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JPA A2412446 between Hennepin and Carver counties for employment and training services, effective 06/30/24
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BE IT RESOLVED, that Joint Powers Agreement A2412446 between Hennepin and Carver counties to provide employment and training services effective June 30, 2024 be approved; and that the Chair of the Board be authorized to sign the Agreement on behalf of the County.
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Background:
The Adult, Dislocated Worker, and Youth Programs created by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Public Law 105-220, 29 U.S.CA. Section 2801, et seq., provided federal funding for state and local efforts designed to promote quality employment and training services to help eligible individuals and youth to find meaningful employment, and to help employers find the skilled workers they need to compete and succeed in business. Hennepin County has participated in the federal programs and, pursuant to a July 2012 Joint Powers Agreement with Carver County, became the Chief Elected Official with authority to contract for programs in the Hennepin-Carver Workforce Investment Area.
Since the original Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) between Hennepin and Carver Counties was signed in 2012, Congress has replaced the Workforce Investment Act with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ("WIOA") Public Law 113-128, now codified as 29 U.S.C ?3101. Among other things, WIOA requires revamping the JPA's role in the local board-now called the Workforce Development Board. Part of that effort will require Hennepin and Carver Counties to amend and renew their joint commitment to work with the Workforce Development Board and the state Department of Employment and Economic Development, with the Hennepin County Board acting in the role of the "Chief Elected Official" pursuant to WIOA.
The previous JPA A188954 was adopted June 30, 2017, with a termination date of July 1, 2022. Amendment 1 to A188954 extended the termination date to July 1, 2023, and Amen...
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