Title
Joint resolution authorizing the sole source procurement for a Comprehensive Career Pathway Program to serve Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Youth with North Chicago High School (District 187) in the amount of $137,900 to serve 35 WIOA eligible youth.
Staff Summary
* Lake County desires to authorize a contract for a Comprehensive Career Pathway Program to serve 35 WIOA eligible in-school Youth under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in the amount of $137,900.
* The scope of the contract includes career exploration and essential workplace readiness for the first semester of the school year to prepare for an onsite internship in the second half of the school year. Students receive up to $1,500 based on completing program the program's elements.
* District 187 is the sole in-school youth program provider for the Comprehensive Career Pathway Program located in North Chicago Community High School.
* The contract is not to exceed $137,900 and will be funded through the County's allocation of federal WIOA funds for the time frame July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Lake County desires to authorize a contract for a Comprehensive Career Pathway Program to serve 35 WIOA eligible in-school Youth under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act in the amount of $137,900; and
WHEREAS, District 187 is the sole in-school youth program provider for the Comprehensive Career Pathway Program located in North Chicago Community High School; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Article 6, Section 102 of the Lake County Purchasing Ordinance, the Purchasing Agent approved bid exemption on the basis that there is only source for the required good; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Purchasing Agent is hereby directed to enter into a contract with North Chicago High School (District 187) to serve 35 In-school youth for $137,900.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois,...
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