Section 11022 Of Chapter 7. Caregiver Training Initiative From California Unemployment Insurance Code >> Division 3. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 7.
11022
. (a) (1) The Employment Development Department, in
consultation with the State Department of Social Services, shall
administer regional collaborative program selection and funding under
the Caregiver Training Initiative.
(2) The Employment Development Department, in conjunction with the
State Department of Social Services, shall establish and lead a work
group that shall be responsible for staff support to the advisory
committee established pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11020.
(3) The Employment Development Department, in conjunction with the
State Department of Social Services, shall be responsible for all of
the following:
(A) Under the direction of the California Health and Human
Services Agency, developing the criteria for regional collaborative
programs, the number of staff to be assigned to regions, and the
process for selecting regional collaborative programs to be funded.
(B) Assigning staff to each region to assist in developing
collaborative programs consisting of partnerships and proposals for
funding.
(C) Determining the date by which collaborative programs from each
region shall submit their proposals for consideration.
(D) Selecting the collaborative program proposal from each region
that best meets the criteria established by the department.
(E) Working with representatives from the health care provider and
caregiver industries and labor, negotiating contract terms that best
serve the initiative's goals.
(F) Approving all contracts for participation under the
initiative.
(G) Distributing funds to the appropriate local agencies to
commence the regional collaborative programs.
(H) Providing staff support to the advisory council established
under subdivision (c) of Section 11020.
(I) Carrying out state-level activities identified by the
department that are necessary for the initiative's success.
(b) The Employment Development Department, in conjunction with the
State Department of Social Services, shall evaluate or contract for
the evaluation of the regional collaborative programs funded under
the initiative. The evaluation of each program site funded under the
initiative shall include the following elements:
(1) A thorough assessment of implementation issues faced by
grantees.
(2) An analysis, using appropriate statistical techniques, of
identified outcomes of interest, including employment retention,
advancement, earnings, and worker well-being measures.
(3) Annual population-based surveys of current and former CalWORKs
recipients as they enter training programs and make choices about
employment or subsequent job change.
(4) Identification and collection of well-being data regarding
health care providers and caregivers and the recipients of their
care.
(5) Construction and analysis of longitudinal administrative data.
(6) In-depth interviews with workers, staff, health care
providers, and caregivers.
(c) The Employment Development Department shall develop a strategy
to improve understanding of the demand and supply of labor, and the
labor market dynamics for low-skilled workers who choose occupations
such as certified nurse assistants. To develop the strategy, the
department shall develop information about and analyze all of the
following:
(1) Alternative occupations competing for available labor.
(2) The effect of conditions in other occupations using similar
skill sets on the supply of labor in occupations related to health
care providers and caregivers.
(3) Occupational ladders for health care providers and caregivers.
(4) The efforts by county welfare departments to increase interest
in the health care provider and caregiver industry.
(5) Factors that draw individuals into or push them away from
entering the health care provider or caregiver industry.
(6) Ways that nursing homes, long-term care facilities, and
in-home care provider communities can improve the quality of
employment of health care providers and caregivers.
(7) The treatment of staff in nursing homes and long-term care
facilities.
(8) Worker compensation claims and claims of workplace violence
due to patients with Alzheimer's disease or dementia.
(9) Benefit packages.
(10) On-the-job training for career advancement as a health care
provider or caregiver in nursing homes or long-term care facilities
or advancement in fields related to an occupation as a health care
provider or caregiver.