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116L.88 LOCAL SERVICE UNIT PLANS.
(a) By April 15, 1999, and by April 15 of each second year thereafter, local service units
shall prepare and submit to the commissioner a plan that covers the next two state fiscal years.
At least 30 days prior to submission of the plan, the local service unit shall solicit comments
from the public on the contents of the proposed plan. The commissioner shall notify each local
service unit within 60 days of receipt of its plan that the plan has been approved or disapproved.
The plan must include:
(1) a statement of objectives for the employment and training services the local service
unit administers;
(2) the establishment of job placement and job retention goals, the establishment of public
assistance caseload reduction goals, and the strategies and programs that will be used to achieve
these goals;
(3) a statement of whether the goals from the preceding year were met and an explanation if
the local service unit failed to meet the goals;
(4) the amount proposed to be allocated to each employment and training service;
(5) the proposed types of employment and training services the local service unit plans
to utilize;
(6) a description of how the local service unit will use funds provided under chapter 256J
to meet the requirements of that chapter. The description must include what services will be
provided, per service expenditures, an estimate of how many employment and training slots the
local service unit will provide, how many dollars the local service unit will provide per slot per
provider, how many participants per slot, an estimate of the ratio of participants per job counselor,
and proposed uses for any residual funds not included in slot allocations to providers;
(7) a report on the use of wage subsidies, grant diversions, community investment programs,
and other services administered under this chapter;
(8) a performance review of the employment and training service providers delivering
employment and training services for the local service unit;
(9) a copy of any contract between the local service unit and an employment and training
service provider including expected outcomes and service levels for public assistance clients;
(10) a copy of any other agreements between educational institutions, family support
services, and child care providers; and
(11) a description of how the local service unit ensures compliance with section 256J.06,
requiring community involvement in the administration of MFIP.
(b) In counties with a city of the first class, the county and the city shall develop and submit a
joint plan. The plan may not be submitted until agreed to by both the city and the county. The plan
must provide for the direct allocation of employment and training money to the city and the county
unless waived by either. If the county and the city cannot concur on a plan, the commissioner
shall resolve their dispute. In counties in which a federally recognized Indian tribe is operating an
employment and training program under an agreement with the commissioner of human services,
the plan must provide that the county will coordinate its employment and training programs,
including developing a system for referrals, sanctions, and the provision of supporting services
such as access to child care funds and transportation with programs operated by the Indian tribe.
The plan may not be given final approval by the commissioner until the tribal unit and county
have submitted written agreement on these provisions in the plan. If the county and Indian tribe
cannot agree on these provisions, the local service unit shall notify the commissioner of economic
security and the commissioners of economic security and human services shall resolve the dispute.
(c) The commissioner may withhold the distribution of employment and training money
from a local service unit that does not submit a plan to the commissioner by the date set by this
section, and shall withhold the distribution of employment and training money from a local
service unit whose plan has been disapproved by the commissioner until an acceptable amended
plan has been submitted.
(d) Beginning April 15, 1992, and by April 15 of each second year thereafter, local service
units must prepare and submit to the commissioner an interim year plan update that deals with
performance in that state fiscal year and changes anticipated for the second year of the biennium.
The update must include information about employment and training programs addressed in the
local service unit's two-year plan and shall be completed in accordance with criteria established
by the commissioner.
History: 1Sp1985 c 14 art 9 s 69; 1987 c 403 art 2 s 144; art 3 s 58; 1989 c 282 art 5 s 127;
1990 c 568 art 4 s 77; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1998 c 407 art 6 s 110; 2001 c 79 s 7; 2004 c 206 s 52

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