Workforce Development Board

Thursday, June 25, 2026 9:00 AM County of Monterey America’s Job Center of California 344 Salinas St., Suites 205 & 206 Salinas, CA 93901 Meeting Agenda - Final America’s Job Center of California, 344 Salinas Street Suites 205 & 206, Salinas, CA 93901 Workforce Development Board

Workforce Development Board Meeting Agenda - Final June 25, 2026 CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: Erik Cushman CHANGES TO AGENDA: Erik Cushman PUBLIC COMMENTS: (Limited to 2 minutes per person) DIRECTOR’S REPORT: • Update on High RoadSM Construction Careers (HRCC) program. • Update on new workforce legislation: Assembly Bill 1534. Chris Donnelly CONSENT CALENDAR: Erik Cushman 1 Action: Consider approval of minutes from the Monterey County Workforce Development Board (MCWDB) meeting of April 23, 2026. Consent 01 MCWDB Unadopted Minutes April 23, 2026Attachments: Erik Cushman 2 Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s June 24, 2026, recommendation to approve the appointment of Isaiah Madrigal, representing Business, for a three-year term, and recommend that the MCWDB forwards the appointment to the Board of Supervisors for final approval. Consent 02 Approval of Isaiah Madrigal - WDB Consent 2a Isaiah Madrigal D'Arrigo Application for Membership Attachments: Erik Cushman 3 Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s June 24, 2026, recommendation to approve the reappointment of Alma Diaz, representing the State of California’s Employment Development Department’s Wagner-Peyser program, for a three-year term, and recommend that the MCWDB forwards the appointment to the Board of Supervisors for final approval. Consent 03 Alma Diaz - WDB Consent 3a Alma Diaz's application Attachments: Erik Cushman Page 1 of 5

Workforce Development Board Meeting Agenda - Final June 25, 2026 4 Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s June 24, 2026, recommendation to approve extending the agreement with Arbor E&T, dba Equus Workforce Solutions, to provide Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult and Dislocated Worker case management services in the amount of $1,300,000 for Program Year (PY) 2026-27. Consent 04_Approval of Equus ADW AmendmentAttachments: Erik Cushman 5 Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s June 24, 2026, recommendation to approve extending the agreement with Arbor E&T, dba Equus Workforce Solutions, to provide Youth case management services with WIOA and non-WIOA funding in the amount of $350,000 for the first 6 months of PY 2026-27. Consent 05_Approval to extend Equus Youth ContractAttachments: Erik Cushman 6 Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s June 24, 2026, recommendation to approve extending the agreement with Turning Point of Central California to provide Youth case management services with WIOA and non-WIOA funding in the amount of $350,000 for the first 6 months of PY 2026-27. Consent 06_Approval to extend Turning Point Youth ContractAttachments: Erik Cushman 7 Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s May 21, 2026, recommendation to approve staff to execute an agreement with the Laborers to provide HRCC training services using HRCC bridge funding in the amount of $19,700 to support an additional 20-participant cycle of the Tri-County Pre-Apprenticeship program. Consent 07_Approval of Laborers to provide bridge HRCC program Attachments: Erik Cushman 8 Action: Concur with the Executive Committee’s May 21, 2026, recommendation to approve staff to execute a lease agreement with the Laborers for the use of their facility at 117 Pajaro St. in Salinas for the HRCC Pre-Apprenticeship program. Consent 08_Approval of Lease Agreement Consent 8a Lease agreement from Laborers Local 270 Attachments: Erik Cushman DISCUSSION OR REVIEW OF BUSINESS CALENDAR ACTION ITEMS: Erik Cushman 1 Presentation: Regional Jobs First Overview Page 2 of 5

Workforce Development Board Meeting Agenda - Final June 25, 2026 Business 01 Presentation_Regional Jobs First OverviewAttachments: Josh Williams 2 Action: Consider and approve the appointment of Eric Henry, representing Business, for a three-year term, and recommend that the MCWDB forwards the appointment to the Board of Supervisors for final approval. Business 2 Approval of Eric Henry - WDB Business 2a Eric Henry WDB Membership Application Attachments: Erik Cushman 3 Update on the MCWDB’s Fiscal Year 2025-26 3rd Quarter budget and expenditures. Business 03 Update on 2025-26 3rd Qtr. Budget Business 3a 2025-26 Budget Attachments: Daisy Fernandez 4 Action: Consider and approve the proposed, preliminary 2026-27 MCWDB budget. Business 04 Proposed 2026-27 Budget Business 4a Proposed 2026-27 Budget Attachments: Daisy Fernandez 5 Update on the MCWDB’s 2026-2028 Strategic Plan. Business 05 Discussion on MCWDB's 2026-2028 Strategic Plan Business 5a 2026-2028 Strategic Plan Attachments: Erik Cushman 6 One Stop Operator Update. Business 06 One Stop Operator UpdateAttachments: Elizabeth Alvarez 7 Update on WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth program performance. Page 3 of 5

Workforce Development Board Meeting Agenda - Final June 25, 2026 Business 07_Update on WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Programs Business 7a 06-18-2026_PY 25-26 WIOA Program Performance ADULT Business 7b 06-18-2026_PY 25-26 WIOA Program Performance DW Business 7c 06-18-2026_PY 25-26 WIOA Program Performance Youth N Business 7d 06-18-2026_PY 25-26 WIOA Program Performance Youth S Attachments: Vanessa Kor 8 Update on WIOA Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth programs. Business 08 WIOA Program UpdatesAttachments: Lucy Iracheta, Lauren Walters 9 Updates on Board members’ workforce and business activities. Business 09 members' activitiesAttachments: Individual Board Members ANNOUNCEMENTS: Erik Cushman ADJOURNMENT Erik Cushman SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS: Executive: July 16, 2026 WDB MEETING August 27, 2026 Page 4 of 5

Workforce Development Board Meeting Agenda - Final June 25, 2026 Documents related to agenda items that are distributed to the WDB less than 72 hours before the meeting shall be available for public inspection at 344 Salinas Street, Suite 101, Salinas, CA, or visit our website at www.montereycountywdb.org. Documents distributed to the WDB at the meeting by County staff will be available at the meeting; documents distributed to the WDB by members of the public shall be made available after the meeting. This WIOA Title I financially assisted program or activity is an equal opportunity employer/program and auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. ALTERNATE AGENDA FORMATS: If requested, the agenda shall be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability, as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 USC Sec. 12132), and the federal rules and regulations adopted in implementation thereof. Individuals with a disability requiring a modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in the public meeting may make these requests to the WDB staff at (831) 796-3505. TTY/CRS: Dial 711. Page 5 of 5