Title
Dept/ Agency: One Stop Career Center-NewarkWORKS
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Service Contract
Purpose: To provide training for youth development business.
Entity Name: Junior Entrepreneurs Club Training Program
Entity Address: Newark, New Jersey 07102
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $200,000.00
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Contract Period: July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions (X) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Eighty percent (80%) must be obligated by June 30, 2022 and fully expended by June 30, 2023.
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WHEREAS, on July 14, 2021 through Resolution 7R2-b(S), the Municipal Council authorized the Mayor of the City of Newark to accept the following Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) allotments: WIOA - Youth ($2,291,471.00), WIOA - Adult ($2,157,397.00), WIOA - Dislocated Worker ($760,501.00); totaling $5,209,396.00 through the Newark Workforce Development Board (NWDB) grant funds for Program Year 2021 (July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022) with eighty percent (80%) obligated by June 30, 2022 and fully expended by June 30, 2023; and
WHEREAS, there exists a need for NewarkWORKS to enter into a contract with an entity that can provide WIOA-Youth clients youth development business training pursuant to the provisions of WIOA Program Year 2021; and
WHEREAS, on March 8, 2021, NewarkWORKS advertised a Request for Proposal (RFP), returnable on May 21, 2021 for training services under the provisions of WIOA Program Year 2021; and
WHEREAS, on May 21, 2021, NewarkWORKS received a total of twelve (12) proposals for both WIOA Youth and Adult, which were o...
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