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Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Program Year 2022 Apprenticeship Illinois Expansion grant; and approving an emergency appropriation in the amount of $100,000.
Staff Summary
* The 2022 Apprenticeship Illinois Expansion grant was developed to expand apprenticeships and work-based learning/training opportunities.
* The 2022 Apprenticeship Illinois Expansion grant of $100,000 will be used to pay personnel costs of a Workforce Development Project Lead - Apprenticeship Navigator position and develop an employer incentive strategy when engaged with work-based learning models.
* This grant will be used to fund a new position, Project Lead - Apprenticeship Navigator, that will be eliminated if or when this grant's funding is no longer available and no other funding source outside of property tax dollars has been identified.
* The grant period is July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has provided the 2022 Apprenticeship Illinois Expansion grant totaling $100,000 to the Lake County Workforce Development Department; and
WHEREAS, this 2022 Apprenticeship Illinois Expansion grant is for the program period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the grant will be used to pay personnel costs of a Workforce Development Project Lead - Apprenticeship Navigator position and develop an employer incentive strategy when engaged with work-based learning models; and
WHEREAS, this grant will be used to fund new position, Project Lead - Apprenticeship Navigator, that will be eliminated if or when this grant's funding is no longer available and no other funding source outside of property tax dollars has been identified; and
WHEREAS, an emergency appropriation of $100,000 is requested to allocate these funds into the Workforce Department's county fiscal year 2023 budget and authorize acceptance of this grant.
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