2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 208 Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and General Relief
208.700. Title--definitions.

208.700. 1. Sections 208.700 to 208.720 shall be known and may be cited as the "Welfare to Work Protection Act".

2. For purposes of sections 208.700 to 208.720, the following terms shall mean:

(1) "Department", the department of social services;

(2) "Direct placement program", any program in which an office of the department has a prearranged agreement with a specific employer or employers to supply such employer or employers with applicants;

(3) "Employer", an employer that operates the site where a public assistance recipient is employed or placed, and shall not mean any placement agency or temporary help service firm;

(4) "Supplemental wage assistance employment position", any position in which the state of Missouri, through the department or any of its divisions, reimburses the employer for a portion of the wages of such position as an incentive to an employer for hiring designated individuals;

(5) "TANF benefits", temporary assistance for needy families benefits provided pursuant to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, as amended;

(6) "Work first program", a program in the department of social services implementing the provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, as amended. The work first program is not a relief or work training program for purposes of subsection 9 of section 288.034, RSMo.

(L. 1999 S.B. 387, et al. § 4)