2002 Minnesota Statutes

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

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

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1999 c 245 art 6 s 89 

    Subd. 2a.    Caseload-based funds allocation.  Effective 
 for state fiscal year 2000, and for all subsequent years, money 
 shall be allocated to counties and eligible tribal providers 
 based on their average number of MFIP cases as a proportion of 
 the statewide total number of MFIP cases:  

    (1) the average number of cases must be based upon counts 
 of MFIP or tribal TANF cases as of March 31, June 30, September 
 30, and December 31 of the previous calendar year, less the 
 number of child only cases and cases where all the caregivers 
 are age 60 or over.  Two-parent cases, with the exception of 
 those with a caregiver age 60 or over, will be multiplied by a 
 factor of two; 

    (2) the MFIP or tribal TANF case count for each eligible 
 tribal provider shall be based upon the number of MFIP or tribal 
 TANF cases who are enrolled in, or are eligible for enrollment 
 in the tribe; and the case must be an active MFIP case; and the 
 case members must reside within the tribal program's service 
 delivery area; and 

    (3) MFIP or tribal TANF cases counted for determining 
 allocations to tribal providers shall be removed from the case 
 counts of the respective counties where they reside to prevent 
 duplicate counts. 

    Subd. 3. Repealed, 1999 c 245 art 6 s 89 

    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. Repealed, 1999 c 159 s 154; 1999 c 245 art 6 s 
 89 

    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 based on the county's proportion of the total 
 statewide number of MFIP refugee cases in the previous fiscal 
 year.  Counties with less than one percent of the statewide 
 number of MFIP 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 based on the county's proportion of the total 
 statewide number of 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 MFIP 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 
 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 participant, the county may continue to provide 
 case management, counseling, or other support services to a 
 participant: 

    (a) who has achieved the employment goal; or 

    (b) who under section 256J.42 is no longer eligible to 
 receive MFIP. 

    These services may be provided for up to 12 months 
 following termination of the participant's eligibility for MFIP. 

    HIST: 1997 c 85 art 1 s 50; 1999 c 159 s 90-92; 1999 c 245 art 
 6 s 72-77; 2000 c 260 s 97; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 10 s 48,49; 2002 c 
 379 art 1 s 113