Title
Joint resolution to approve Lake County Workforce Development Partner Consortium to serve as the One-Stop Operator of the Job Center of Lake County, located in Waukegan.
Staff Summary
* Since 2000, The Job Center of Lake County has been operated under a partner consortium including the Illinois Department of Employment Security, the College of Lake County, and the Lake County Workforce Development Department.
* New Federal legislation went into effect in 2015 that requires these services to be procured by the Workforce Development Board through a competitive selection process.
* To avoid a conflict of interest, the Workforce Development Board hired a third party, Thomas P. Miller and Associates (TPMA) to work with Purchasing to write the Request for Proposal (RFP), evaluate the proposals received, and recommend an operator to the Workforce Development Board.
* The only proposal submitted was from the Workforce Development Partner Consortium.
* The review committee from TPMA determined that the proposal submitted by the Workforce Development Partner Consortium satisfied the requirements set forth in the RFP.
* It is recommended that the consortium of the Illinois Department of Employment Security, the College of Lake County, and the Lake County Workforce Development Department be approved to continue to provide these services as approved within the budget.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires that there must be, at a minimum, one physical One-Stop Center in Lake County; and the Job Center of Lake County, located in Waukegan, has been approved as the comprehensive one-stop; and
WHEREAS, Public Law 113-128 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-220) the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, as adopted by the Unites States Congress on August 7, 1998, which replaced Public Law 97-300, the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, which established ...
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