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Consider recommendations regarding an agreement with Goodwill Industries of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties for Workforce-Related Services and Support to Youth in Santa Barbara County, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement with Goodwill Industries of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, to provide the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Youth Services in Santa Barbara County, for the period of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026, in a total contract amount not to exceed $2,206,536.00, inclusive of an amount not to exceed $735,512.00 per Fiscal Year for Fiscal Years 2023-2024, 2024-2025, and 2025-2025;
b) Authorize the Director of Social Services or designee to adjust the Line Item Budget of the Goodwill Industries of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Youth Services in Santa Barbara County Agreement without exceeding the total contract amount;
c) Authorize the Director of Social Services or designee, subject to appropriations and budget approval, to amend the Agreement by increasing the yearly contract amount to include unused funds from previous Fiscal Years to the following Fiscal Year; and
d) Determine that the activity is not a “Project” subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review 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.