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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO ENTER INTO A SUB-RECIPIENT FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 709 ADULT BASIC EDUCATION 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 $6,579.
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CITY PROPOSAL
RESOLVED, that the proper city officials are authorized to enter into a sub-recipient funding agreement with Independent School District 709 Adult Basic Education in the amount of $6,579, 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 Independent School District 709 Adult Basic Education 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. ISD 709 ABE will provide curriculum development, contextualized and training instruction, and basic education services for up to 46 women for an amount not to exceed $6,579. This effort is funded 100% from a $141,499 DEED grant that was recently awarded to the Duluth Workforce Development Board/Duluth Workforce S...
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