Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic & Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Individual Training Account Educational Services
Purpose: To authorize payment of Eligible Training Providers for Individual Training Account services.
Entity Name: Various Eligible Training Providers
Entity Address: Various.
Grant Amount: $562,000.00 of a total of $5,052,831.00 in Workforce Investment Act funds received from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Funding Source: State of New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Total Project Cost: $ 562,000.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: N/A
Contract Period: July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( x ) Grant (x ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information: Workforce Investment Act funds accepted pursuant to Resolution 7R3-A 110812, and appropriated pursuant to Resolution 7R1-T 020613. Grant funds to be fully expended by June 30, 2014
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WHEREAS, the State of New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has granted the City of Newark Workforce Investment Act (WIA) funds pursuant to the 1992 New Jersey Employment and Workforce Development Act, N.J.S.A. 34:15D-1, et seq., for the period of July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, in the amount of $5,052,831.00 for Program Year 2012; and
WHEREAS, the Newark Municipal Council ratified and authorized the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor/Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development and/or the Acting Deputy Director of NewarkWORKS to accept WIA funds pursuant to Resolution 7R3-a 110812, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, for $5,052,831.00; and
WHEREAS, the Municipal Council, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87, adopted Resolution 7R1-t 020613, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof, for $5,052,831.00 approving the insertion of a special item of revenue in the 2013 City of Newark Budget for the WIA funds; and
WHEREAS, the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 29 U.S.C. §2801 allows for the provision of intensive services such as out of area job search assistance, literacy activities related to basic workforce readiness, relocation assistance, internships, and work experience (paid or unpaid) for a limited time period in the private for profit sector, the non-profit sector, or the public sector to One Stop customers based on an assessment or individual employment plan; and
WHEREAS, under the WIA, training services are made available via an Individual Training Account (ITA) established for eligible One Stop customers for training services purchased from eligible State approved training providers in consultation with their case manager or by contract; and
WHEREAS, One Stop customers who have not been determined eligible for training services are permitted to select any provider from the Eligible Training Providers List (ETPL), after consultation with a workforce case manager, and the City is obligated to make payment to the provider selected by the Newark resident upon confirming that the training services were rendered by the provider to the Newark resident; and
WHEREAS, of the $5,052,831.00 in WIA funds accepted and appropriated by the City of Newark, a total of $562,000.00 has been budgeted by the City's Department of Economic and Housing Development NewarkWORKS for the Individual Training Account Educational Services described above; and
WHEREAS, the City's NewarkWORKS/One Stop Career Center wishes to make payment on ITA vouchers, no one of which shall exceed the amount of $4,000.00, submitted by State-approved vendors listed on the ETPL who have provided training services to the NewarkWORKS/One Stop Career Center customers under the WIA program, from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013; and
WHEREAS, ITA vouchers executed between July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 shall not exceed a total aggregate value of $562,000.00 as listed below:
Program |
Amount |
Business Unit |
Dept. ID |
Division Project |
Activity |
Account Number |
WIA-Adult |
$562,000.00 |
NW051 |
G13 |
M1300 |
A |
72060 |
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, THAT:
1. The Mayor, the Deputy Mayor/Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development and the Acting Deputy Director of NewarkWORKS, are hereby authorized to expend funds and make payment on ITA vouchers, up to $4,000.00 per voucher, submitted by State-approved vendors listed on the Eligible Training Providers List who have provided training services to Newark residents in accordance with the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 for July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013.
2. Total payments for ITA vouchers from program year July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 shall not exceed a total of $562,000.00, and shall be paid from the following funding streams from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2014 of the City's official budget, and any certification of funds that may be required by the Department of Finance shall be provided prior to the payment of each ITA voucher.
Program |
Amount |
Business Unit |
Dept. ID |
Division Project |
Activity |
Account Number |
WIA-Adult |
$562,000.00 |
NW051 |
G13 |
M1300 |
A |
72060 |
3. All payments shall comply with Local Public Contract Laws (N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq.) and the Newark Executive Order on Pay-to-Play (MEO-07-0001) as well as all other procurement rules established by the State of New Jersey and the City of Newark.
4. The Acting Deputy Director of the Newark One Stop Career Center/NewarkWORKS shall file a duly executed copy of the resolution with the Office of the City Clerk.
STATEMENT
This resolution authorizes the Mayor and/or the Deputy Mayor/Director of the Department of Economic and Housing Development and the Acting Deputy Director of Newark One Stop Career Center/NewarkWORKS to expend Workforce Investment Act grant funds and make payments on Individual Training Account vouchers, up to $4,000.00 per voucher, from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2014 submitted by State-approved vendors listed on the New Jersey Eligible Training Providers List who have provided training services to Newark residents in accordance with the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 for the period of July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, provided that the total amount of all said payments shall not exceed $562,000.00