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Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, and Training (QUEST) Dislocated Worker Grant modification; and approving an emergency appropriation in the amount of $135,000.
Staff Summary
* The WIOA QUEST Grant modification of $135,000 increases the total grant award to $835,000 with a grant term of October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2025.
* The WIOA QUEST Grant is designed to support employment equity and individual, community, and industry resilience as the nation prioritizes economic and employment by focusing on serving individuals whose employment has been negatively impacted, including individuals from historically marginalized and underserved populations who have been disproportionately impacted.
* The additional grant funds will serve an additional 13 eligible individuals in occupational training and 6 in work-based training.
* If funding for the services ends, and new funding is not secured, the services will be eliminated.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) has provided the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Quality Jobs, Equity, Strategy, and Training (QUEST) Dislocated Worker Grant modification totaling $135,000 to the Lake County Workforce Development Department; and
WHEREAS, this grant is used to pay training, work experiences, supportive services for eligible individuals; and
WHEREAS, an emergency appropriation of $135,000 is requested to allocate these funds into the Workforce Department's county fiscal year 2025 budget and authorize approval of this grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $135,000 for the Workforce Development Department is hereby approved and that the QUEST grant modification be approved.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on ...
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