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a. Approve the Monterey County Workforce Investment Board's (WIB) recommendation to accept $188,250 in Governor's 25 Percent Discretionary Dislocated Worker Additional Assistance grant funds to assist long-term unemployed individuals in returning to work;
b. Authorize the Director of the Economic Development Department to make modifications to and sign contracts, amendments and other related documents as necessary to receive these grant funds; and
c. Authorize the Auditor-Controller's Office to increase appropriations and estimated revenue in the Fiscal Year 2014-15 Adopted Budget for Economic Development Workforce Investment Board, Fund 021 Appropriation Unit DEO016, in the amount of $188,250.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve the Monterey County Workforce Investment Board's (WIB) recommendation to accept $188,250 in Governor's 25 Percent Discretionary Dislocated Worker Additional Assistance grant funds to assist long-term unemployed individuals in returning to work;
b. Authorize the Director of the Economic Development Department to make modifications to and sign contracts, amendments and other related documents as necessary to receive these grant funds; and
c. Authorize the Auditor-Controller's Office to increase appropriations and estimated revenue in the Fiscal Year 2014-15 Adopted Budget for Economic Development Workforce Investment Board, Fund 021 Appropriation Unit DEO016, in the amount of $188,250
SUMMARY:
As of October 2014, 3 million individuals in California are long-term unemployed, i.e., jobless for 27 weeks or more. According to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, they constitute a major part-32 percent-of the unemployed workers in the state.
To assist long-term unemployed persons in returning to work, the Southeast Los Angeles County Workforce Investment Board (SELACO) successfully applied for a partnership grant and received $970,000 in Governor's 25 Percent Discretiona...
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