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Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Dislocated Worker Training National Emergency Grant modification and approving an emergency appropriation in the amount of $135,683.
Staff Summary
· The Dislocated Worker Training National Emergency Grant (NEG) is being modified to serve an additional 14 eligible dislocated workers in occupational training and work-based learning programs in information technology, healthcare or transportation related occupations.
· The NEG funds will cover tuition, fees, books, credentialing, work-based learning, training wages, staff and administration costs; increasing the total grant to $541,321.
· The program period is August 1, 2012 to June 30, 2015.
Body
WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has accepted and provided a grant modification totaling $135,683 to the Lake County Workforce Development Department; and,
WHEREAS, this grant is for the program period through June 30, 2015, to provide services to individuals certified as eligible under the NEG; and
WHEREAS, this funding is expected to cover direct participant training costs with a percentage towards staff and administration costs; and
WHEREAS, a CFY'15 emergency appropriation of $135,683 is requested to allocate these funds into the Workforce Department's county fiscal year 2015 budget and authorize acceptance of this grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that a CFY'15 emergency appropriation in the amount of $135,683 for the Workforce Development Department is hereby approved and that the Dislocated Worker Training National Emergency Grant. A chart of accounts is attached.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on this 14th day of April 2015.