Lake County Health and Community Services Committee met May 2.
Here is the agenda provided by the Committee:
1. Call to Order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Approval of Minutes
3.1 17-0469
Minutes from April 4, 2017.
Attachments: HCS 4 4 17 Minutes Final
4. Addenda to the Agenda
5. Public Comment
6. Chairman's Remarks
7. Old Business
8. New Business
Health Department
8.1 17-0498
Joint resolution accepting the University of Chicago Medical Center grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $5,000 for the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes Program.
• The $5,000 University of Chicago Medical Center grant will be dedicated to software that will be used to recruit providers and deliver training.
• The purpose of LCHD/CHC provider participation in ECHO-Chicago is to improve patients care for the community’s most common medical conditions including diabetes, hypertension, asthma, and obesity. In addition, it seeks to advance in-house capability to care for patients with conditions such as Hepatitis C, so we can reduce the need to refer patients to outside specialists.
• LCHD/CHC patients will benefit in the following ways: 1. ECHO-Chicago faculty are available for consultation with provider, even after providers complete an ECHO course; 2. After LCHD/CHC providers complete ECHO training, they will be able to provide advanced care to patients; and 3. ECHO faculty will help ECHO alumni with prior authorizations for referrals and 2nd and 3rd tier medications further reducing the need to refer patients to outside specialist, and will help to facilitate patient care.
• The result of this program will be better care, at lower cost, with more convenience for the patient.
• The $5,000 in additional grant funding has not been previously appropriated because the grant resources were secured after the County’s adoption of the FY17 budget.
• The grant award will be for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017.
Attachments: ECHO 5K
Workforce Development
8.2 17-0496
May Health and Community Services 2, 2017 Committee
Resolution approving the Lake County Workforce Development Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Four-Year Local Plan and the Northeast Economic Development Region WIOA Plan, and authorizing the execution of all necessary correspondence to distribute these WIOA Plans to the Illinois Department of Commerce.
• The update and submission of several required planning compliance documents is a necessary component to receive U.S. Department of Labor Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding, as distributed by the Illinois Department of Commerce.
• Information on the updates to the Lake County Workforce Development WIOA Four-Year Local Plan and the Northeast Economic Development Region WIOA Plan was provided to the Health and Community Services Committee at its May 2, 2017 meeting.
• This resolution approves the Lake County Workforce Development WIOA Four-Year Local Plan and the Northeast Economic Region WIOA Plan, as reviewed and approved by the Lake County Workforce Development Board (LCWDB).
• The Lake County Board Chairman, as Chief Elected Official (CEO) for Lake County as a single county local workforce area and WIOA grant recipient, is a required signatory. This resolution would authorize the County Board Chairman/CEO to execute the necessary documents to submit to Illinois Department of Commerce.
Attachments:
WIOA Four-Year Local Plan.pdf
WIOA Local Plan Attachments.pdf
NortheastRegion_WIOAPlan_v5.pdf
NortheastRegion_WIOAPlan_Attachment A Crosswalk.pdf
8.3 17-0450
Joint resolution approving the Summer Youth Employment Worksite Agreements.
• Annually Lake County approves a Summer Youth Employment Worksite Agreement with various organizations and businesses that will serve as worksites and provide summer youth employment to the 215 youth enrolled in the Lake County Summer Youth Employment Program.
• The worksite agreement outlines the responsibilities of the participating summer worksites and Lake County.
• This agreement will be entered with 30 to 35 organizations and businesses that have the capacity and meet the requirements to participate in this program.
• The joint resolution authorizes the County Board Chairman or his designee to sign the agreements.
Attachments: Worksite Agreement 2017 8.4 17-0451
Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Incentive Grant and approving an emergency appropriation to in the amount of $16,833.
• Workforce Development has specific indicators to measure performance for workforce development activities that apply to adult, dislocated workers and youth programs.
• Workforce Development has negotiated with the Illinois DCEO proposed levels of performance for each indicator and if these goals are exceeded, Workforce Development is eligible to receive an incentive bonus award.
• Workforce Development met all 10 performance goals and exceeded six goals for the time frame ending in June 2016; including employment rates, retention rates, average earnings and youth diplomas/certificates.
• The WIOA Local Incentive grant of $16,833 may be used for workforce development activities through June 30, 2018.
8.5 17-0452
Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce (DCEO) Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) grant modification and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $16,239.
• The TAA grant modification of $16,239 increases the total grant budget to $488,020.76
• The additional funds support expenses associated with payment processing of tuition, training and transportation vouchers for 50 unemployed individuals certified as eligible under the Trade Act and enrolled in occupational training.
• The grant period is through September 30, 2017.
8.6 17-0453
Joint resolution accepting the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Rapid Response grant to pilot an Industry Sector Recruitment Specialist Program, and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $171,849.60.
• Workforce Development is piloting a new strategy to increase the number of dislocated workers connected to high demand jobs in key industry sectors including healthcare, manufacturing, Information Technology and transportation/distribution/logistics.
• The pilot program will contract with four dislocated workers that have worked in one of these industry sectors and have a demonstrated orientation to the industry’s needs and demands as related to workforce.
• The goal of this pilot program is to create streamlined services resulting in greater participation from dislocated workers and delivering a more effective connection to hiring employers. There were 160 additional dislocated workers served through the Job Center and 60 employer connections.
• The grant period is June 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
9. Executive Session
10. County Administrator's Report
11. Members' Remarks
12. Adjournment
Next Meeting: June 6, 2017
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