NUMB:
990432
VERS:
ORIGINAL
REF:
XXBY:
ALD. PRATT
TITL:
Resolution reserving $50,000 within the 1999 Common Council Contingent Fund for the W-2 Employment Assistance Program.
ANLS:
- Analysis -
This resolution:
1. Reserves $50,000 within the 1999 Common Council Contingent Fund to fulfill the City's commitment to partner with Milwaukee County to create an Employment Assistance Community Partnership Program for Men Connected with W-2.
2. Authorizes the appropriate City officials to enter into any necessary agreement with Milwaukee County and the Private Industry Council relative to implementation of the program.
3. Authorizes and directs the Comptroller to transfer up to the reserved amount from the Contingent Fund to a Special Sub-class within the Fund, under the control of the City Clerk, for expenditure for this purpose.
BODY:
Whereas, By amendment to the 1998 Adopted City Budget, the Common Council provided $50,000 in matching funds to partner with Milwaukee County to create an Employment Assistance Community Partnership Program for Men Connected with W-2; and
Whereas, Under Wisconsin Works (W-2), the emphasis on self-sufficiency and the responsibility to provide for families through work rests with the custodial parent, who is usually a female head of household; and
Whereas, W-2 does not specifically address single men connected with W-2 who are not classified as head of household or the noncustodial parent; and
Whereas, The 1998 County Budget provided $100,000 to partner and develop other local shareholders to create a funding mechanism to bridge the gap in the W-2 program; and
Whereas, Using the County appropriation and other matching funds, the County indicated it would contract with the Private Industry Council to implement the program, and that the program's primary goal would be to connect W-2 males, including the noncustodial parent, with family supporting jobs, by promoting job seeking skills and readiness training, GED, application and resume writing, and job-linking; and
Whereas, The City's appropriation of $50,000 for this program was not carried over from 1998 to 1999 because other funding matches and the necessary contract negotiations had not yet occurred; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that $50,000 be reserved within the 1999 Common Council Contingent Fund (Account No. 0001-9990-0001-C001) for the City's funding contribution to the Employment Assistance Community Partnership Program for Men Connected with W-2, as proposed by Milwaukee County in 1998; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the appropriate City officials are authorized to enter into any necessary agreement with Milwaukee County and the Private Industry Council to implement this program; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Comptroller is authorized and directed to transfer up to the reserved amount of $50,000 from the Contingent Fund Sub-class C-001 to a Special Sub-class within the Contingent Fund, under the control of the City Clerk, for expenditure for this purpose.
ZDPT:
DFTR:
99226-1
mcw
6/18/99