1998 Minnesota Statutes

     256J.62 Allocation of county employment and training 
  services block grant. 

    Subdivision 1.    Allocation.  Money appropriated for 
 MFIP-S employment and training services must be allocated to 
 counties as specified in this section. 

    Subd. 2.    Guaranteed floor.  Money shall be allocated 
 to counties in an amount equal to the county's guaranteed floor. 
 The county's guaranteed allocation floor shall be calculated as 
 follows: 

    (1) for fiscal 1998, the guaranteed allocation floor shall 
 be calculated by multiplying the county's STRIDE allocation 
 received for state fiscal year 1997 by 90 percent; 

    (2) for each subsequent fiscal year, the guaranteed 
 allocation floor shall be calculated by multiplying the county's 
 MFIP-S employment and training services allocation received the 
 previous state fiscal year by 90 percent; and 

    (3) if the amount of funds available for allocation is less 
 than the amount allocated to all counties for the previous 
 fiscal year, each county's previous year allocation shall be 
 reduced in proportion to the reduction in statewide funding for 
 the purpose of establishing the guaranteed floor. 

    Subd. 3.    Allocation of balance of funds.  If there 
 remain funds to allocate after establishing each county's 
 guaranteed floor under the provisions in subdivision 2, the 
 balance of funds shall be allocated as follows: 

    (1) for state fiscal year 1998, the remaining funds shall 
 be allocated based on the county's average number of AFDC and 
 family general assistance cases as compared to the statewide 
 total number of cases.  The average number of cases shall be 
 based on counts of AFDC and family general assistance cases as 
 of March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of calendar 
 year 1996; 

    (2) for state fiscal year 1999, the remaining funds shall 
 be allocated based on the county's average number of AFDC, 
 family general assistance, MFIP-R, MFIP, and MFIP-S cases as 
 compared to the statewide total number of cases.  The average 
 number of cases shall be based on counts of AFDC, family general 
 assistance, MFIP-R, MFIP, and MFIP-S cases as of March 31, June 
 30, September 30, and December 31 of calendar year 1997; and 

    (3) for all subsequent state fiscal years, the remaining 
 funds shall be allocated based on the county's average number of 
 MFIP-S cases as compared to the statewide total number of 
 cases.  The average number of cases must be based on counts of 
 MFIP-S cases as of March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 
 31 of the previous calendar year. 

    Subd. 4.    Administrative activities limit.  No more 
 than 15 percent of the money allocated under this section may be 
 used for administrative activities. 

    Subd. 5.    STRIDE allocation.  Funds allocated for 
 STRIDE services for state fiscal year 1998 are allocated to 
 county agencies based on the provisions of statute in effect on 
 June 30, 1997.  At the time that the AFDC program is replaced by 
 the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program under title 
 I of Public Law Number 104-193 of the Personal Responsibility 
 and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, any unexpended 
 balance of a county's STRIDE allocation for that fiscal year 
 remains available to the county for operation of MFIP-S 
 employment and training services and for the operation of the 
 STRIDE program for the MFIP and MFIP-R field trial counties for 
 the balance of the fiscal year.  These STRIDE funds shall be 
 included in the calculation of the next year's MFIP-S employment 
 and training allocation under the provisions of subdivision 2. 

    Subd. 6.    Bilingual employment and training services to 
 refugees.  Funds appropriated to cover the costs of bilingual 
 employment and training services to refugees shall be allocated 
 to county agencies as follows: 

    (1) for state fiscal year 1998, the allocation shall be 
 based on the county's proportion of the total statewide number 
 of AFDC refugee cases in the previous fiscal year.  Counties 
 with less than one percent of the statewide number of AFDC, 
 MFIP-R, or MFIP refugee cases shall not receive an allocation of 
 bilingual employment and training services funds; and 

    (2) for each subsequent fiscal year, the allocation shall 
 be based on the county's proportion of the total statewide 
 number of MFIP-S refugee cases in the previous fiscal year.  
 Counties with less than one percent of the statewide number of 
 MFIP-S refugee cases shall not receive an allocation of 
 bilingual employment and training services funds. 

    Subd. 7.    Work literacy language programs.  Funds 
 appropriated to cover the costs of work literacy language 
 programs to non-English-speaking recipients shall be allocated 
 to county agencies as follows: 

    (1) for state fiscal year 1998, the allocation shall be 
 based on the county's proportion of the total statewide number 
 of AFDC or MFIP cases in the previous fiscal year where the lack 
 of English is a barrier to employment.  Counties with less than 
 two percent of the statewide number of AFDC or MFIP cases where 
 the lack of English is a barrier to employment shall not receive 
 an allocation of the work literacy language program funds; and 

    (2) for each subsequent fiscal year, the allocation shall 
 be based on the county's proportion of the total statewide 
 number of MFIP-S cases in the previous fiscal year where the 
 lack of English is a barrier to employment.  Counties with less 
 than two percent of the statewide number of MFIP-S cases where 
 the lack of English is a barrier to employment shall not receive 
 an allocation of the work literacy language program funds. 

    Subd. 8.    Reallocation.  The commissioner of human 
 services shall review county agency expenditures of MFIP-S 
 employment and training services funds at the end of the third 
 quarter of the first year of the biennium and each quarter after 
 that and may reallocate unencumbered or unexpended money 
 appropriated under this section to those county agencies that 
 can demonstrate a need for additional money. 

    Subd. 9.    Continuation of certain services.  At the 
 request of the caregiver, the county may continue to provide 
 case management, counseling or other support services to a 
 participant following the participant's achievement of the 
 employment goal, for up to six months following termination of 
 the participant's eligibility for MFIP-S. 

    A county may expend funds for a specific employment and 
 training service for the duration of that service to a 
 participant if the funds are obligated or expended prior to the 
 participant losing MFIP-S eligibility. 

    HIST: 1997 c 85 art 1 s 50