14-06.1 Displaced Homemaker Program
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<![CDATA[CHAPTER 14-06.1DISPLACED HOMEMAKER PROGRAM14-06.1-01. Legislative finding and declaration. The legislative assembly finds thatthere are an ever-increasing number of persons in this state who, having fulfilled a role as<br>homemaker, find themselves "displaced" in their middle years through separation, divorce, death<br>or disability of spouse, or other loss of support. As a consequence, displaced homemakers are<br>very often without any source of income; they are usually ineligible for categorical welfare<br>assistance; they are subject to one of the highest unemployment rates of any sector of the<br>workforce; they often face continuing discrimination in employment because they are older and<br>have no recent paid work experience; they are often ineligible for unemployment insurance<br>because they have been engaged in unpaid labor in the home; they are often ineligible for social<br>security because they are too young, and many will never qualify for social security because they<br>have been divorced from the family wage earner; they have often lost their rights as beneficiaries<br>under employers' pension and health plans through divorce or death of spouse, despite many<br>years of contribution to the family well-being; and they are most often ineligible for medical<br>assistance and are generally unacceptable to private health insurance plans because of their<br>age.It is the intention of the legislative assembly in enacting this chapter to provide thenecessary counseling and guidance, job readiness training, and services for displaced<br>homemakers so that they may enjoy the independence and economic security vital to a<br>productive life and to improve the health and welfare of this ever-growing group of citizens.14-06.1-02. Definitions.1."Department" means the department of public instruction.2."Displaced homemaker" means an individual who:a.Has worked in the individual's home providing unpaid services for household<br>members;b.Has been or is unemployed or underemployed;c.Has had or will have difficulty finding employment; andd.(1)Is widowed, divorced, separated, or abandoned; or(2)Because of the disability of the individual's spouse, is displaced from the<br>individual's former economically dependent role.3."Superintendent" means the superintendent of public instruction.14-06.1-03. Grants - Design and staff. The superintendent is authorized to enter intocontracts with and make grants to nonprofit agencies or organizations to carry out the programs,<br>as enumerated in sections 14-06.1-06, 14-06.1-07, 14-06.1-08, 14-06.1-09, and 14-06.1-10.<br>Service centers must be designed and staffed as follows:1.Theservicecentersshallprovidepersonalandemploymentcounseling;interpersonal skill building; job readiness, job search, and employability training;<br>information and community referral services; and appropriate public information and<br>community education.2.Each center must be organized to include an outreach component capable of<br>delivering the full range of services to groups of displaced homemakers in rural<br>communities.Page No. 13.Counseling services must be delivered via individual, task-oriented group, and peer<br>support methods. Counseling and guidance must be provided by qualified staff.4.To the greatest extent possible, the staffing of the service centers, including<br>supervisory, technical, and administrative positions, must be by qualified displaced<br>homemakers and others trained to meet the unique needs of displaced<br>homemakers.14-06.1-04. Sources of funding and in-kind contributions. The superintendent shallexplore all possible sources of funding and in-kind contributions from federal, state, local, and<br>private sources in establishing displaced homemaker services.14-06.1-05. Job counseling program - Design - Emphasis. The service centers shallhave a job counseling program for displaced homemakers. Job counseling must be specifically<br>designed for the person reentering the job market after a number of years as a homemaker. The<br>counseling shall take into account and build upon the skills and experiences of a homemaker.<br>Peer counseling and job readiness, as well as skill updating and development, must be<br>emphasized.14-06.1-06. Job training program - Development - Stipend for trainees. The servicecenters shall have job readiness training programs for displaced homemakers. The department<br>may contract or enter into cooperative agreements, or both, with local, state, and federal<br>government agencies, and private employers to develop training programs, or to utilize existing<br>training programs, for available jobs in the public and private sectors for the purpose of promoting<br>self-sufficiency. The job training program may provide a stipend for trainees.14-06.1-07. Program goals. Each of the service centers shall develop a goal to serve astated number of urban and rural displaced