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~ 01b__ <br />Wormorce Soiugons <br />Clortheast Texas <br />North East Texas R'orkforce Development Board <br />Request for Propnsat <br />FY l i-OS <br />Development afDiversity Training Program for Paris, Lamar County, Texas <br />1. Introduction <br />Nortii East Texas Workforce Development Baard (hereinafter referred to as the "Board") is soliciting proposals for <br />an organization to develop a Diversity Training Program for Managers and Small Business Owners in the Paris, <br />Lamar County area of Texas with an affordable and easily deliverable training program for their emplayees. <br />A. Bacicaround <br />Realizing that a labor market is defined by the geogaphical area in which people live and work, typically <br />determined by commuting patterns, alf la6or inarkets are iocal. This Diversity Training Program will include Board <br />Members and Staff; the one-stop center system, key economic development entities, employers, business <br />associatians, labor, elected officials, education, community organizations, and ather key stakeholders in tlle local <br />WDA. Exhibit A will provide the demographics for the local WDA of Paris, Lamar County, T'exas. <br />B. Obiective <br />The Board dba Workforce Salutions Northeast Texas in partnership with Paris Economic Development Corporation <br />and other cornmunity partners is seeking to pracure the following services and deliverables: a Diversity Needs <br />Assessment and Repart; Diversity and Inclusion Best Practices Report and Diversity Summit Event and Report. <br />"1'he scope of the Diversity 'I'raining Pragram wSll encompass a braad-based detailed assessment of the existing <br />industry needs based on face-to-face interviews, focus groups, surveys or other methods af primary data gathered <br />from business, industry, community-based organizations and other community leaders. Identify real and perceived <br />strengths and opportunities, as well as weaknesses and threats related to diversity issues in Paris and Lamar County. <br />T'he purpose of the assessment is to provide usefiil information to key laca( stakeholders, including employers and <br />workers as well as policymakers, workforce and economic development practitianers, and educators. The <br />assessmeni witl provide stakehotders the information they need ta develop a shared view of the critical economic <br />and social challenges that confront them and a forum within which they can find solutions. It should focus not only <br />on the needs, but also on assets and resources. <br />C. Services to be Purchased <br />"T'he Scope of VJork includes a report that includes, but is not 1 imited to: <br />1. The current environment in Paris anc! Lamar County regarding critical needs, requirements and <br />axpectations related to diversity and inchisiveness. <br />2. The importance of diversity to business and community, the economic factors and implications of being <br />proactive versus reactive or comptacent. <br />3. The criUCal success factors and ather considerations that support the "business case" for diversity. <br />FYI 1-05 Development ot'Diversity Training Prpgraan iar Paris, Laiiuar (:ounty'1'X 2/01/201 1 <br />- 54 <br />