1997 Minnesota Statutes

     256.739 Grant diversion. 

    (a) County agencies may, according to section 256.736, 
 subdivision 10, develop grant diversion programs that permit 
 voluntary participation by AFDC recipients.  A county agency 
 that chooses to provide grant diversion as one of its optional 
 employment and training services may divert to an employer part 
 or all of the AFDC payment for the participant's assistance 
 unit, in compliance with federal regulations and laws.  Such 
 payments to an employer are to subsidize employment for AFDC 
 recipients as an alternative to public assistance payments. 

    (b) County agencies shall limit the length of training to 
 nine months.  Placement in a grant diversion training position 
 with an employer is for the purpose of training and employment 
 with the same employer, who has agreed to retain the person upon 
 satisfactory completion of training.  

    (c) Placement of any recipient in a grant diversion 
 subsidized training position must be compatible with the 
 assessment and employability development plan established for 
 the recipient under section 256.736, subdivision 10, paragraph 
 (a), clauses (14) and (15).  

    (d) No grant diversion participant may be assigned to fill 
 any established, unfilled position vacancy with an employer. 

    (e) In addition to diverting the AFDC grant to the 
 employer, employment and training block grant funds may be used 
 to subsidize the grant diversion placement. 

    HIST: 1990 c 568 art 4 s 18