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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO ENTER INTO A SUB-RECIPIENT FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH SOAR CAREER SOLUTIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES FUNDED THROUGH THE STATE OF MINNESOTA’S WOMEN’S ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT, MINNESOTA WOMEN AND HIGH-WAGE, HIGH-DEMAND, NONTRADITIONAL JOBS GRANT PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $52,515.
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CITY PROPOSAL
RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are authorized to enter into a sub-recipient funding agreement with SOAR Career Solutions, substantially in the form as the attached hereto for services to be conducted in accordance to the terms and conditions set by the Women’s Economic Security Act, Minnesota Women and High-Wage, High-Demand, Nontraditional Jobs Grant Program and master agreement between the city and state of Minnesota department of employment and economic development (“DEED”), funds to be paid from fund no. 268-031-6228-5441 (workforce development, grant division, miscellaneous workforce development grants, other services and charges).
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution authorizes city officials to enter into a sub-recipient funding agreement with SOAR Career Solutions for employment and training services designed to prepare women and girls of color, women over age 50, and low income women by increasing awareness, exposure, and access to occupations in the skilled trades, and preparing them with the skills needed to enter into employment as carpenters, machine operators, plumbers, pipefitters, sheet metal workers and/or iron workers. This effort is funded 100% from a $141,499 DEED grant that requires up to 15 clients be supported to secure workforce readiness training as machine operators, up to 6 clients to receive training as carpenters and up to 75 clients must receive experiential tours and related workforce readiness career training for these occupations within a two-year period.