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ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION TO ESTABLISH
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (WIOA) GRANT PY24
INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 24-681006
COMPANY 5000 - ACCOUNTING UNIT 2840
$5,408,075
resolution
WHEREAS, the County of DuPage has been notified by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (ILDCEO) that grant funds in the amount of $5,408,075 (FIVE MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED EIGHT THOUSAND, SEVENTY-FIVE AND NO/100 DOLLARS) are available to be used to provide services to unemployed and underemployed DuPage County residents; and
WHEREAS, to receive said grant funds, the County of DuPage must enter into Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 24-681006 with the ILDCEO, a copy of which is attached to and incorporated as a part of this resolution by reference (ATTACHMENT II); and
WHEREAS, the period of the grant agreement is from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026; and
WHEREAS, no additional County funds are required to receive this funding; and
WHEREAS, acceptance of this grant does not add any additional subsidy from the County; and
WHEREAS, the DuPage County Board finds that the need to appropriate said grant funds creates an emergency within the meaning of the Counties Act, Budget Division, (55 ILCS 5/6-1003).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that Inter-Governmental Agreement No. 24-681006 (ATTACHMENT II) between DuPage County and Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity is hereby accepted; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the additional appropriation on the attached sheet (ATTACHMENT I) in the amount of $5,408,075 (FIVE MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED EIGHT THOUSAND, SEVENTY-FIVE AND NO/100 DOLLARS) be made to establish the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Grant PY24, Company 5000 - Accounting Unit 2840, for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the DuPage County Board that the Chief Human Resources Officer is approved as the County’s Authorized Representative; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should state and/or federal funding cease for this grant, the Economic Development Committee shall review the need for continuing the specified program and related head count; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should the Economic Development Committee determine the need for other funding is appropriate, it may recommend action to the County Board by resolution.
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Enacted and approved this 22nd day of October 2024 at Wheaton, Illinois.
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DEBORAH A. CONROY, CHAIR
DU PAGE COUNTY BOARD
Attest: ___________________________________
JEAN KACZMAREK, COUNTY CLERK