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Joint resolution approving the Workforce Development Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Regional and Local Plans Modifications, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Job Center of Lake County and authorizing the execution of all necessary correspondence to submit these plans to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO).
Staff Summary
* The Lake County Workforce Development Board is responsible for the development and submission of several required planning compliance documents as a necessary component to receive U.S. Department of Labor WIOA funding, as distributed by the Illinois DCEO.
* The Northeast Economic Development Region Four-Year WIOA Plan modification was collectively developed by the seven workforce boards serving the ten counties of Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will. The Plan provides innovative regional solutions to meet the needs of the key industry sectors of healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, warehousing, and information technology.
* The Lake County Workforce Development Board Four-Year WIOA Local Plan modification provides an overview of partner programs to ensure that job seekers, including youth and individuals with barriers to employment, have the skills to compete in the job market and that employers have a ready supply of skilled workers.
* The Job Center of Lake County Memorandum of Understanding was successfully negotiated among all the federally funded programs authorized under WIOA, agreeing to collaborate and optimize the quality of services provided in the Job Center.
* The Lake County Workforce Development Board approved the WIOA Regional and Local Plan modifications as well as the Job Center MOU at its April 16, 2026, meeting.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires that local workforce development areas develop and submit workforce compliance plans in order for the local workfor...
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