Title
Joint resolution authorizing execution of various Agreements for Youth Program Services for the Lake County Workforce Development Department.
Staff Summary
· Lake County desires to enter into contracts for Youth Programs with qualified providers to service In-School and Out-of-School Youth under the federal Workforce Investment Act.
· Lake County extended Requests for Proposal to 59 providers and received eleven (11) sealed proposals from six (6) service providers.
· The Workforce Development Board Selection Review Committee has recommended awards be made to the five (5) service providers that offered favorable proposals to meet the diverse needs of the student populations to be served.
· The Lake County Workforce Investment Board has concurred with these recommendations and forwards them for County Board consideration.
· Contracts are recommended for three (3) In-School Youth Programs:
North Chicago High School #187, Future First, North Chicago, IL in the amount of $133,333 to service 20 youth, Zion Benton High School, Jobs For Bees, Zion, IL, in the amount of $133,333 to service 18 youth and Waukegan High School, SHINE Educational Leadership Program, Waukegan, IL in the amount of $133,333 to service 20 youth.
· Contracts are recommended for five (5) Out-of-School Youth Programs: North Chicago High School #187, CNA Program, North Chicago, IL in the amount of $125,000 to service 15 youth, North Chicago High School #187, Phlebotomy Program, North Chicago, IL in the amount of $75,000 to service 10 youth, Waukegan High School, Pharmacy Tech Program, Waukegan, IL in the amount of $75,000 to service 12 youth, Youth Build Lake County, North Chicago, IL for $62,500 to service 12 youth, and First Institute Training and Management, Inc., Waukegan, IL, for $62,500 to service 7 youth.
· These contracts will cost the County a total $799,999, to be funded through the County’s allocation of federal Workforce Investment Act funds.
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WHEREAS, in accordance wit...
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