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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 27, 2006 Action Agenda Item No.~j_ SUBJECT; Contract Renewal with Center for Employment Training for Vocational Training DEPARTMENT: Social Services PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No ATTACHMENT(S): Renewal Contract INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Coston, 245-2800 Gwen Price, 245-2800 PURPOSE: To renew the contract with the Center for Employment Training. BACKGROUND: The Center for Employment Training (CET), located at the Golden Belt Complex in Durham, NC (formerly located in the Research Triangle Park), offers aself-paced, individualized, open entry/exit training program, This program integrates basic skills instruction and short-term vocational training. The training programs offered at CET include Business Office Technology, Medical Administrative Assistant, Medical Insurance Billing, and Building Maintenance Service Technician, In addition to training, CET offers job development and placement for students. In Fiscal Year 2004-2005, seven Work First recipients were placed at CET with six graduating in June 2006. Orange County entered into a contractual agreement with the Center for Employment Training effective October 1997. Prior to that time, the North Carolina Division of Social Services maintained the contractual agreement with CET. The NC Division of Social Services allocated funds directly to counties to cover the cost of tuition beginning Fiscal Year 1997-1998. Currently, funds for the cost of tuition assistance are a part of the TANF Block Grant. The Social Services Board has reviewed the renewal contract and recommends approving $40,000 for Fiscal Year 2006-2007. This amount will cover the cost of tuition and job placement for up to eight referrals. This is a performance-based contract, FINANCIAL IMPACT: The cost of the renewal contract for Fiscal Year 2006-2007 is $40,000. These costs are paid with County funds but serve as the required Maintenance of Effort in the County Work First Block Grant, The County was required to maintain the same amount of County funding (approximately $1 million annually) as was spent far Aid to Families with Dependent Children prior to the transition to Wark First. The County receives about $1,6 million in federal Work First funds each year. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board accept the Social Services Board recommendation to renew the contract with the Center for Employment and Training and authorize the Chair to sign,