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Authorizing Agreements for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Trade Adjustment Act Programs for Program Year 2024
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WHEREAS, Kane County administers annual allocations of federal workforce development funding provided by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the local workforce development area, which includes Kane, Kendall and DeKalb Counties; and
WHEREAS, said funding is authorized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), which supports career and employment readiness services to area job seekers; and
WHEREAS, the County anticipates being awarded a formula allocation under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act for Program Year 2024 (July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025) as well as one or more allocations of Trade Adjustment Act funds to serve impacted workers during the year; and
WHEREAS, the County typically contracts with a range of outside entities to deliver services to adults, dislocated workers, and youths throughout the three-county workforce area; and
WHEREAS, the County reviewed the performance of providers that were procured in previous years and determined them to be eligible for new or extended contracts in Program Year 2024; and
WHEREAS, the local Workforce Development Board has authorized all workforce development programming within the three-county area for Program Year 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Chairman of the Kane County Board and/or the Director of the Office of Community Reinvestment are authorized to sign agreements, certifications, reports and other documents required by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in order to receive Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Trade Adjustment Act funds awarded for Program Year 2024, and to sign agreements with the entities named below to undertake the activities/services described and up to the amounts specified for Program Year 2024.
PROGRAM YEAR 2024 CONTRACT SERVICES
Up to Amount Provider Project Summary
$29,999 APS Training Academy Customized job readiness training/workshops
$215,000 Business and Career Services Youth career services/training
$325,000 Elgin Community College Youth career services/training
$176,000 Grundy/Kendall ROE Youth career services/training
$385,000 Kishwaukee College Youth career services/training
$215,000 Parents Alliance Empl. Proj. Youth career services/training
$42,793 Operator Consortium One-Stop operator services
$382,500 Waubonsee Community Col. Youth career services/training
Total - $1,771,292
Line Item: 480.98116
Line Item Description: WIOA Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker
Was Personnel/Item/Service approved in original budget or a subsequent budget revision? Yes
Are funds currently available for this Personnel/Item/Service in the specific line item? Yes
If funds are not currently available in the specified line item, where are the funds available? N/A
Passed by the Kane County Board on June 11, 2024.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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