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Joint resolution approving the modifications to the Workforce Development Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Four-Year Regional and Local Plans and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Job Center of Lake County, and authorizing execution of all necessary correspondence to submit these plans to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO).
Staff Summary
• The Lake County Workforce Development Board is responsible for the development and submission of plan documents as a necessary component to receive U.S. Department of Labor Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding, passed-through the Illinois DCEO.
• The Northeast Economic Development Region Four-Year WIOA Plan was collectively modified by the seven workforce boards serving the ten counties of Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will. The Plan modifications provides innovative regional solutions to meet the needs of the key industry sectors of healthcare, manufacturing, transportation and warehousing and IT and integrating DEI strategies.
• The Lake County Workforce Development Board Four-Year WIOA Local Plan modification provides an overview of partner programs to ensure that job seekers, including youth and individuals with barriers to employment, have the skills to compete in the job market and that employers have a ready supply of skilled workers.
• The modifications to Job Center of Lake County Memorandum of Understanding was successfully negotiated among all the federally funded programs authorized under WIOA, agreeing to collaborate and optimize the quality of services provided in the Job Center.
• The Lake County Workforce Development Board approved the modifications to the WIOA Regional and Local Plans and the Job Center MOU at its May 26, 2022 meeting.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, WIOA requires the Workforce Development Board to develop and submit workforce compliance plans in order to receive annual federal workforce funding allocations, as passed-through DCEO; and
WHEREAS, Lake County Workforce Development Board is required to submit a modification to the Four-Year Local Plan and Job Center MOU; and
WHEREAS, in collaboration with other workforce areas encompassing the Northeast Regional Planning Area (including Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, McHenry and Will counties) as designated by the State of Illinois, Lake County Workforce Development Board is required to participate in development and modification of the Northeast Region WIOA Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Workforce Development Board has reviewed and approved the modifications for the Four-Year Local and Regional Plans and the Job Center MOU.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Four-Year Regional and Local Plans and Job Center MOU are hereby approved.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on June 14, 2022.