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154.23.065 Wage subsidies for recipients of Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program.

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Page 1 of 1 154.23-065 Wage subsidies for recipients of Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program. (1) Approved companies under KRS 154.23-005 to 154.23-079 that hire and employ Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (K-TAP) recipients on a full-time basis <br>shall be eligible, to the extent funds are available, to receive wage subsidies from <br>the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services in KRS Chapter 205, Title <br>IV-A of the Federal Social Security Act (Subchapter 4 of Chapter 7 of Title 42, <br>United States Code), and the administrative regulations of the Cabinet for Health <br>and Family Services that address standards and eligibility requirements for K-TAP <br>and subsidized employment. (2) The wage subsidy for a K-TAP recipient shall be equal to a proportionate amount of the prevailing wage paid by the approved company to all other employees in the <br>same job classification as the K-TAP recipient for one (1) year as follows: <br>(a) A seventy-five percent (75%) subsidy for the first four (4) months of employment; (b) A fifty percent (50%) subsidy for the next four (4) months of employment; and (c) A twenty-five percent (25%) subsidy for the next four (4) months of employment. (3) During the period of the wage subsidy, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall reimburse the employer contribution for FICA and Unemployment Insurance <br>made on behalf of K-TAP recipients. (4) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall collect information to determine the eligibility of recipients and the availability of this subsidy for approved <br>companies. Effective: June 20, 2005 <br>History: Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 124, effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 528, sec. 13, effective July 14, 2000.