239B.17 - PROMISE JOBS PROGRAM.
239B.17 PROMISE JOBS PROGRAM.
1. Program established. The promoting independence and
self-sufficiency through employment job opportunities and basic
skills program is established for applicants and participants of the
family investment program. The requirements of the JOBS program
shall vary as provided in the family investment agreement applicable
to a family. The department of workforce development, department of
economic development, department of education, and all other state,
county, and public educational agencies and institutions providing
vocational rehabilitation, adult education, or vocational or
technical training shall assist and cooperate in the JOBS program.
The departments, agencies, and institutions shall make agreements and
arrangements for maximum cooperation and use of all available
resources in the program. The department of human services may
contract with the department of workforce development, the department
of economic development, or another appropriate entity to provide
JOBS program services.
2. Program activities. The JOBS program shall include, but
is not limited to, provision of the following activities:
a. Placing applicants and participants in employment and
on-the-job training.
b. Institutional and work experience training for applicants
and participants for whom the training is likely to lead to regular
employment.
c. Special work projects for applicants and participants for
whom a job in the regular economy cannot be found.
d. Incentives, opportunities, services, and other benefits to
aid applicants and participants, which may include but are not
limited to financial education.
e. Providing services and payments for persons whose family
investment program eligibility has ended, in order to help the
persons to stabilize or improve their employment status. Section History: Recent Form
97 Acts, ch 41, §18, 34; 2000 Acts, ch 1088, §7; 2006 Acts, ch
1046, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §40
Referred to in § 216A.107, 239B.1