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Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Agenda Item Abstract <br />Meeting Date: June 22, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />_. Item # 8- P_ <br />SUBJECT: Training Contract withthe Center for Employment <br />Training <br />Department: Social Services Public Hearing Yes---- No - -X -- <br />ATTACHMENT (S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Marti Pryor -Cook, Director <br />Training Contract <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham -688-7331 <br />Mebane -227-2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967- 9251/968 -4501 <br />Purpose: <br />To approve the Training Contract with the Center for Employment Training. <br />Background: <br />The Center for Employment Training (CET), located at Research Triangle Park, is a self - <br />paced, individualized, open entry/exit training program. The training program is designed <br />for individuals whose language, reading and math skills are so limited they can not get <br />into or have dropped out of public schools or who left public schools without marketable <br />skills. In addition to vocational training, CET provides job development and placement <br />services for these students. <br />Orange County Department of Social Services has referred participants to CET for two <br />years. During that two year period, the North Carolina Division of Social Services had a <br />contractual arrangement with CET. The state covered the cost of tuition for Work First <br />participants. However, the Division allocated funds directly to counties for Fiscal Year <br />1998 -99. Orange County received an allocation of $161,955 to purchase vocational skills <br />training from CET. <br />