216A.107 - FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY -- COUNCIL AND GRANT PROGRAM.
216A.107 FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY --
COUNCIL AND GRANT PROGRAM.
1. A family development and self-sufficiency council is
established within the department of human rights. The council shall
consist of the following persons:
a. The director of the department of human services or the
director's designee.
b. The director of the department of public health or the
director's designee.
c. The administrator of the division of community action
agencies of the department of human rights or the administrator's
designee.
d. The director of the school of social work at the
university of Iowa or the director's designee.
e. The dean of the college of human sciences at Iowa state
university or the dean's designee.
f. Two recipients or former recipients of the family
investment program, selected by the other members of the council.
g. One recipient or former recipient of the family investment
program who is a member of a racial or ethnic minority, selected by
the other members of the council.
h. One member representing providers of services to victims
of domestic violence, selected by the other members of the council.
i. The head of the department of design, textiles,
gerontology, and family studies at the university of northern Iowa or
that person's designee.
j. The director of the department of education or the
director's designee.
k. The director of the department of workforce development or
the director's designee.
l. Two persons representing the business community, selected
by the other members of the council.
m. Two members from each chamber of the general assembly
serving as ex officio, nonvoting members. The two members of the
senate shall be appointed one each by the majority leader and the
minority leader of the senate. The two members of the house of
representatives shall be appointed one each by the speaker and the
minority leader of the house of representatives.
2. Unless otherwise provided by law, terms of members, election
of officers, and other procedural matters shall be as determined by
the council.
3. The family development and self-sufficiency council shall do
all of the following:
a. Identify the factors and conditions that place Iowa
families at risk of dependency upon the family investment program.
The council shall seek to use relevant research findings and national
and Iowa-specific data on the family investment program.
b. Identify the factors and conditions that place Iowa
families at risk of family instability. The council shall seek to
use relevant research findings and national and Iowa-specific data on
family stability issues.
c. Subject to the availability of funds for this purpose,
award grants to public or private organizations for provision of
family development services to families at risk of dependency on the
family investment program or of family instability. Not more than
five percent of any funds appropriated by the general assembly for
the purposes of this lettered paragraph may be used for staffing and
administration of the grants. Grant proposals for the family
development and self-sufficiency grant program shall include the
following elements:
(1) Designation of families to be served that meet one or more
criteria for being at risk of dependency on the family investment
program or of family instability, and agreement to serve clients that
are referred by the department of human services from the family
investment program which meet the criteria. The criteria may include
but are not limited to factors such as educational level, work
history, family structure, age of the youngest child in the family,
previous length of stay on the family investment program, and
participation in the family investment program or the foster care
program while the head of a household was a child. Grant proposals
shall also establish the number of families to be served under the
grant.
(2) Designation of the services to be provided for the families
served, including assistance regarding job-seeking skills, family
budgeting, nutrition, self-esteem, methamphetamine education, health
and hygiene, child rearing, child education preparation, and goal
setting. Grant proposals shall indicate the support groups and
support systems to be developed for the families served during the
transition between the need for assistance and self-sufficiency.
(3) Designation of the manner in which other needs of the
families will be provided for, including but not limited to child
care assistance, transportation, substance abuse treatment, support
group counseling, food, clothing, and housing.
(4) Designation of the process for training of the staff which
provides services, and the appropriateness of the training for the
purposes of meeting family development and self-sufficiency goals of
the families being served.
(5) Designation of the support available within the community for
the program and for meeting subsequent needs of the clients, and the
manner in which community resources will be made available to the
families being served.
(6) Designation of the manner in which the program will be
subject to audit and to evaluation.
(7) Designation of agreement provisions for tracking and
reporting performance measures developed pursuant to paragraph
"d".
d. Develop appropriate performance measures for the grant
program to demonstrate how the program helps families achieve
self-sufficiency.
e. Seek to enlist research support from the Iowa research
community in meeting the duties outlined in paragraphs "a"
through "d".
f. Seek additional support for the funding of grants under
the program, including but not limited to funds available through the
federal government in serving families at risk of long-term welfare
dependency, and private foundation grants.
g. Make recommendations to the governor and the general
assembly on the effectiveness of programs in Iowa and throughout the
country that provide family development services that lead to
self-sufficiency for families at risk of welfare dependency.
4. a. The division shall administer the family development
and self-sufficiency grant program. The department of human services
shall disclose to the division confidential information pertaining to
individuals receiving services under the grant program, as authorized
under section 217.30. The division and the department of human
services shall share information and data necessary for tracking
performance measures of the family development and self-sufficiency
grant program, for referring families participating in the promoting
independence and self-sufficiency through employment job
opportunities and basic skills (PROMISE JOBS) program under section
239B.17 and related activities and programs to the grant program, and
for meeting federal reporting requirements. The division and the
department of human services may by mutual agreement, as specified in
the memorandum of agreement entered into in accordance with paragraph
"b", add to or delete from the initial shared information items
listed in this lettered paragraph. The initial shared information
shall include but is not limited to all of the following:
(1) Family enrollments and exits to and from each of the
programs.
(2) Monthly reports of individual participant activity in PROMISE
JOBS components that are countable work activities according to
federal guidelines applicable to those components.
(3) Aggregate grant program participant activity in all PROMISE
JOBS program components.
(4) Work participation rates for grant program participants who
were active family investment program participants.
(5) The average hourly wage of grant program participants who
left the family investment program.
(6) The percentage of grant program participants who exited from
the grant program at or after the time family investment program
participation ended and did not reenroll in the family investment
program for at least one year.
b. The division shall develop a memorandum of agreement with
the department of human services to share outcome data and coordinate
referrals and delivery of services to participants in the family
investment program under chapter 239B and the grant program and other
shared clients and shall provide the department of human services
with information necessary for compliance with federal temporary
assistance for needy families block grant state plan and reporting
requirements, including but not limited to financial and data
reports.
c. To the extent that the family development and
self-sufficiency grant program is funded by the federal temporary
assistance for needy families block grant and by the state
maintenance of efforts funds appropriated in connection with the
block grant, the division shall comply with all federal requirements
for the block grant. The division is responsible for payment of any
federal penalty imposed that is attributable to the grant program and
shall receive any federal bonus payment attributable to the grant
program.
d. The division shall ensure that expenditures of moneys
appropriated to the department of human services from the general
fund of the state for the family development and self-sufficiency
grant program are eligible to be considered as state maintenance of
effort expenditures under federal temporary assistance for needy
families block grant requirements.
e. The commission shall consider the recommendations of the
council in adopting rules pertaining to the grant program.
f. The division shall submit to the governor and general
assembly on or before November 30 following the end of each state
fiscal year, a report detailing performance measure and outcome data
evaluating the family development and self-sufficiency grant program
for the fiscal year that just ended. Section History: Recent Form
2008 Acts, ch 1072, §1
Referred to in § 232.69, 239B.8
Legislative appointments, see §69.16B Footnotes
Family development and self-sufficiency grant funding; continued
statewide implementation of grant program; 2008 Acts, ch 1187, §5;
2009 Acts, ch 182, § 5, 6
Membership of family development and self-sufficiency council as
of June 30, 2008, to continue until revised by council; grants in
effect as of that date to continue pursuant to terms of the grants;
2008 Acts, ch 1072, §7