City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0033R

• File #: 08-0033R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Hospitality Industry - Employment of the Homeless and Ex-Offenders
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/7/2008
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 10/6/2008
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Hospitality Industry - Employment of the Homeless and Ex-Offenders FOR the purpose of exploring the opportunity for employment of the homeless and ex-offenders in the City’s growing hospitality industry; requesting the Director of Baltimore Homeless Services, Inc, the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development, and the Director of the Mayor’s Coordinating Council on Criminal Justice to provide a list of employment training their offices provide or are associated with; calculating the size of the target population comprising a potential employment pool of unskilled labor; and determining the respective roles of private industry and government in placing workers and providing support services to ensure their successful reentry into the workforce and the community.
• Sponsors: Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Bill Henry, President Young, Warren Branch, Helen L. Holton, James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Belinda Conaway, Sharon Green Middleton, Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Robert Curran, Rochelle Spector
• Indexes: Ex-Offenders, Homeless, Hospitality Industry, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/6/2008	0	Community Development Subcommittee	Recommended Favorably
10/6/2008	0	City Council	Adopted
8/11/2008	0	Community Development Subcommittee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/10/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/10/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/10/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/10/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/10/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/10/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/10/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/7/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
4/7/2008	0	City Council

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: President Rawlings-Blake

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Hospitality Industry - Employment of the Homeless and Ex-Offenders

FOR the purpose of exploring the opportunity for employment of the homeless and ex-offenders in the City’s growing hospitality industry; requesting the Director of Baltimore Homeless Services, Inc, the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Employment Development, and the Director of the Mayor’s Coordinating Council on Criminal Justice to provide a list of employment training their offices provide or are associated with; calculating the size of the target population comprising a potential employment pool of unskilled labor; and determining the respective roles of private industry and government in placing workers and providing support services to ensure their successful reentry into the workforce and the community.
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Recitals

The Hospitality & Tourism Steering Committee of the Governor’s Workforce Investment Board was organized in mid-2005, and for more than 18 months, 70 leaders from business, government, education, and non-profit organizations conducted research about the industry, its workforce and workforce development issues. Charting New Directions: Maryland Hospitality & Tourism Industry Monograph , the Committee’s analysis and recommendations, was presented at the Hospitality and Tourism Workforce Summit in January 2007...