Title
Approve and authorize the Executive Director of the Monterey County Workforce Development Board (WDB) to execute Amendment No. 2 to the WDB's Agreement with Brennan Workforce Consulting (BWC) to provide WIOA Employment Training Provider monitoring services retroactive to July 1, 2021 for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, for a total amount not to exceed $65,000
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Executive Director of the Monterey County Workforce Development Board (WDB) to execute Amendment No. 2 to the WDB's Agreement with Brennan Workforce Consulting (BWC) to provide WIOA Employment Training Provider monitoring services retroactive to July 1, 2021 for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, for a total amount not to exceed $65,000.
SUMMARY:
Background
The Monterey County Workforce Development Board, in partnership with the Board of Supervisors as the County's Chief Elected Official, is required to develop and implement plans and procedures to monitor contractors receiving federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding in accordance with policies developed by the local workforce development boards and based on the Governor's standards for local board oversight.
The WDB was awarded WIOA funds to provide occupational skills training to adults, dislocated workers, and youth through its local and regional training providers that have qualified for placement on a State-approved Employment Training Provider List (ETPL). The WDB is required to monitor the activities of its contracted occupational training providers as necessary to ensure that the WIOA funding is used for authorized purposes and in compliance with federal statutes, regulations, policies, directives, and the terms and conditions of the WDB's ETPL agreements with its training providers.
Annual ETPL monitoring must include a review of WIOA Equal Opportunity compliance, the training pr...
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