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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 7, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ___~ r_.__ <br />SUBJECT: Contract Renewal with Center for Employment Training for Vocational Training <br />DEPARTMENT: Social Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Contract <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Nancy Coston, 245-2800 <br />Gwen Price, 245-2800 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />PURPOSE: To renew the contract with the Center for Employment Training to serve Work First <br />recipients, <br />BACKGROUND: The Center far Employment Training (CET) located at the Golden Belt <br />Complex in Durham, NC (formerly located in the Research Triangle Park) offers aself-paced, <br />individualized, open entry/exit training program. This program integrates basic skills instruction <br />and short-term vocational training, The training programs offered at CET include Automated <br />Office Skills, Medical Insurance and Billing, Electronic Assembly, and Medical Records, <br />Orange County entered into a contractual agreement with the Center for Employment Training <br />effective October 1997. Prior to that time, the North Carolina Division of Social Services <br />maintained the contractual agreement with CET, The NC Division of Social Services allocated <br />funds directly to counties to cover the cost of tuition beginning Fiscal Year 1997-1998, <br />Currently, finds for the cost of tuition assistance are a part of the TANF Block Grant, <br />In addition to training, CET offers job development and placement for students. In FY2004- <br />2005, eight Work First recipients were placed at CET with four on target for graduation by June <br />2005, One student has completed the training program and is employed, The average hourly <br />wage for CET graduates is $9.70 per hour, Training services offered by CET do not conflict <br />with or duplicate services offered at the Skills Development/Joblink Center, <br />The Social Services Board has reviewed this contract and recommends approving $40,000 for <br />FY2005-2006. This amount will cover the cast of tuition and job placement for up to eight <br />referrals, This is a performance-based contract, <br />