2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17b - Social Services
Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance
Section 17b-112j - Jobs First program. Modification of approved work activities.

Not more than sixty days after June 8, 2010, the Department of Social Services, within available appropriations and to the extent permitted by federal law, shall establish and implement a procedure for the following modification in the temporary assistance for needy families program whenever the state unemployment rate, as reported by the Labor Commissioner, is eight per cent or greater for the preceding three months. The Jobs First program shall permit and encourage parents to pursue education and training and shall approve, as work activities, two and four-year degree programs. A recipient shall be eligible for assistance under this modification for at least six months even if the state unemployment rate for subsequent quarters is not eight per cent or greater. The department may seek federal support to pay for such modifications through funds provided from the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Fund.

(P.A. 10-133, S. 8; P.A. 11-25, S. 8.)

History: P.A. 10-133 effective June 8, 2010; P.A. 11-25 made a technical change.

See Sec. 4-165c re immunity of the state and its officials, employees and agents.