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a. Approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Monterey County, acting through the Monterey County Workforce Investment Board (WIB), and the Job Corps, Northern California Outreach and Admissions for providing services at the Monterey County America's Job Center of California; and
b. Authorize the WIB Executive Director to sign the agreement on behalf of Monterey County.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a) Approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Monterey County, acting through the Monterey County Workforce Investment Board (WIB), and the Job Corps, Northern California Outreach and Admissions for providing services at the Monterey County America's Job Center of California; and
b) Authorize the WIB Executive Director to sign the agreement on behalf of Monterey County.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with Section 121(c) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA), Monterey County, through the Monterey County WIB, seeks to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Job Corps, Northern California Outreach and Admissions to provide education and vocational services at the comprehensive America's Job Center of California (Job Center) in Monterey County.
The purpose of this MOU is to define the working relationship between the Job Center/ Monterey County WIB and the Job Corps, Northern California Outreach and Admissions, with the purpose of accomplishing shared goals and supplementing the capacity of the Job Center to provide a comprehensive array of educational and vocational services to eligible youth, ages 16 to 24. The MOU furthers the statutory purpose of the WIA, which emphasizes full and effective partnerships between local WIBs and the Job Center partners, and the regulation which emphasizes that it is a legal obligation for the partners and the local WIB to engage in good faith negotiations to reach agreement on the MOU. The MOU provides that, as a Job Center partner, Jo...
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