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Dept/ Agency: One Stop Career Center-NewarkWORKS
Action: (X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Service Contract
Purpose: To provide training in Pre-High School and High School Equivalency.
Entity Name: La Casa de Don Pedro
Entity Address: 75 Park Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07104
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $56,000.00
Funding Source: New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Contract Period: July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020
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%) of grant funds must be obligated by June 30, 2020 and fully expended by June 30, 2021.
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WHEREAS, on October 2, 2019 through Resolution 7R2-b, the Municipal Council authorized the Mayor to accept the following Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) allotments: WIOA - Youth ($2,135,842.00), WIOA - Adult ($2,014,659.00), WIOA - Dislocated Worker ($771,481.00); totaling $4,921,982.00 through the Newark Workforce Development Board (NWDB) grant funds for Program Year 2019 (July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020) with eighty percent (80%) obligated by June 30, 2020 and fully expended by June 30, 2021; and
WHEREAS, there exists a need for NewarkWORKS to enter into a contract with an entity that can provide WIOA-Youth clients pre-high school and high school equivalency training pursuant to the provisions of WIOA Program Year 2019; and
WHEREAS, on April 15, 2019, NewarkWORKS advertised a Request for Proposal (RFP), returnable on June 21, 2019, for training services under the provisions of WIOA Program Year 2019; and
WHEREAS, on June 21, 2019, NewarkWORKS received a total of twenty-one (21) proposals for both WIOA Youth and Adult whic...
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