with Los Rios Community College District participant(s)/student(s). Adoption of the resolution and approval of the boilerplate agreements will permit HHSA to offer unpaid work-learn experience to cooperatively train a student in a job related to a specific major or course of study.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Los Rios Community College District is the second-largest community college district in California. Los Rios includes: American River College, Cosumnes River College, Folsom Lake College, and Sacramento City College. Los Rios offers more than 70 different career fields with specialized workforce and economic development programs for business, government and organizations throughout the region. HHSA desires to enter into multiple agreements with Los Rios Community College District to provide unpaid work-learn experience to cooperatively train a student in a job related to a specific major or course of study.
HHSA frequently receives requests to provide work experience for students; however, the requests often occur at the onset of a college semester or quarter and the studen...
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