35A-3-114 - Programs for displaced homemakers.
35A-3-114. Programs for displaced homemakers.
(1) For purposes of this section, "displaced homemaker" means an individual:
(a) who has been a homemaker for a period of eight or more years without significantgainful employment outside the home;
(b) whose primary occupation during the period of time described in Subsection (1)(a)was the provision of unpaid household services for family members;
(c) who has found it necessary to enter the job market;
(d) who is not reasonably capable of obtaining employment sufficient to provideself-support or necessary support for dependents, due to a lack of marketable job skills or otherskills necessary for self-sufficiency; and
(e) who has depended on:
(i) the income of a family member and lost that income; or
(ii) governmental assistance as the parent of dependent children and is no longer eligiblefor that assistance.
(2) The department shall establish, in cooperation with state and local governmentalagencies, community-based organizations, and private employers, a program for the education,training, and transitional counseling of displaced homemakers, which includes referral servicesand the following services:
(a) employment and skills training, career counseling, and placement servicesspecifically designed to address the needs of displaced homemakers;
(b) assistance in obtaining access to existing public and private employment trainingprograms;
(c) educational services, including information on high school or college programs, orassistance in gaining access to existing educational programs;
(d) health education and counseling, or assistance in gaining access to existing healtheducation and counseling services;
(e) financial management services which provide information on insurance, taxes, estateand probate matters, mortgages, loans, and other financial issues; and
(f) prevocational self-esteem and assertiveness training.
(3) The department shall:
(a) (i) contract with existing governmental or private agencies or community-basedorganizations that have demonstrated effectiveness in serving displaced homemakers to provide aprogram for displaced homemakers in each county or group of counties, as the populationdemands; or
(ii) establish a program for displaced homemakers in that area;
(b) coordinate its program for displaced homemakers with existing state or federalprograms of a similar nature and, where possible, utilize existing physical resources;
(c) establish rules to implement this section, and may form an advisory committee forrecommendations on the establishment and improvement of a program for displacedhomemakers;
(d) encourage the placement of displaced homemakers in programs established under:
(i) the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; and
(ii) the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, 20 U.S.C.Section 2301, et seq.; and
(e) prepare an evaluation of its program for displaced homemakers, including the success
of placement of displaced homemakers in programs described in this section, and annuallysubmit a written report of that evaluation to the Legislature.
(4) Displaced homemakers may act as peer counselors in programs for displacedhomemakers.
(5) Funds received by the state under Section 17-16-21 shall be deposited as dedicatedcredits and used for the purposes of this section.
(6) The department shall establish procedures for payment and repayment, whenpossible, by clients to the department of the costs of services provided to displaced homemakersunder this section.
Amended by Chapter 391, 2010 General Session