2007 Minnesota Statutes

116L.871 LOCAL DELIVERY.
    Subdivision 1. Responsibility and certification. (a) Unless prohibited by federal law
or otherwise determined by state law, a local service unit is responsible for the delivery of
employment and training services. As of July 1, 1998, employment and training services may be
delivered by certified employment and training service providers.
(b) The local service unit's employment and training service provider must meet the
certification standards in this subdivision if the county requests that they be certified to deliver
any of the following employment and training services and programs: wage subsidies; general
assistance grant diversion; food stamp employment and training programs; community work
experience programs; and MFIP employment services.
(c) The commissioner shall certify a local service unit's service provider to provide these
employment and training services and programs if the commissioner determines that the provider
has:
(1) past experience in direct delivery of the programs specified in paragraph (b);
(2) staff capabilities and qualifications, including adequate staff to provide timely and
effective services to clients, and proven staff experience in providing specific services such as
assessments, career planning, job development, job placement, support services, and knowledge
of community services and educational resources;
(3) demonstrated effectiveness in providing services to public assistance recipients and
other economically disadvantaged clients; and
(4) demonstrated administrative capabilities, including adequate fiscal and accounting
procedures, financial management systems, participant data systems, and record retention
procedures.
(d) When the only service provider that meets the criterion in paragraph (c), clause (1), has
been decertified, according to subdivision 1a, in that local service unit, the following criteria shall
be substituted: past experience in direct delivery of multiple, coordinated, nonduplicative services,
including outreach, assessments, identification of client barriers, employability development
plans, and provision or referral to support services.
    Subd. 2. Decertification. (a) The department, on its own initiative, or at the request of the
local service unit, shall begin decertification processes for employment and training service
providers who:
(1) no longer meet one or more of the certification standards;
(2) are delivering services in a manner that does not comply with the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-193, or relevant state law
after corrective actions have been cited, technical assistance has been provided, and a reasonable
period of time for remedial action has been provided; or
(3) are not complying with other state and federal laws or policy which are necessary for
effective delivery of services.
(b) The initiating of decertification processes shall not result in decertification of the service
provider unless and until adequate fact-finding and investigation has been performed by the
department.
    Subd. 3. Enforcement. The local service units shall provide for the enforcement of
employment and training requirements for appropriate recipients of public assistance, and
must include provisions for enforcing the requirements in any contracts with providers under
subdivision 1.
History: 1Sp1985 c 9 art 2 s 103; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 67; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 143; art 3 s
55-57; 1989 c 282 art 5 s 126; 1990 c 568 art 4 s 74-76; 1993 c 306 s 17; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1997 c
85 art 4 s 31; 1999 c 159 s 123; 2001 c 79 s 5,6; 2004 c 206 s 52