Title
Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Dislocated Training Grant and approving an emergency appropriation in the amount of $320,170.
Staff Summary
• This Dislocated Worker Training Grant is new and will allow Workforce Development to provide comprehensive training and career services to eligible dislocated workers from layoffs in the retail and manufacturing sectors.
• These dislocated workers are seeking reentry into the workforce by increasing their skill levels to become competitive for growing or high-demand employment opportunities which lead to earning sustainable wages.
• The funding will support personnel costs, expenses related to tuition, fees, books, and participant wages participating in an on-the-job training or work-experience program.
• A total of 28 eligible dislocated workers will be enrolled in occupational and work-based learning training.
• The grant term is January 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The DCEO has provided a Dislocated Worker Training Grant totaling $320,170 to the Lake County Workforce Development Department; and,
WHEREAS, this grant is for the program period of January 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020; and
WHEREAS, this funding covers expenditures associated with personnel costs and participant tuition, fees, books and training wages; and
WHEREAS, an emergency appropriation of $320,170 is requested to allocate these funds into Workforce Development Department’s budget and authorize acceptance of this grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $320,170 for Workforce Development Department is hereby approved and that the Dislocated Worker Training Grant be accepted.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on February 12, 2019.