homemakers. In addition, the service centers shall<br>develop plans for including displaced homemakers in existing job training and placement<br>programs offered by job service, colleges, career and technical education, or other suitable<br>agencies.14-06.1-08.Assistance in finding permanent employment for trainee.Servicecenters are responsible for assisting in preparing the trainee for employment.Thesuperintendent shall work in cooperation with the appropriate agencies.14-06.1-09. Service programs. The service centers shall, in cooperation with otherexisting service programs, ensure that displaced homemakers receive information and referral<br>services which include:1.A health counseling and referral clinic based on principles of preventive health care<br>and consumer health education.2.Money management courses, including information and assistance in dealing with<br>insurance programs (life, health, home, and automobile), taxes, mortgages, loans,<br>and probate problems.3.Information about other assistance programs, including concrete information and<br>assistancewithsupplementalsecurityincome,socialsecurity,veteransadministration benefits, welfare, food stamps, housing, unemployment insurance,<br>medical assistance, and educational financial assistance.4.Educational programs, including courses offered for credit through universities,<br>colleges, or career and technical education training programs, or leading toward a<br>high school equivalency degree. These courses must be designed to supplement<br>the usual academic course offerings with classes geared toward older persons to<br>improve their self-image and abilities.Page No. 214-06.1-10. Regulations - Eligibility for programs - Level of stipends - Sliding feescale for service programs. The superintendent shall cooperatively establish eligibility<br>requirements with appropriate agencies in accordance with local, state, and federal program<br>regulations to interpret the eligibility of persons for the job readiness training and other programs<br>of the service centers, to establish the level of stipends for the job training programs described in<br>section 14-06.1-06, to establish a sliding fee scale for the service programs described in sections<br>14-06.1-03 and 14-06.1-09, and to handle other matters as the superintendent deems necessary.<br>Any interpretation of eligibility for services should have as first priority the service of displaced<br>homemakers, as identified in section 14-06.1-02.14-06.1-11. Delegation of authority. The superintendent may delegate any or all of theauthority granted by this chapter as the superintendent deems appropriate.14-06.1-12.Citizen advisory structure - Reimbursement of members.Thesuperintendent shall establish an advisory body to the department which shall consist of one<br>citizen member representing each planning region of the state and two citizen members to be<br>selected at large. Membership may represent displaced homemakers, local service providers,<br>appropriate agencies, employers, educators, and the general public. The advisory body shall<br>provide public information and community education regarding the program and appropriate<br>recommendations to the superintendent regarding the planning, operation, and evaluation of the<br>activities mandated by this chapter. This body shall annually provide written evaluation of the<br>program to the superintendent who will provide this evaluation to the legislative assembly each<br>biennium in addition to the evaluation required in accordance with section 14-06.1-13. Advisory<br>body members are entitled to be reimbursed for mileage and travel as specified in section<br>54-06-09 and expenses as specified in section 44-08-04 for attendance at advisory body<br>meetings.14-06.1-13. Program evaluation. The superintendent, in cooperation with the advisorybody, the administrator of each center, and with appropriate heads of nonprofit agencies or<br>organizations carrying out the programs, shall by January 30, 1985, prepare and furnish to the<br>legislative assembly an evaluation report of all activities conducted pursuant to this mandate.<br>Subsequent evaluations must be provided in like fashion each biennium.14-06.1-14. Displaced homemaker account - Creation. There is hereby created in thedepartment a displaced homemaker's account. The superintendent may apply for and accept<br>any funds, grants, gifts, or services made available for displaced homemakers by any agency or<br>department of the federal government or any private agency or individual. The funds, grants,<br>gifts, dissolution of marriage fee assessments, or moneys received from services received<br>pursuant to this section must be placed in the displaced homemaker account and may be spent<br>within the limits of legislative appropriations.14-06.1-15. Petition for dissolution of marriage, annulment, or separation - Feeassessment. Repealed by S.L. 1995, ch. 2, </p>
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