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     256J.69 Grant diversion. 

    Subdivision 1.    Establishing the grant diversion 
 program.  (a) County agencies may develop grant diversion 
 programs for MFIP participants participating in employment and 
 training services.  A county agency that chooses to provide 
 grant diversion may divert to an employer part or all of the 
 MFIP cash payment for the participant's assistance unit, in 
 compliance with federal regulations and laws.  Such payments to 
 an employer are to subsidize employment for MFIP participants as 
 an alternative to public assistance payments. 

    (b) In addition to diverting the MFIP grant to the 
 employer, employment and training funds may be used to subsidize 
 the grant diversion placement. 

    (c) Participants in grant diversion shall be compensated by 
 the employer at the same rates, including periodic increases, as 
 similarly situated employees or trainees and in accordance with 
 applicable law, but in no event less than the federal or 
 applicable state minimum wage, whichever is higher. 

    Subd. 2.    Training and placement.  (a) County agencies 
 shall limit the length of training to nine months.  Placement in 
 a grant diversion training position with an employer is for the 
 purpose of training and employment with the same employer who 
 has agreed to retain the person upon satisfactory completion of 
 training. 

    (b) Placement of any participant in a grant diversion 
 subsidized training position must be compatible with the 
 assessment and employment plan or employability development plan 
 established for the recipient under section 256J.521. 

    HIST: 1997 c 85 art 1 s 56; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 10 s 66; 1Sp2003 c 
 14 art 1 s 97 

Copyright 2005 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.