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Supervisors press OEWD on high African American unemployment and proposed funding changes
Summary
OEWD presented workforce and small-business programs and a proposed FY17–18 budget that reduces one-time federal grants. President Breed and other supervisors expressed concern about high African American unemployment and questioned allocation decisions affecting African American–serving organizations.
The Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) briefed the Budget & Finance Committee on its FY17–18 budget and workforce initiatives, and supervisors raised concerns about racial disparities in employment outcomes.
Director Todd Rufo described OEWD’s FY17–18 proposed budget of about $45 million (a decline from the prior year driven by one-time federal grants), and…
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