Relating to welfare reform

ARTICLE 1 - FINDINGS

Providing legislative findings regarding low-income people

ARTICLE 2 - CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE CONSOLIDATION

Requiring the commissioner of human services to use federal money to expand child care services; modifying eligibility from the basic sliding fee program to child care assistance program for persons in an employment plan or during education; modifying the subsidy restrictions; requiring the state obligation for the child care assistance program to be included in the department of management and budget (MMB) forecast; specifying revisor instructions; repealing child care programs transition year families and extension families, the basic sliding fee program, the Minnesota family investment program (MFIP) child care assistance program, use of money, financial eligibility priorities and allocations, and county contribution maintenance of effort

ARTICLE 3 - WORKING FAMILY TAX CREDIT

Establishing a standard allowed credit; repealing the Minnesota working family credit inflation adjustment

ARTICLE 4 - MINIMUM WAGE

Increasing the minimum wage and specifying a minimum wage for large employers and a minimum wage for small employers and requiring an inflation index

ARTICLE 5 - MINNESOTA EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT

"Minnesota Emergency Employment Development (MEED) Act of 2013"; defining terms; requiring the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) to enter into workforce service area contracts, providing allocation of funds among workforce service areas and priorities; specifying fund use, employment administrator powers and duties, and eligible employment; establishing the emergency employment development account and providing for account termination; prohibiting worker displacement; appropriating money to DEED
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