71-5-1201 - Establishment.

71-5-1201. Establishment.

The commissioner of human services shall appoint a group of citizens in each county of the state to be known as the families first council, whose duty it shall be to assist persons on the temporary assistance program under chapter 3 of this title, in their county to move from public assistance to self-sufficiency. The council shall also provide business and industry with information regarding the program and shall seek feedback regarding operation of the program.

[Acts 1996, ch. 950, § 27.]