Item 20 - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Funds

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employment on the subgrant agreement. 4. Failure to comply with these requirements may result in suspension of payments under this subgrant agreement or termination of the subgrant agreement or both and Subrecipient may be ineligible for award of any future subgrant agreements if the Pass-through Entity determines that any of the following has occurred: the Subrecipient has made false certification; or violated the certification by failing to carry out the requirements as noted above. (Gov. Code § 8350 et seq.) h. Expatriate Corporations: Subrecipient hereby declares that it is not an expatriate corporation or subsidiary of an expatriate corporation within the meaning of Public Contract Code §§ 10286 and 10286.1, and is eligible to contract with the State of California. i. Priority Hiring considerations: If this subgrant agreement includes services in excess of $200,000, the Subrecipient shall give priority consideration in filling vacancies in positions funded by the subgrant agreement to qualified recipients of aid under Welfare and Institutions Code § 11200 in accordance with Pub. Contract Code § 10353. j. Sweatfree Code of Conduct: 1. All Subrecipients contracting for the procurement or laundering of apparel, garments or corresponding accessories, or the procurement of equipment, materials, or supplies, other than procurement related to a public works contract, declare under penalty of perjury that no apparel, garments or corresponding accessories, equipment, materials, or supplies furnished to the state pursuant to this subgrant agreement have been laundered or produced in whole or in part by sweatshop labor, forced labor, convict labor, indentured labor under penal sanction, abusive forms of child labor or exploitation of children in sweatshop labor, or with the benefit of sweatshop labor, forced labor, convict labor, indentured labor under penal sanction, abusive forms of child labor or exploitation of children in sweatshop labor. The Subrecipient further declares under penalty of perjury that they adhere to the Sweatfree Code of Conduct as set forth on the California Department of Industrial Relations website located at www.dir.ca.gov, and Public Contract Code § 6108. 2. The Subrecipient agrees to cooperate fully in providing reasonable access to the Subrecipient's records, documents, agents or employees, or premises if reasonably required by authorized officials of the contracting agency, the Department of Industrial Relations, or the Department of Justice to determine the contractor's compliance with the requirements under paragraph (1). k. Child Support Compliance: For any Agreement in excess of $100,000, the Subrecipient acknowledges in accordance with Public Contract Code § 7110, that: 1. The Subrecipient recognizes the importance of child and family support obligations and shall fully comply with all applicable state and federal laws relating to child and family support enforcement, including, but not limited to, disclosure of information and compliance with earnings assignment orders, as provided in Chapter 8 (commencing with § 5200) of Part 5 of Division 9 of the Family Code; and 2. The Subrecipient, to the best of its knowledge is fully complying with the earnings assignment orders of all employees and is providing the names of all new employees to the New Hire Registry maintained by the Pass-through Entity. l. Air/Water Pollution violation certification: Under the State laws, the Subrecipient shall not be: 1. in violation of any order or resolution not subject to review promulgated by the State Air Resources Board or an air pollution control district; 2. subject to cease and desist order not subject to review issued pursuant to § 13301 of the Water Code for violation of waste discharge requirements or discharge prohibitions; or 3. finally determined to be in violation of provisions of federal law relating to air or water pollution. Page 11 of 16