Sec. 17b-688h. (Formerly Sec. 17b-688d). Memorandum of understanding re employment services for TANF recipients. Pilot program.
Sec. 17b-688h. (Formerly Sec. 17b-688d). Memorandum of understanding re
employment services for TANF recipients. Pilot program. (a) The Labor Department
and the Department of Social Services shall enter into a memorandum of understanding,
to be effective not later than September 1, 1997, for the purpose of enhancing the effectiveness of the delivery of employment services to recipients of temporary assistance
for needy families. The memorandum of understanding shall include, but not be limited
to, providing for (1) the identification and reduction of duplicative services; (2) the
coordination of contracts for employment services; (3) the maximization of federal funds
through the JOB Training Partnership Act which may include seeking any necessary
federal waiver; and (4) studying the feasibility of integrating services to provide a one-stop process for recipients seeking services.
(b) Effective July 1, 1998, the Labor Department shall be responsible for the negotiation, establishment, modification, extension, suspension or termination of contracts for
employment services. The Labor Department may provide administration and services
directly or through the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission or regional
workforce development boards.
(c) The Labor Department and the Department of Social Services shall establish a
pilot program in each of two regions commencing July 1, 1997, for the purpose of
providing employment retention services.
(d) Effective July 1, 1997, the Labor Department shall transfer to the Department
of Social Services the sum of nine million dollars. Effective December 1, 1997, the
Labor Department shall transfer to the Department of Social Services the sum of eight
million five hundred thousand dollars. The five million dollars remaining in the budget
of the Labor Department designated for employment services for recipients of temporary
family assistance shall be used for the computerized interagency information management system to be developed pursuant to section 17b-688c, and for the pilot programs
to be established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and for administrative costs
associated with such computerized system and such pilot programs.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 121, 165; P.A. 03-268, S. 11.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997; Sec. 17b-688d transferred to Sec. 17b-688h in 2003; P.A. 03-268 deleted former Subsec. (d) re report required on or before February 15, 1998, from Labor Department and Department of
Social Services on implementation of employment services to recipients of temporary assistance for needy families, and
redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (d).