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PROPOSED AGREEMENT
Department(s): Justice Advisory Council
Other Part(ies): Centers for Companies that Care, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization to enter into an interagency agreement
Good(s) or Service(s): Center for Companies that Care will offer 20 positions for justice involved youth in the Career Awareness Program which will run from 7/7/2016 - 7/29/2016.
Agreement period: 7/1/2016 - 9/30/2016
Fiscal Impact: $16,000.00
Accounts: 499-298
Agreement Number(s):
Summary/Notes: Pursuant to its home rule authority, Cook County, through the Justice Advisory Council desires to engage Center for Companies That Care ("CTC") in an Agreement/ Pilot program to provide the opportunity for twenty (20) justice involved youth to participate in CTC's three week Career Awareness Program. CTC will implement The Career Awareness Program that will serve sixty youth participants from 7/11/2016 - 7/29/2016; 20 of which will be identified as justice involved youth. The goal of this pilot program is to assist justice involved youth and gain a better understanding of how employment related programming can best be adapted to properly serve justice involved youth in the future. The youth participating in the Career Awareness Program will visit a variety of businesses, industries and work environments and will have an opportunity to build skills that will assist with both their academic and job performance, skills taught in the Career Awareness Program include business communication, time building time management, resume writing and interviewing; each participant will plan and complete an individual project and will be eligible for a stipend, depending on project completion. CTC will work with various JAC partners to identify and select twenty (20) justice involved youth to participate in the Career Awareness Program. The period of the Agreement will run through 9/30/2016 to allow for CTC to complete its reporting requirements. ...
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