Lake County Illinois - File #: 12-1197

• File #: 12-1197
• Version: 1
• Name: WDD Trade Act Grant Modifications
• Type: resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/23/2012
• In control: Health and Community Services Committee
• Final action: 11/20/2012
• Title: Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Trade Adjustment and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act Grants and WIA Rapid Response Grant modifications and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $210,554.77.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/20/2012	1	Lake County Board	adopted	Pass
10/31/2012	1	Financial & Administrative Committee	recommended for adoption to the consent agenda	Pass
10/30/2012	1	Health and Community Services Committee	approved and referred on to the Financial and Administrative Committee	Pass

Title

Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Trade Adjustment and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act Grants and WIA Rapid Response Grant modifications and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $210,554.77.

Staff Summary

·      DCEO has provided modifications to the Trade Adjustment and Globalization Assistance Act grants to the Lake County Workforce Development Department in the amount of $206,268.93 and the WIA Rapid Response grant in the amount of $4,285.84.

·      The Trade Adjustment and Globalization Assistance Act grants include funding for individuals certified as eligible under the Trade Act and covers costs associated with training for the fiscal year July 1, 2011 to September 30, 2013.

·      The WIA Rapid Response grant includes funding for support service funding to serve the individuals certified as eligible under the Trade Act for the fiscal year November 1, 2011 to June 30, 2013.

·      The eligible individuals are workers affected through fifteen plant closings or lay-offs.

Body

WHEREAS, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has accepted and provided modifications to the Trade Adjustment and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act and WIA Rapid Response Grants to the Lake County Workforce Development Department; and,

WHEREAS, the total grant modifications for Lake County Workforce Development is $210,554.77; and  

WHEREAS, this grant is for the fiscal year July 1, 2011 to November 30, 2012,  to provide funding  to individuals certified under the Act; and

WHEREAS, this funding is expected to cover training and support services for workers from fifteen plant closings and lay-offs; and

WHEREAS, an emergency appropriation of $210,554.77 is requested to allocate these funds into the Workforce Department's county fiscal year 2012 budget and authorize acceptance of this grant.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $210,554.77 for the Workforce Development Department is hereby approved and that the Trade Adjustment and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act and WIA Rapid Response Grants be accepted. A chart of accounts is attached.

DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 20^th day of November 2012.