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Joint resolution approving an emergency appropriation to accept the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) National Emergency On-The-Job Training grant in the amount of $200,000.
Staff Summary
• The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has awarded funds under a National Emergency Grant to the Lake County Workforce Development Department in the amount of $200,000 for an On-the-Job Training program.
• On-the-Job training is a method of providing training to a paid trainee while engaged in productive work. This grant will allow 35-50 dislocated workers the opportunity to gain experience while learning a new skill.
• This program will target long-term unemployed individuals in the hardest hit communities during this recession - North Chicago, the Round Lake communities, Waukegan and Zion.
• The grant is for the period of December 1, 2010 to June 30, 2012.
• An emergency appropriation of $200,000 for county fiscal year 2011 is requested to allocate these funds into the Workforce Department’s budget and authorize acceptance of this grant.
Body
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has awarded funds under a National Emergency Grant to the Lake County Workforce Development Department in the amount of $200,000 for an On-the-Job Training program; and
WHEREAS, On-the-Job training is a method of providing training to a paid trainee while engaged in productive work. This grant will allow 35-50 dislocated workers the opportunity to gain experience while learning a new skill; and
WHEREAS, this program will target long-term unemployed individuals in the hardest hit communities during this recession - North Chicago, the Round Lake communities, Waukegan and Zion; and
WHEREAS, the grant is for the period of December 1, 2010 to June 30, 2012; and
WHEREAS, an emergency appropriation of $200,000 for county fiscal year 2011 is requested to allocate these funds into the Workforce Department’s budget and authorize acceptance of this grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation of $200,000 for county fiscal year 2011 is requested to allocate these funds into the Workforce Department’s budget and authorize acceptance of this grant. A chart of accounts is attached
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on January 11, 2011.