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Joint resolution accepting a grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Trade Globalization Adjustment and Assistance Act and Trade Adjustment Act, and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $166,156.
Staff Summary
· The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has provided two grants under the Trade Globalization Adjustment and Assistance Act and the Trade Adjustment Act to the Lake County Workforce Development Department in the amount of $166,156.
· The grant is for the fiscal year October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012, which includes funding for individuals certified as eligible under the Act.
· This funding is expected to cover training services for workers affected through fifteen plant closings or lay-offs.
· An emergency appropriation of $166,156 is requested to be approved to allocate these funds into the Workforce Department’s budget and authorize acceptance of this grant.
Body
WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has provided grants under the Trade Globalization Adjustment and Assistance Act and the Trade Adjustment Act to the Lake County Workforce Development Department and,
WHEREAS, the total grant for Lake County Workforce Development is $166,156 and
WHEREAS, this grant is for the fiscal year October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012, to provide funding individuals certified under the Act; and
WHEREAS, this funding is expected to cover training services for workers from fifteen plant closing and lay-offs;
WHEREAS, it is necessary to approve an emergency appropriation of $166,156 to allocate these funds into the Workforce Department 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 $166,156 for the Workforce Development Department is hereby approved and that the Trade and Globalization Adjustment and Assista...
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