2001 Minnesota Statutes

     256J.55 Participant requirements, rights, and 
  expectations. 

    Subdivision 1.    Compliance with job search or employment 
 plan; suitable employment.  (a) Each MFIP-S participant must 
 comply with the terms of the participant's job search support 
 plan or employment plan.  When the participant has completed the 
 steps listed in the employment plan, the participant must comply 
 with section 256J.53, subdivision 5, if applicable, and then the 
 participant must not refuse any offer of suitable employment.  
 The participant may choose to accept an offer of suitable 
 employment before the participant has completed the steps of the 
 employment plan. 

    (b) For a participant under the age of 20 who is without a 
 high school diploma or general educational development diploma, 
 the requirement to comply with the terms of the employment plan 
 means the participant must meet the requirements of section 
 256J.54. 

    (c) Failure to develop or comply with a job search support 
 plan or an employment plan, or quitting suitable employment 
 without good cause, shall result in the imposition of a sanction 
 as specified in sections 256J.46 and 256J.57. 

    Subd. 2.    Duty to report.  The participant must inform 
 the job counselor within three working days regarding any 
 changes related to the participant's employment status. 

    Subd. 3.    Move to a different county.  MFIP-S 
 applicants or recipients who move to a different county in 
 Minnesota and are required to participate in employment and 
 training services are subject to the requirements of the 
 destination county.  An employment plan that was developed in 
 the county of origin may be continued in the destination county 
 if both the destination county and the participant agree to do 
 so. 

    Subd. 4.    Choice of provider.  MFIP caregivers must be 
 able to choose from at least two employment and training service 
 providers, unless the county has demonstrated to the 
 commissioner that the provision of multiple employment and 
 training service providers would result in financial hardship 
 for the county, or the county is utilizing a workforce center as 
 specified in section 256J.50, subdivision 8.  Both parents in a 
 two-parent family must choose the same employment and training 
 service provider unless a special need, such as bilingual 
 services, is identified but not available through one service 
 provider. 

    Subd. 5.    Option to utilize existing plan.  With job 
 counselor approval, if a participant is already complying with a 
 job search support or employment plan that was developed for a 
 different program or is already involved in education or 
 training activities, the participant may continue that plan or 
 activity if the plan meets, or is modified to meet, the 
 requirements of sections 256J.52 to 256J.57, and if the 
 participant is concurrently employed and the combination of the 
 hours spent in education or training and employment meets the 
 hourly participation requirements.  The participant is not 
 required to be employed if the number of hours per week the 
 participant is in education or training meets the hourly work 
 participation requirements. 

    HIST: 1997 c 85 art 1 s 46; 1998 c 407 art 6 s 102; 1999 c 245 
 art 6 s 69