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Consider recommendations regarding Agreements with the Foundation for California Community Colleges and Goodwill Industries of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties for Student Training and Employment Program, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement to receive up to $750,000.00 each calendar year in Student Training and Employment Program grant funds from the Foundation for California Community Colleges (not a local vendor), for the period of April 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026;
b) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement with Goodwill Industries of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties (a local vendor), to serve as operator in Santa Barbara County for the Student Training and Employment Program, for a total contract amount not to exceed $151,929.58 from April 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024;
c) Authorize the Director of Social Services, or designee, to allocate the amount of unused funds from the previous Fiscal Year budget to the next Fiscal Year Budget, subject to appropriations and budget approval;
d) Authorize the Director of Social Services, or designee, to extend the Agreement with Goodwill Industries for Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties for two additional years and allocate the amount of unused funds from the previous Fiscal Year budget to the next Fiscal Year Budget, subject to appropriations and budget approval;
e) Authorize the Director of Social Services, or designee, to execute the Contract Certification Clauses set forth in Exhibit F to the Agreement with the Foundation for California Community Colleges;
f) Authorize the Director of Social Services, or designee, to execute the Certification Regarding Lobbying set forth in Exhibit H to the Agreement with the Foundation for California Community Colleges;
g) Authorize the Director of Social Services, or designee, to reallocate the budgeted line items of the Agreements without exceeding the total contract amount;
h) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0009550 to increase appropriations by $188,779.58 in the Department Social Services Fund 0058 for Salaries and Benefits of staff in the amount of $36,350.00, Staff Travel of $500.00, and Contractual Costs of $151,929.58 for Student Training and Employment Program. The expenditures are funded by the Student Training and Employment Program Grant; and
i) Determine that the activity is not a “Project” subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4), the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment; and per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(5), since the activity is an organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.