2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 17b-688c. Employment services program for recipients of TANF established. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-688c. Employment services program for recipients of TANF established. Regulations. (a) The Department of Social Services shall administer, in accordance with sections 17b-688h and 17b-688i, an employment services program for the
purpose of providing employment services to recipients of benefits under the temporary
assistance for needy families program pursuant to Title IV-A of the Social Security
Act. Said program shall include the provision of employment services to recipients of
temporary family assistance that will enable them to become employed and independent
of cash assistance within twenty-one months of receipt of temporary family assistance.
(c) The Department of Social Services shall not enter into or renew any contractual obligations for the employment services program that extend beyond June 30, 1998. Within fifteen days after execution of such contractual obligations, the Department of Social Services shall send to the Labor Department a copy of such contracts for the information of the Labor Department.
(d) The Commissioner of Social Services shall implement policies and procedures necessary to carry out the purposes of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided notice is published in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of implementation of such policies and procedures. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 120, 165; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131; P.A. 04-258, S. 13; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 35.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 designated existing provisions re employment services program administration and inclusion as Subsec. (a), adding references to Secs. 17b-688h and 17b-688i therein, added Subsec. (b) re reduction and termination of benefits, designated existing provisions re contractual obligations as Subsec. (c), and designated provisions re policies and procedures as Subsec. (d), making a technical change therein; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 but without affecting this section; P.A. 04-258 amended Subsec. (b) to require that a temporary family assistance applicant, not exempt from participation in the employment services program, must attend an initial scheduled employment services assessment interview and participate in the development of an employment services plan prior to such applicant being granted assistance, to provide that assistance is not to be denied in cases where Department of Social Services schedules the initial employment services assessment more than ten business days after the date of application or in cases where the Labor Department does not complete an employment services plan for the benefit of the applicant within ten business days of the date on which the applicant attends an employment services assessment interview, and to provide that Department of Social Services shall refer applicants denied temporary family assistance, who may be in need of emergency benefits, to other services offered by department or community services that may be available, effective July 1, 2004; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute that Department of Social Services shall not "delay" temporary family assistance in place of "deny" such assistance in cases where employment services program requirements are not scheduled or completed within specified time periods, effective July 1, 2004.
See Sec. 17b-112 re temporary family assistance program.
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