5447828 Resolution 21-89, Workforce Job Development Grant-Making Reauthorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015
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A RESOLUTION
21-89
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
April 14, 2015
To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Workforce Job
Development Grant-Making Authority Act of 2012 to continue the authority of the Director of the Department of Employment Services to issue grants from funds appropriated to or received by the Department of Employment Services for workforce job development purposes by repealing a sunset provision.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Workforce Job Development Grant-Making Reauthorization Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015”.
Sec. 2. (a) The authority given to the Director of the Department of Employment Services (“DOES”) to issue grants for workforce job development purposes is due to expire on April 23, 2015. The purpose of this emergency is to continue the authority of the Director to issue grants and to prevent any gap in that legal authority.
(b) Providing grant-making authority for the Director of DOES has made the grant-approval process for training and other services for unemployed District residents more efficient and the issuance of grant awards more prompt.
(c) Extension of grant-making authority will ensure there is no disruption in the delivery of specialized training programs provided by DOES organizations with which the agency contracts and will mitigate against lost employment opportunities for District residents.
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Workforce Job Development Grant-Making Reauthorization Emergency Amendment Act of 2015 be adopted after a single reading.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
