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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No.Y it -F. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 17, 1993 <br /> SUBJECT: On-The-Job Training Contract <br /> DEPARTMENT: Social Services PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Marti Pryor-Cook, ext. 2802 <br /> Contract between Economic <br /> Development Commission (EDC) <br /> and Orange County DSS TELEPHONE NUMBER- <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To consider a Contract with EDC for On-the-Job Training services for <br /> participants in the DSS Job Opportunities and Basic Skills program. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> On-the-Job Training (OJT) is a subsidized employment opportunity in <br /> which a Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program participant <br /> is hired and provided skill training by an employer. OJT provides <br /> work experience to bring job skills to a competitive level in the <br /> marketplace. OJT also improves employability through more substantial <br /> supervision and directions than normally available in an unsubsidized <br /> work situation. <br /> Employers who participate in the program must provide training <br /> essential to work performance and compensate employees at a rate <br /> comparable to other employees performing a similar job. Employers <br /> will be reimbursed 1/2 of the wages paid to the employee, based on <br /> the number of work hours and up to a maximum of 12 months. Upon <br /> successful completion of OJT, the employer is expected to hire and <br /> retain the JOBS participant as a regular employee. <br /> EDC will be responsible for the overall development of the OJT <br /> program which includes recruiting employers, conducting job <br /> assessments, facilitating job placements, and monitoring placements, <br /> subcontracts and participant progress at the work site. <br /> The OJT program is funded by a grant from the State Division of <br /> Social Services. The grant is in the amount of $32,500. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br /> The manager recommends approval of the On-the-Job Training Contract <br /> with EDC and authorization for the Chair to sign. <br />