Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development/One Stop Career Center - NewarkWORKS
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Individual Training Account Training Services
Purpose: To authorize payment of State approved list of Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL), who train customers for the workforce via Individual Training Accounts (ITA).
Entity Name: Various Eligible Training Providers
Entity Address: Various Eligible Training Providers
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $1,820,690.00
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Workforce Development and Economic Opportunity
Contract Period: July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant (X) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Funds accepted by Resolution 7R2-v adopted on July 10, 2024.
Funds inserted by Resolution 7R1-k adopted on July 10, 2024.
List of State approved Eligible Training Providers attached.
Payments to be fully expended by June 30, 2026.
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WHEREAS, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development awarded the City of Newark (“City” or “Newark”) Zero Dollars ($0.00) in WorkFirst New Jersey (WFNJ) funds plus Six Million Two Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Seventeen Dollars and Zero Cents ($6,234,817.00) in Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) allotments, for a combined total of Six Million Two Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand Eight Hundred Seventeen Dollars and Zero Cents ($6,234,817.00), for Program Year 2024 (July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 7R2-v adopted July 10, 2024, eighty percent (80%) of said funds must be obligated by June 30, 2025 and one hundred percent (100%) fully expended by June 30, 2026; and
WHEREAS, WFNJ and WIOA funds allow for the provision of intensive services (such as out-of-area job search assistance, relocation assistance, internships and work experience (paid or unpaid) for a limited time period in the private for-profit sector, non-profit sector, or the public sector) to Newark One Stop Career Center/NewarkWORKS participants based on assessments or individual employment plans or work activities, and need-based work support activities; and
WHEREAS, under WFNJ and WIOA regulations (TEGL 8-19), training services are made available to eligible One Stop participants via Individual Training Accounts (ITAs) established to permit said participants to purchase training services from providers listed on the New Jersey Eligible Training Provider List (ETPL), with each such purchase made in consultation with each participant’s NewarkWORKS case manager; and
WHEREAS, upon presentation of a voucher, the City is obligated to pay for the training services purchased from the provider selected by the participant after being satisfied that the training services were in fact rendered by said provider to the participant; and
WHEREAS, Newark One Stop Career Center/NewarkWORKS wishes to be permitted to pay for ITA participant training in an not exceed Six Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($6,000.00) per training contract voucher, provided that the requisite training voucher has been submitted to the City in advance by a training provider listed on the ETPL (which is regularly updated and can be found on the New Jersey Training Opportunities website www.njtrainingsystems.org <http://www.njtrainingsystems.org>) for Program Year 2024; and
WHEREAS, payments on ITA vouchers can be made from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026, provided that eighty percent (80%) of the payments are obligated by June 30, 2025 and one hundred percent (100%) are paid for by June 30, 2026; and
WHEREAS, payments on ITA vouchers shall not exceed the following aggregate amounts:
|
PROGRAM |
AMOUNT |
|
WFNJ - TANF |
$0.00 |
|
WFNJ - GA/SNAP |
$0.00 |
|
WIOA - Adult |
$1,212,945.00 |
|
WIOA - Youth |
$355,720.00 |
|
WIOA - Dislocated Worker |
$252,025.000 |
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designees, the Deputy Mayor of Workforce Development and Director of Newark One Stop Career Center/NewarkWORKS, are authorized to expend Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (“WOIA”) grant funds to pay for training services to be procured via Individual Training Account (“ITA”) upon presentation of a valid participant contract voucher. Amounts paid per voucher shall not to exceed Six Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($6,000.00), and no voucher shall be paid unless same has been submitted by a training provider listed on the Eligible Provider Training List (“ETPL”) and said provider has provided training services to a City of Newark One Stop Career Center/NewarkWORKS participant in accordance with WFNJ and WIOA for Program Year 2024.
2. This contract and payments under the same is ratified from July 1, 2024 through the date of adoption of this authorizing Resolution.
3. Payments for ITA contract services for Program Year 2024 shall be paid, as appropriate, from the below Account Code Lines. The sum total of the funds to be expended shall not exceed One Million Eight Hundred Twenty Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,820,690.00). Any Certification of Funds, if required by the City of Newark, Finance Department, will be provided prior to payment on each ITA voucher. All ITA contracts shall comply with Local Public Contracts Law (N.J.S.A. 40A:1-1 et seq.) and all other procurement rules established by the State of New Jersey and the City of Newark.
|
Program |
Amount |
Business Unit |
Division/ Project |
Activity |
Account Number |
Budget Reference |
Dept. ID |
|
WFNJ - TANF |
$000,000.00 |
NW051 |
M24Q0 |
A |
72060 |
B2024 |
G24 |
|
WFNJ - GA/SNAP |
$000,000.00 |
NW051 |
M24R0 |
A |
72060 |
B2024 |
G24 |
|
WIOA - Adult |
$1,212,945.00 |
NW051 |
M24M0 |
A |
72060 |
B2024 |
G24 |
|
WIOA - Youth |
$355,720.00 |
NW051 |
M24N0 |
A |
72060 |
B2024 |
G24 |
|
WIOA - Dislocated Worker |
$252,025.00 |
NW051 |
M24P0 |
A |
72060 |
B2024 |
G24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
$1,820,690.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
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4. To the extent required by Resolution 7R2-v adopted July 10, 2024, eighty percent (80%) of the all WIOA grant funds shall be obligated by June 30, 2025, and said grant funds shall be fully expended by June 30, 2026.
5. The Director of Newark One Stop Career Center/NewarkWORKS shall file ITA voucher contracts and any other documents that may be necessary with the Office of the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This Resolution ratifies and authorizes the Mayor of the City of Newark and/or his designees, the Deputy Mayor of Workforce Development and Director of Newark One Stop Career Center/NewarkWORKS, to expend funds and make payments on ITA participant contract vouchers in an amount not to exceed $6,000.00 per training contract voucher. The vouchers are submitted by training providers listed on the Eligible Training Provider List who have provided training services to City of Newark One Stop Career Center/NewarkWORKS participants in accordance with WFNJ and WIOA for Program Year 2024. The sum total of the payments to such providers shall not exceed $1,820,690.00.