1997 Minnesota Statutes

     268.86 Employment and training programs. 

    Subdivision 1. Repealed, 1987 c 403 art 3 s 98 

    Subd. 2.    Interagency agreements.  By October 1, 1987, 
 the commissioner and the commissioner of human services shall 
 enter into a written contract for the design, delivery, and 
 administration of employment and training services for 
 applicants for or recipients of food stamps, aid to families 
 with dependent children or Minnesota family investment 
 program-statewide, including AFDC and MFIP-S employment and 
 training programs and general assistance.  The contract must 
 address: 

    (1) specific roles and responsibilities of each department; 

    (2) assignment and supervision of staff for interagency 
 activities including any necessary interagency employee mobility 
 agreements under the administrative procedures of the department 
 of employee relations; 

    (3) mechanisms for determining the conditions under which 
 individuals participate in services, their rights and 
 responsibilities while participating, and the standards by which 
 the services must be administered; 

    (4) procedures for providing technical assistance to local 
 service units, Indian tribes, and employment and training 
 service providers; 

    (5) access to appropriate staff for ongoing development and 
 interpretation of policy, rules, and program standards; 

    (6) procedures for reimbursing appropriate agencies for 
 administrative expenses; and 

    (7) procedures for accessing available federal funds. 

    Subd. 3. Repealed, 1987 c 403 art 3 s 98 

    Subd. 4. Repealed, 1987 c 403 art 3 s 98 

    Subd. 5. Repealed, 1987 c 403 art 3 s 98 

    Subd. 6.    Coordination.  In developing employment and 
 training services, the commissioner shall identify and 
 incorporate, to the extent possible, money from both federal and 
 state income maintenance, employment and training, and 
 educational programs. 

    Subd. 7. Repealed, 1989 c 282 art 5 s 133 

    Subd. 8.    Grant diversion.  The commissioner shall 
 develop grant diversion processes for recipients of general 
 assistance and work readiness assistance payments and shall 
 supervise the counties in the administration of the employment 
 and training services to meet the needs and circumstances of 
 these recipients.  A grant diversion program that places general 
 assistance and work readiness recipients in public sector 
 employment must operate as a community investment program under 
 section 268.90.  

    Subd. 9. Repealed, 1990 c 568 art 4 s 85 

    Subd. 10.    Inventory, referral, and intake services.  
 The commissioner of economic security, in cooperation with the 
 commissioner of human services, shall develop an inventory, 
 referral, and intake system.  The system must provide for 
 coordinated delivery of employment and training and income 
 maintenance support services, efficient client referral among 
 programs and services, reduction of duplicate data collection, 
 coordinated program intake by local agencies, and effective 
 evaluation of employment and training services.  The system 
 must, at a minimum, include the following: 

    (1) a listing of all available public and private 
 employment and training services, income maintenance and support 
 services, and vocationally directed education and training 
 programs; 

    (2) the capability to assess client needs and match those 
 needs with employment opportunities, education and training 
 programs, and employment and training and income maintenance and 
 support services, and to refer the client to the appropriate 
 employer, educational institution, or service provider; 

    (3) a coordinated intake procedure for employment and 
 training services, and income maintenance and support services; 

    (4) access to a statewide database for client tracking and 
 program evaluation; and 

    (5) internal security measures to protect private data from 
 unauthorized access. 

    In developing the system, the commissioner shall consult 
 with the public post-secondary educational systems, local 
 agencies, employment and training service providers, and client 
 and employer representatives.  The system must be available in 
 each local agency or service provider delivering programs 
 administered by the commissioner of economic security or the 
 commissioner of human services.  Access by intake workers, state 
 agency personnel, clients, and any other system users to 
 information contained in the system must conform with all 
 applicable federal and state data privacy requirements.  

    HIST: 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 66; 1987 c 403 art 3 s 53; 1988 c 
 689 art 2 s 222; 1989 c 282 art 5 s 125; 1990 c 568 art 4 s 
 72,73; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1997 c 85 art 4 s 30