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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1981.06.04 - 14854i7;73 3 / Miscellaneous Resolution 8121° Date June 4 1$11_, BY : PUBLIC SERVICES commalE - James E. Lanni, Chairman IN RE : CONTINUED PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FUNDING OF PRIVATE-NON- PROFIT AGENCY - AREA SERVICE ASSOCIATION (TITLE II-D) TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Mr. Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners by Miscellaneous Resolutions NO. 6546 and 8883 applied for and was granted the designation as Prime Sponsor by the U. S. Department of Labor to administer the provisions of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Amendments of 1978; and WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners did approve planned allocations for PSE agencies by Miscellaneous Resolution No, 9510; and WHEREAS Area Service Association, a Private Non-Profit Agency, was initially funded under the CETA PSE FY-81 Program; and WHEREAS the Prime Sponsor is funding Area Service Association in the CETA PSE Program in accordance with CETA Rules and Regulations (Attachment A); and WHEREAS Area Service Association has performed in accordance with the intent and requirements of the CETA Act (Attachment B); and WHEREAS the continuance of Area Service Association's participation in CETA would further promote and ensure the 30% client positive placement mandated by the Department of Labor. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners approve the continued participation of Area Service Association in the Title II-D Program for the balance of FY-81 in the CETA PSE Program. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that ArE,aSerVice Association's FY-81 budget be in accordance with Attachment C. Mr. Chairperson, on behalf of the Public Services Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution, PUBLIC SERVICES CO.leVIITTEE ATTACHMENT A SERVICE DELI VER1 The current CETA Regulations require that Community Based Organizations be given funding priority in the PSE Program. DEFINITION 675.4 - Community Based Organization (CBO) means a private nonprofit organization which is representative of the community or a significant segment of a community, and which provides employment and training services or activities. (Examples include: Opportunities Industrialization Centers, the National Urban League, SER-Jobs for Progress, United Way of America, Mainstream, the National Puerto Rican Forum, agencies serving women, neighborhood groups and organizations, community action agencies, community development corporations, vocational rehabilitation organizations, vocational rehabilitation facilities, agencies serving youth, union-related organ- izations, and employer related non-profit organizations. MAKER PLAN 676.10-4-d Service Deliverers. A description of procedures for giving special consideration to employment and training programs of demonstrated effectiveness which are operated by community-based organizations (sec 123(1)). SPECIAL CONSIDERATION 676.23 Program Linkages and Selection of Deliverers. (a). Prime Sponsors shall - follow the procedures in this section regarding the selection of deliverers Of service. (c). In selecting service deliverers, Prime Sponsors shall give special , consideration to community based organizations with programs of demonstrated effectiveness in the delivery of employment and training services (sec 123(1)). Such special consideration shall consist of the following: (2). Prime Sponsors Shall establish a mechanism for providing special consideration, including at least the following step: (iv). In the selection of service deliverers, the Prime Sponsor shall give special consideration to CBO's of demonstrated effectiveness in the delivery of employment and training services. For example, in competitive procurement procedures, the Prime Sponsor may afford special consideration through adrlitional points in a rating system. TITLE VI PROGRAMS 678.3 Activities and Services (d). Prime Sponsors and program agents should provide' at least one-third of the project funds to project applicants that are nonprofit organizations. ATTACHNEENT B Area Service Association 45 E. Pearl Street Hazel Park, MI 48030 ASSESSMENT REPORT I. HISTORICAL Area Service Association, a private non-profit social service agency located in Hazel Park, has been in existence since 1933 serving residents of Oakland County, especially Southeastern Oakland County. The agency is staffed by twenty persons and is supported through the Torch Drive Agency. II. PARTICIPATION IN THE CETA PSE PROGRAM Four (4) welfare recipients have been enrolled as PSE participants by the agency during the current year. Duties and responsibilities of the partici- pants included: 1. Counseling of retarded children, which resulted in a permanent position. 2. Former receptionist attending college on full-time basis for permanent position as receptionist. 3. TWo CETA PSE participants, currently employed and attending college, scheduled to be absorbed by the agency. ADMINISTRATIVE CAPABILITY Agency has maintained excellent liaison relations and has submitted all reports accurately and on a timely basis. COST REVIEW 95% of CETA funds are paid in wages and fringe benefits to CEfA partici- pants. 5% utilized for mileage and training of CETA participants. III. PERFORMANCE Agency provides the following services directed to senior citizens, needy youth and families and individuals who have no means to pay for said services. 1. Counseling Services - This service is provided to the unemployed residents of Southeastern Oakland County, that includes: financial assistance, food, legal counseling, housing and etc. Over 1300 cases effecting 4900 persons benefited from this service in 1980. 2. Coordination Senior Citizen Federal Program - This service available under Title III, Older American Act, as coordinated through the agency, provided directed assistance to 212 residents of Oakland County last year. The entire county is served through this agency. 3: World Medical Relief - Agency services entire county, which provides for prescriptions for senior citizens who have no medical coverage. Approximately 100 clients are currently being served at a cost of $2,000 per month. 4. Emergency Food Closet - This service is provided by agency which serves Hazel Park School District. Needy persons, families who face emergencies, are provided with 3-day food supply. To date, 269 households have been served which affected over 819 persons. 5. Summer Lunch Program - Agency contracts with U.S. Department of Agriculture and coordinates program with Hazel Park School District to some needy children in the Ferndale, Hazel Park, Royal Oak and Madison Heights areas, through 45 recreation sites. Approximately 97,000 lunches are served during the summer months to needy youth. In addition, this program enables TRY, Inc. to enroll and train CETA participants in Food Training Skills. TV. CONCLUSION Area Service Association provides vital services to the community which would not otherwise be available. They serve senior citizens, needy youth, families and individuals who have no means to pay for these services. The agency has enrolled eligible CETA participants and provided proper training, education, supervision, wages and benefits which have assured them of an excellent opportunity to enter unsubsidized employment. Ar 2 'C' Area Service 13,000.00 6,700.32 5,927.32 250,00 523,00 -0_ SUMMARY- OF FUNDING FOR AREA SERVICE ASSOCIATION TITLE 11-D ORIGINAL REVISED BUDGET FOR BUDGET FOR BUDGET FOR BUDGET FOR FY-81 FY-81 WAGES/BEN. TRAINING ADMIN. CLIENT PLANNING ALLOC. SUIVICES SUBRECIPIENT ALLOO. Area Service 37,740.00 42,287.00 35,754.00 4,547.00* 1,986,00 ,0- *Approved by Resolution No. 81184, dated May 7, 1981 TITLE VI ORIGINAL REVISED SUSTAINING SP.PROJECTS BUDGET FOR BUDGET MR FY-81 FY-81 BUDGET FOR BUDGET FOR TRAINING ADMIN. PLANNING ALICC. WAGE/BEN. WAGE/BEN. SUBRECIPIENT ALLOC. 81210 June 4, 1981 Moved by Lanni supported by Peterson the resolution be adopted. AYES: Price, Whitlock, Wilcox, Aaron, Caddell, Cagney, DiGiovanni, Doyon, Fortino, Gabler, Geary, Gosling, Hobart, Jackson, Kasper, Lanni, Moffitt, Montante, Moore, Page, Patterson, Peterson. (22) NAYS: Murphy. (1) A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted, - I, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland and having a seal, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy of Miscellaneous Resolution #81210 adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners at their meeting held on June 4, 1981 with the orginial record thereof now remaining in my office, and that it is a true and correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole thereof. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at Pontiac, Michigan this 4th day of /..-Th June lo 81 kb, . ALLEN Coun y Clerk/Register of Deeds STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND)