2000 Minnesota Statutes

     256J.751 County performance management. 

    (a) The commissioner shall report quarterly to all counties 
 each county's performance on the following measures: 

    (1) percent of MFIP caseload working in paid employment; 

    (2) percent of MFIP caseload receiving only the food 
 portion of assistance; 

    (3) number of MFIP cases that have left assistance; 

    (4) federal participation requirements as specified in 
 title 1 of Public Law Number 104-193; and 

    (5) median placement wage rate. 

    (b) The commissioner shall, in consultation with counties, 
 develop measures for county performance in addition to those in 
 paragraph (a).  In developing these measures, the commissioner 
 must consider: 

    (1) a measure for MFIP cases that leave assistance due to 
 employment; 

    (2) job retention after participants leave MFIP; and 

    (3) participant's earnings at a follow-up point after the 
 participant has left MFIP. 

    (c) If sanctions occur for failure to meet the performance 
 standards specified in title 1 of Public Law Number 104-193 of 
 the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996, 
 the state shall pay 88 percent of the sanction.  The remaining 
 12 percent of the sanction will be paid by the counties.  The 
 county portion of the sanction will be distributed across all 
 counties in proportion to each county's percentage of the MFIP 
 average monthly caseload during the period for which the 
 sanction was applied. 

    (d) If a county fails to meet the performance standards 
 specified in title 1 of Public Law Number 104-193 of the 
 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 for any 
 year, the commissioner shall work with counties to organize a 
 joint state-county technical assistance team to work with the 
 county.  The commissioner shall coordinate any technical 
 assistance with other departments and agencies including the 
 departments of economic security and children, families, and 
 learning as necessary to achieve the purpose of this paragraph. 

    HIST: 1999 c 245 art 6 s 80