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6. DE- OBLIGATION OF FUNDS: <br />The Contractor must meet the expenditure benchmarks specified by the April deadline <br />date of the Performance Benchmarks or will be subjected to de- obligation of funds not <br />expended. The funds will be returned to the LA. <br />7. STAFF /PARTICPANT RATIO: <br />The Contractor shall maintain at all times the appropriate staff /participant ratio of 1 -65 <br />for Adult and Dislocated Worker Programs and 1 -45 for the Youth Program. <br />Participants in follow -up status are not counted in this ratio. Failure to comply with this <br />LA requirement may result in the Contractor being placed in a probationary status with <br />payments authorized under this contract withheld until such time that the ratio is in <br />balance. Contractors must increase their staff to accommodate the increase of <br />participants by hiring additional staff to handle the influx. Under no circumstances <br />should potential customers be placed on a waiting list due to the staff /participant ratio <br />exceeding the required limit. If a contactor experiences a hardship in meeting this <br />requirement, he /she must notify the LA in writing detailing the hardship. <br />8. CONTRACTING FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES: <br />Contractors must obtain written approval from the LA for all contracts for professional <br />services. Written requests for such services must be in compliance with the LA's <br />Contracting for Services Policy. Any written request not in compliance with the policy <br />will be denied. <br />9. INCORPORATED DOCUMENTS AND DEFINITIONS: <br />A. Documents Included in the Contract: <br />The following documents are hereby made a part of this Contract by reference and <br />compliance with the applicable provisions of the documents is a condition of this <br />Contract: WIOA law, regulations, orders, circulars and issuances; applicable state <br />laws, regulations, instructions and issuances; the Contractor's RFP as negotiated and <br />attachments thereto in effect or promulgated during the term of this Contract or any <br />extension thereof. <br />B. Definitions: <br />All definitions included in WIOA and the regulations promulgated under WIOA, in <br />other applicable federal statutes, regulations, circulars and directives and in applicable <br />sections of the North Carolina General Statutes and the North Carolina <br />Administrative Code are incorporated herein by reference, whether defined at the <br />time of this Contract or at any time during the period of this Contract. <br />10. SCOPE OF SERVICES: <br />The Contractor shall diligently perform and carry out in a satisfactory and proper manner <br />the work and services described in the RFP. <br />11. GEOGRAPHIC AREA: <br />The Contractor shall perform the services hereunder for the benefit of residents of the <br />geographic area described in the Funding Application. Unless otherwise described in the <br />Funding Application and permissible under federal and state law, the program activities <br />Regional Partnership Workforce Development Board <br />(Rev. 6/7/17) Page 3 <br />