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Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) program year (PY) 2024 formula grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $6,847,873 for the Lake County Workforce Development Department and increasing the headcount of Workforce Development by one full-time employee.
Staff Summary
* The WIOA formula grant budget for PY 2024 for Lake County is $6,847,873.
* The WIOA formula grant has three funding streams aligned with services to youth, adults and dislocated workers. employment and training programs serving unemployed adults, incumbent workers, high school students, and opportunity youth.
* The grant will fund Workforce Development Department and the Job Center personnel and operations. One new position will be added to the position inventory, an employment specialist, focused services to the manufacturing industry. If funding for the position ends, and new funding is not secured, the position will be eliminated.
* The WIOA PY 2024 formula grant term is July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026 and will be appropriated in the County Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Budget.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has provided a Program Year (PY) 2024 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funding notice totaling $6,847,873 to the Workforce Development Department; and
WHEREAS, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Grant includes funding for programs serving unemployed adults, dislocated workers, incumbent workers, high school students and opportunity youth; and
WHEREAS, if funding for the position ends, and new funding is not secured, the position will be eliminated; and
WHEREAS, the WIOA Grant has a grant life of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) ...
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