2006 Minnesota Statutes

256D.055 COUNTY DESIGN; WORK FOCUSED PROGRAM.
The commissioner of human services shall issue a request for proposals from counties to
submit a plan for developing and implementing a county-designed program. The plan shall
be for first-time applicants for the Minnesota family investment program and must emphasize
the importance of becoming employed and oriented into the work force in order to become
self-sufficient. The plan must target public assistance applicants who are most likely to become
self-sufficient quickly with short-term assistance or services such as child care, child support
enforcement, or employment and training services.
The plan may include vendor payments, mandatory job search, refocusing existing county or
provider efforts, or other program features. The commissioner may approve a county plan which
allows a county to use other program funding for the county work focus program in a more
flexible manner. Nothing in this section shall allow payments made to the public assistance
applicant to be less than the amount the applicant would have received if the program had not
been implemented, or reduce or eliminate a category of eligible participants from the program
without legislative approval.
If the plan is approved by the commissioner, the county may implement the plan.
History: 1995 c 178 art 2 s 32; 1996 c 465 art 3 s 35; 1997 c 85 art 3 s 41; 1999 c 159 s 62