DEPARTMENT: Employment and Economic Assistance
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Execute Grant Agreement For State Dislocated Worker Program Services And Execute Related Joint Powers Agreement And Contract
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of a grant agreement with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) to provide State Dislocated Worker (DW) Program Services and execute related joint powers agreement (JPA) and contract.
SUMMARY
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires each Workforce Development Area (WDA) to submit an annual plan describing how employment and training services will be provided to eligible program participants. By Resolution No. 23-302 (July 18, 2023), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners authorized the execution of a grant agreement with DEED for employment and training programs in the Dakota-Scott WDA for the State DW program in the amount of $1,384,786 for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, based on the allocation formula used by DEED, and execution of contracts with DEED Job Service and HIRED for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
The funding allocation for the State DW program for July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, is $1,407,141 ($1,066,613 Dakota County; $340,528 Scott County). A Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued on March 1, 2024, in which one joint proposal was received from HIRED/DEED Job Service for services (Attachment: Solicitation Summary).
On June 8, 2026, the Dakota-Scott Workforce Development Board's Executive Committee approved the execution of the grant agreement with DEED in an amount of up to $1,700,000 ($1,288,600 Dakota County; $411,400 Scott County) and execution of a JPA with DEED Job Service and execution of a contract with HIRED for the period of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027.
OUTCOMES
See Attachment: Performance Outcomes.
RECOMMENDATION
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