Sec. 31-3nn. Mortgage crisis job training program.
Sec. 31-3nn. Mortgage crisis job training program. (a) The WorkPlace, Inc., in
conjunction with the other regional workforce development boards pursuant to section
31-3k and the one-stop centers pursuant to section 31-3gg, shall establish a mortgage
crisis job training program in accordance with this section. For purposes of the program,
at least three mortgage crisis job training teams shall be established for different areas
of the state. The WorkPlace, Inc. and Capital Workforce Partners shall manage such
teams. The teams, in cooperation with the regional workforce development boards and
the one-stop centers, shall ensure the provision of rapid, customized employment services, job training, repair training and job placement assistance to borrowers who are
unemployed, underemployed or in need of a second job. The WorkPlace, Inc. shall
arrange for the provision of financial literacy and credit counseling for participants in
the program with the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority.
(b) Borrowers shall be eligible for the program if they are at least sixty days delinquent on their mortgages and (1) are referred by their Connecticut Housing Finance
Authority lender, or (2) demonstrate an imminent need to increase earnings in order to
avoid delinquency or foreclosure. Borrowers may also access the program through the
one-stop centers.
(c) The WorkPlace, Inc. and the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority shall submit a joint report, in accordance with section 11-4a, on the implementation of the mortgage crisis job training program to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to banks and planning and development, and
to the select committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating
to housing by January 1, 2009.
(P.A. 08-176, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 08-176 effective July 1, 2008.