NS - Work First Block Grant Local Plan 10-21-2008-4d

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25 Attachment 1: Memorandum of Understanding Orange County Department of Social Services and Employment Security Commission This MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING is entered into 12~` day of September 2006, by and between the North Cazolina Employment Security Commission hereinafter referred to as "ESC, 601 Valley Forge Road, Hillsborough North Cazolina 27278 and the Orange County Department of Social Services, hereinafter referred to as "DSS", P.O. Box 8181, Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278. WITNESSETH Whereas, there is established in ESC, a program. to be called "First Stop Employment Assistance" (hereinafter referred to as "First Stop") which is designed to assist applicants and recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, known as "Work First", through job registration, job preparedness and community service; and Whereas, the Work First Program is a program of public- assistance to provide eligible families with short-term assistance to facilitate their movement to self-sufficiency through employment; and Whereas, the Work First Program in Orange County shall utilize the registration process of the First Stop Program; and Whereas, this Memorandum of Understanding is entered into to define the responsibilities of DSS and ESC in Orange County in the cooperation of First Stop subject to the duties and limitations of the agencies established by law. Now, Therefore, the parties agree as follows: 1. The components of First Stop aze: a. job registration; b. job seazch; c. job prepazedness; and d. community service. 2. The parties agree that the Employment Security Commission is the presumptive primary deliverer of job placement services for the Work First Program and is the primary job placement entity for the Work First Program as provided by G. S. 108A-29(al) and (a5). The parties agree that the Community College System is the lead agency for delivery of job training, literacy and adult education programs in the state as provided in G.S. 115D-1. The parties agreed that Orange County DSS is the primary deliverer of Work First Diversion Assistance, Work First Family Assistance, and Work First Employment Services as provided in G.S. 108A-27(b). 3. It is agreed that co-location of County Department of Social Services, ESC representatives, and other workforce development entities would assist in the effective administration of First Stop at the Orange County Skills Development/JobLink Center at 503 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC.