PRINTER'S NO. 866
No. 808 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY BEBKO-JONES, CURRY, BARD, YEWCIC, MANN, SCRIMENTI,
STURLA, M. COHEN, WALKO, LEDERER, BISHOP, SHANER, LEVDANSKY,
SAINATO, WASHINGTON, VAN HORNE, KIRKLAND, BROWNE, CIVERA,
PETRONE, TRELLO, HALUSKA, JOSEPHS, DeWEESE, L. I. COHEN,
ROBINSON, GRUITZA, RAMOS, MELIO, STABACK, MICHLOVIC,
J. TAYLOR, VEON, HORSEY, STEELMAN, FRANKEL, YOUNGBLOOD,
WILLIAMS, BELARDI, THOMAS, OLIVER, MYERS, MUNDY, READSHAW,
ORIE, CAPPABIANCA, PETRARCA, WOJNAROSKI, BUXTON, TANGRETTI,
MANDERINO, DALEY, TRICH, CARN, DERMODY, LAUGHLIN, ROEBUCK,
RUFFING AND PRESTON, MARCH 10, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
MARCH 10, 1999
AN ACT
1 Establishing the Job Opportunities in Basic Services (JOBS)
2 Program; and providing for duties of Secretary of Public
3 Welfare, for eligibility for program, for compensation, for
4 supervisors, for prohibited activities, for annual report,
5 for local JOBS Program incubator, for regulations, for
6 expenditure of funds and for funding.
7 TABLE OF CONTENTS
8 Section 1. Short title.
9 Section 2. Declaration of policy.
10 Section 3. Definitions.
11 Section 4. JOBS Program established.
12 Section 5. Duties of secretary.
13 Section 6. JOBS projects.
14 Section 7. Eligibility for program.
15 Section 8. Compensation.
1 Section 9. Supervisors.
2 Section 10. Prohibited activities.
3 Section 11. Annual report.
4 Section 12. Local JOBS Program incubator.
5 Section 13. Regulations.
6 Section 14. Expenditure of funds.
7 Section 15. Funding.
8 Section 16. Effective date.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Short title.
12 This act shall be known and may be cited as the JOBS Program
13 Act.
14 Section 2. Declaration of policy.
15 (a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
16 follows:
17 (1) In the aftermath of welfare reform thousands of new
18 jobs will be needed in this Commonwealth in order to absorb
19 those who will be required to work or lose welfare benefits.
20 (2) Pennsylvania has lost 381,000 manufacturing jobs
21 since 1980. As a result, in many areas of this Commonwealth
22 there is a severe shortage of entry-level positions relative
23 to the number of people seeking work.
24 (3) Pennsylvanians have the work ethic and ability to
25 make Pennsylvania a national leader, a global competitor and
26 a job creator.
27 (4) Work force development is a process of education,
28 training, and development activities for increasing the
29 skills and knowledge of individuals so they can maximize
30 their employment opportunities, participate in productive
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1 work, and achieve their career potential.
2 (5) At the same time that many new entrants to the job
3 market will be seeking employment, many of this
4 Commonwealth's economically depressed communities are in need
5 of the labor that these job seekers can provide. Thus,
6 employment in public service activities can simultaneously
7 represent an investment both in human capital and in the
8 vitality of local communities.
9 (6) Many of those who will need to make the transition
10 from welfare to work face serious barriers to successful
11 employment, including lack of education, work experience,
12 affordable child care and transportation.
13 (7) The most successful welfare-to-work programs have
14 been those which combine real work experience with education
15 and training assistance that is appropriate for the
16 particular individual and is focused on developing job-
17 relevant skills.
18 (8) All sectors of the community, both in the private
19 and the public sector, have a responsibility to ensure that
20 those individuals attempting to leave the welfare rolls have
21 the opportunity to enter into the work force and to establish
22 economic independence.
23 (9) Welfare reform presents potential risks to existing
24 workers who face new competition from new job seekers leaving
25 welfare. These workers need protection to ensure that welfare
26 reform induces the creation of new jobs rather than
27 displacement of existing workers.
28 (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this act:
29 (1) To establish and operate a program of temporary,
30 public service employment as a transition to permanent
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1 employment in the private and public sector by entering into
2 performance-based contracts with State agencies,
3 municipalities, and community-based agencies to assist them
4 to create appropriate work opportunities and to enable
5 participants to make the transition from subsidized to
6 unsubsidized employment.
7 (2) To create 10,000 real jobs as an alternative to
8 welfare or workfare.
9 (3) To target such job creation to rural, suburban and
10 urban regions of this Commonwealth that are suffering from
11 shortages in entry-level jobs and to direct this employment
12 to the purpose of providing public service to communities and
13 individuals in need.
14 (4) To address barriers to employment through effective
15 assessment and appropriate support services, training and
16 case management.
17 (5) To protect existing workers from being displaced by
18 the jobs created by this act.
19 Section 3. Definitions.
20 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
21 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
22 context clearly indicates otherwise:
23 "Bona fide job opportunity." A job with:
24 (1) clearly defined work responsibilities;
25 (2) wages paid pursuant to the requirements of section
26 8;
27 (3) clearly defined reporting responsibilities;
28 (4) orientation and training necessary to effectively
29 perform the assigned work responsibilities;
30 (5) effective supervision by supervisors who have
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1 received orientation as to the supervisory needs of JOBS
2 program participants and guidance in the performance of the
3 work involved; and
4 (6) orientation as to advancement opportunities that are
5 available with the JOBS project employer, and in the type of
6 work in which the individual is involved, and information on
7 how to qualify for and apply for such opportunities.
8 "Case management." The provision of client-centered services
9 to participants to help them to succeed in the program. Such
10 assistance could include, for example, job or career counseling
11 or assistance in arranging appropriate training or child care.
12 "Community-based agency." A private, nonprofit organization
13 that is representative of a community or a significant segment
14 of a community that is engaged in meeting human, educational or
15 environmental community needs. The term includes community
16 development corporations, neighborhood groups and organizations,
17 union-related organizations and employer-related nonprofit
18 organizations, organizations operating career intern or literacy
19 programs, educational or religious institutions and other
20 nonprofit organizations.
21 "Department." The Department of Public Welfare of the
22 Commonwealth.
23 "JOBS Program" or "program." The Job Opportunities in Basic
24 Services Program established under this act.
25 "JOBS projects." Projects which involve either:
26 (1) The direct delivery of services to individual
27 children, elderly persons, persons with physical and
28 developmental disabilities or persons with low incomes, for
29 example, staffing soup kitchens, food cupboards, and meals-
30 on-wheels programs; providing companionship to the elderly,
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1 the institutionalized and the homebound and day care or
2 working in recreation programs.
3 (2) The promotion of neighborhood or community well-
4 being, for example, crime prevention, working in Neighborhood
5 Townwatch programs, removing graffiti or rehabilitating,
6 cleaning and sealing abandoned houses.
7 (3) The conservation, improvement or development of
8 natural resources or the enhancement, preservation or
9 maintenance of public lands, water or facilities, for
10 example, cleaning streams, playgrounds, neighborhoods and
11 roadways and improving State parks and hiking trails.
12 (4) Relief or reconstruction activities in the case of
13 emergencies or natural disasters.
14 (5) Other projects serving the public interest.
15 "Municipality." Any political subdivision or municipal or
16 local authority located within this Commonwealth.
17 "Participant." An individual who has been determined to be
18 eligible to participate in and who has commenced a work
19 assignment.
20 "Secretary." The Secretary of Public Welfare of the
21 Commonwealth.
22 "State agencies." A department, departmental administrative
23 board or commission, independent board or commission, agency or
24 other authority of the Commonwealth now existing or created. The
25 term includes the Senate, the House of Representatives and all
26 courts.
27 Section 4. JOBS Program established.
28 There is hereby established within the Department of Public
29 Welfare the Job Opportunities in Basic Services (JOBS) Program.
30 Section 5. Duties of secretary.
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1 The secretary shall:
2 (1) Appoint a director who shall act as the
3 administrative officer of the program. The director shall
4 employ staff necessary to implement the provisions of this
5 act.
6 (2) Review proposed JOBS projects submitted to the
7 department by State agencies, municipalities or community-
8 based agencies and approve projects that meet the
9 requirements of this act.
10 (3) Execute performance-based contracts or cooperative
11 agreements with those State agencies, municipalities or
12 community-based agencies that have had JOBS projects approved
13 containing any terms and conditions deemed necessary and
14 desirable for the provision of services to participants, such
15 as enrollment, ability assessment, education and training,
16 case management and job readiness, search and placement.
17 (4) Authorize utilization of the program for approved
18 JOBS projects in urban, suburban and rural areas as necessary
19 to carry out the provisions of this act.
20 (5) Authorize utilization of the program for emergency
21 projects within or outside this Commonwealth which shall
22 include, but not be limited to, natural disasters, fire
23 prevention and suppression and rescue of lost or injured
24 persons. Participation in emergency projects shall be
25 voluntary. Program participants shall receive adequate
26 training prior to participating in an emergency project.
27 (6) Apply for and accept grants or contributions of
28 funds from any public or private source, including the
29 acceptance of Federal funds appropriated by the General
30 Assembly.
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1 (7) Purchase, rent or otherwise acquire or obtain
2 personal property, supplies, instruments, tools, equipment or
3 conveniences necessary to complete JOBS projects or provide
4 training for program participants.
5 (8) Develop program guidelines or regulations as it
6 deems necessary to fairly and effectively administer this
7 act.
8 Section 6. JOBS projects.
9 (a) Job requirements.--
10 (1) The secretary shall ensure that each program
11 participant receives a bona fide job opportunity that is
12 comparable to full-time employment in the public or private
13 sector.
14 (2) The secretary shall ensure that each participant
15 receives an assessment of their employability skills and
16 abilities, including educational needs and prior work
17 experience, as well as the participant's needs regarding
18 child care and other supportive services. On the basis of
19 this assessment, and in consultation with the participant,
20 the participant shall be assigned to a JOBS project and shall
21 receive appropriate training and supportive services that are
22 designed to enable the participant to succeed in the program
23 and to assist the participant in developing new skills and
24 abilities.
25 (3) The secretary shall ensure that each participant
26 receives adequate and appropriate supervision; case
27 management; job search, readiness and placement assistance.
28 (4) The secretary shall establish a grievance procedure
29 for participants and for workers claiming to have been
30 displaced by participants.
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1 (b) Project criteria.--The secretary shall establish
2 criteria for JOBS projects so as to ensure that all participants
3 are engaged in activities that provide a valuable work
4 experience to the participant and produce a demonstrable public
5 benefit. The secretary shall seek and entertain proposals from
6 State agencies, municipalities or community-based agencies to
7 operate JOBS projects. JOBS projects shall be undertaken in
8 eligible urban, suburban and rural areas, in accordance with
9 subsection (c), and shall be selected on the basis of the
10 secretary's criteria.
11 (c) Geographic location of projects.--
12 (1) JOBS projects may be undertaken in any area of this
13 Commonwealth. Project slots shall be distributed among such
14 areas in proportion to county or regional statistics for
15 welfare caseloads, unemployment and poverty.
16 (2) The secretary shall to the extent possible assign
17 participants to projects that are within reasonable commuting
18 distance from participants' place of residence.
19 (d) Coordinated services.--Whenever available and
20 appropriate, adult education, job training and placement
21 services provided through other Federal, State and local-funded
22 programs such as the Job Training Partnership Act Program, the
23 Community Services Block Grant and the Job Centers shall be
24 coordinated with projects developed under this act to assist
25 eligible participants. Coordinated services may include, but are
26 not limited to, job placement assistance, adult literacy
27 training, job search skills, job application skills and ability
28 assessments. Whenever possible, eligible participants without a
29 high school diploma shall receive coordinated services that
30 provide an opportunity to obtain an equivalent high school
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1 diploma.
2 (e) Labor standards.--
3 (1) Health and safety standards established under law,
4 otherwise applicable to working conditions of employees,
5 shall be equally applicable to working conditions of
6 participants. With respect to any participant who is engaged
7 in activities not covered under the Occupational Safety and
8 Health Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-596, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et
9 seq.) the participant shall not be required or permitted to
10 work, be trained, or receive services in buildings or
11 surroundings or under working conditions which are
12 unsanitary, hazardous or dangerous to the participant's
13 health or safety.
14 (2) Workers' compensation benefits shall be available
15 with respect to injuries suffered by participants under the
16 same standards applicable to other public and private
17 employees in this Commonwealth.
18 (3) No work assignment under this program shall result
19 in:
20 (i) displacement of a currently employed worker,
21 including partial displacement such as a reduction in the
22 hours of nonovertime work, wages or employment benefits,
23 or the filling of a vacant, established position;
24 (ii) assignment of a participant to a position when
25 another individual is on layoff from the same or an
26 equivalent position, when the employer has terminated the
27 employment of a regular employee or otherwise reduced its
28 work force with the effect of filling the vacancy so
29 created with a participant or without the prior approval
30 of the applicable labor union at a worksite employing
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1 union workers;
2 (iii) infringement of the promotional opportunities
3 of a currently employed individual; or
4 (iv) replacement of a striker or lockout worker.
5 Section 7. Eligibility for program.
6 (a) Criteria.--Persons participating in the JOBS Program
7 shall be men and women who are:
8 (1) Eighteen years of age or older.
9 (2) Residents of this Commonwealth.
10 (3) Registered with the local Job Center for employment.
11 (4) Physically and mentally capable of performing work.
12 (5) Able to provide assurance that they did not leave
13 school for the purpose of participating in the program.
14 (6) Receiving general assistance, Temporary Assistance
15 for Needy Families (TANF) or other public assistance
16 benefits. Persons whose public assistance benefits were
17 eliminated as a result of the amendatory act of June 16, 1994
18 (P.L.319, No.49), the amendatory act of June 30, 1995
19 (P.L.129, No.20) and the amendatory act of May 16, 1996
20 (P.L.175, No.35) or the Personal Responsibility and Work
21 Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193,
22 110 Stat. 2105) are also deemed to meet the eligibility
23 criteria of this paragraph; or individuals without any
24 income.
25 (b) Enrollment of participants.--The secretary shall
26 establish a system of referrals of potential applicants from
27 county assistance offices, job centers, private industry
28 councils, schools, municipalities and community-based agencies.
29 The secretary shall develop standards for classifying applicants
30 into various levels of eligibility based on individual skill and
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1 abilities, on the readiness, willingness and availability to
2 work, and on job availability measures. Not less than 60% of the
3 enrolled participants shall be individuals who are:
4 (1) basic skills deficient;
5 (2) lacking in a high school or equivalency diploma; or
6 (3) without significant prior work experience.
7 Section 8. Compensation.
8 (a) Term of enrollment.--Program participants shall be paid
9 the wages provided in subsection (b) beginning on the day their
10 work commences and continuing throughout their enrollment in the
11 program. Unless the participant obtains employment or leaves the
12 program for another reason, enrollment shall be for a period of
13 18 months. Participants shall receive appropriate counseling and
14 job placement assistance prior to the end of their enrollment
15 and shall, in accordance with rules established by the
16 secretary, receive paid leave for the purpose of interviewing
17 for jobs. With the approval of an individual participant, the
18 secretary may refer a participant who successfully completes the
19 program to private or public sector employers.
20 (b) Minimum wage.--Program participants shall receive an
21 hourly wage no less than 65% of the United States Department of
22 Labor Lower Living Standard Income Level (LLSIL) for a family of
23 three, as updated annually, most recently at 63 Federal Register
24 25086 (May 6, 1998) and established for Pennsylvania
25 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, but no less than $7 per
26 hour. In the event the prevailing wage at a worksite for an
27 employee performing the same job duties as a program participant
28 is greater than the applicable LLSIL, the employer shall pay the
29 program participant the wage difference. At the end of nine
30 months of employment in the JOBS program, participants shall
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1 receive a 10% increase in salary.
2 (c) Benefits.--Program participants shall be entitled to the
3 same paid holidays as other employees at their worksite.
4 Otherwise, they shall be entitled to paid Commonwealth holidays.
5 Program participants who obtain other employment prior to
6 completing their maximum enrollment in the program shall receive
7 a $500 empowerment credit which may be used only for the
8 purposes of continuing education and training, child care, car
9 expenses and other purposes directly related to maintaining
10 employment.
11 (d) Work hours.--Program participants shall be scheduled to
12 work the standard work hours of the State agency, municipality
13 or community-based agency where they are assigned, but in no
14 instance shall participants be scheduled to work more than 40
15 hours per week. Participants may request and shall be excused as
16 necessary for a minimum of six and a maximum of 12 hours per
17 week from scheduled work hours to participate in adult
18 education, job training and job readiness or placement services,
19 in accordance with the participant's assessment provided that
20 the participant must work at least 28 hours per week.
21 Participants shall be compensated as set forth in subsection (b)
22 while engaged in such adult education, job training or job
23 readiness or placement services. During the last month of a
24 participant's enrollment in the program, release time for
25 education or training may be used for job search.
26 (e) Health benefits.--Notwithstanding the provisions of the
27 act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Public
28 Welfare Code, program participants and their spouses and
29 dependent children shall be eligible for medical assistance
30 during their term of enrollment in the program if no other free
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1 health care insurance program is available. In the event a
2 participant successfully transitions into nonsubsidized
3 employment, the participant's dependent children will remain
4 eligible for medical assistance for an additional year if no
5 other free health care insurance program is available.
6 (f) Earned income tax credits.--The secretary shall ensure
7 that each program participant is specifically notified and
8 educated concerning the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit Program
9 (EITC) and is assisted in applying for reverse withholding
10 regarding the JOBS Program wages the participant is paid. The
11 secretary shall:
12 (1) Prepare an easily understandable information guide
13 geared to program participants explaining the operation of
14 the EITC and reverse withholding. The information guide shall
15 include, but not be limited to:
16 (i) eligibility for the EITC;
17 (ii) how to receive the EITC;
18 (iii) how to receive reverse withholding payments of
19 the EITC along with regular paychecks;
20 (iv) the effect of EITC on eligibility for public
21 assistance programs;
22 (v) negative effects, if any, of receiving reverse
23 withholding of EITC payments; and
24 (vi) where volunteer income tax assistance is
25 available, including, at a minimum, a central toll-free
26 telephone number for referrals to free tax assistance
27 sites.
28 (2) Ensure that approved JOBS sites distribute the
29 information guide.
30 (3) Ensure that approved JOBS sites shall notify program
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1 participants, whose wages are projected to be or have been
2 during the past year below the maximum income limit for EITC,
3 of their possible eligibility for EITC, at the time they
4 enroll in the program and annually between January 1 and 31.
5 (4) Ensure that approved JOBS sites provide and process
6 in accordance with Federal law the W-5 form for reverse
7 withholding of the EITC upon request of the employee.
8 (g) Child-care benefits.--Program participants who have
9 dependent children shall be provided with quality child care
10 that enables them to participate. Participants who would
11 otherwise be eligible for child-care assistance under a program
12 administered by the department shall receive the same benefits
13 under such program as other former welfare recipients or
14 qualified employed individuals.
15 (h) Other supportive services.--In accordance with standards
16 to be established by the secretary, the secretary may provide
17 financial assistance for the purpose of assisting a participant
18 regarding one-time, work-related expenses, for the sole purpose
19 of assisting the participant in beginning the participant's JOBS
20 project.
21 Section 9. Supervisors.
22 (a) Funding.--Funds available for this program may be used
23 to pay the wages of supervisors, as necessary and appropriate,
24 for the purpose of supervising program participants.
25 (b) Supervisors.--The secretary is authorized to approve the
26 hiring of supervisors where appropriate for a particular JOBS
27 project. Persons eligible to be hired as supervisors shall be
28 individuals who are otherwise eligible to be program
29 participants, capable of doing the work to be supervised and
30 qualified to perform supervising duties. Supervisors may be
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1 employed for a period that may exceed the 18-month limit
2 applicable to other program participants. Supervisors shall
3 receive an hourly wage that exceeds the hourly wage of other
4 program participants by 30%, and shall enjoy the same benefits
5 as other participants.
6 (c) Other supervisors.--Each JOBS project proposal submitted
7 to the program by a State agency, municipality or community-
8 based agency shall include a description of the supervision that
9 would be needed and the extent to which the agency is able or
10 unable to provide such supervision. The secretary is authorized
11 to subsidize professional supervision for projects sponsored by
12 community-based agencies where the project warrants such
13 expenditure and the sponsoring agency is financially unable to
14 afford the costs.
15 Section 10. Prohibited activities.
16 The secretary, in developing and approving projects, shall
17 assure that:
18 (1) In employment practices, no individual will be
19 discriminated against because of the individual's race,
20 color, religious creed, ancestry, sex, national origin, age
21 or non-job-related handicap or disability.
22 (2) No person shall make any payment to another person
23 as compensation for referring an individual as a potential
24 program participant.
25 (3) It shall be unlawful for anyone to demand from any
26 public officer, program participant or supervisor an
27 assessment or percentage of any money or profit, or its
28 equivalent in support, service or any other thing of value,
29 with the understanding, express or implied, that the same may
30 be used or shall be used for political purposes. Nothing
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1 contained in this act shall be construed to prohibit
2 voluntary contributions to a political committee or
3 organization for legitimate political and campaign purposes
4 to the extent such contributions are not prohibited by law.
5 Section 11. Annual report.
6 On October 1, 2000, and each year thereafter during the
7 program's existence, the secretary shall report to the Secretary
8 of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of
9 Representatives on the impact of the program in the preceding
10 fiscal year. All recipients of funds for approved projects shall
11 provide the information requested by the department for the
12 purposes of this report. The report shall include, but not be
13 limited to:
14 (1) Productivity measures by the type of project funded.
15 (2) The number of program participants enrolled.
16 (3) The average length of enrollment.
17 (4) The extent of job training provided to participants.
18 (5) The number of participants who find employment after
19 completion of the project.
20 (6) Estimated total dollar value of completed work
21 projects by type of project.
22 (7) Estimated potential revenue from projects completed
23 by program participants.
24 (8) Estimated savings by all levels of government as a
25 result of reductions in social service delivery and public
26 assistance benefits provided to or on behalf of JOBS Program
27 participants and their families during the period of their
28 participation in the program.
29 (9) Estimated tax revenues received by all levels of
30 government from participants during the period of their
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1 participation in the JOBS Program.
2 (10) Estimated EITC benefits received by program
3 participants during the period of their participation in the
4 JOBS Program.
5 (11) An analysis of the impact of program participation
6 on the overall welfare of participants and their families,
7 taking into consideration such factors as family income, the
8 attainment of new skills or education levels and other social
9 benefits as reported by participants.
10 (12) The amount of appropriated funds expended on
11 program administration.
12 (13) Appropriate data concerning entry-level job
13 vacancies.
14 Section 12. Local JOBS Program incubator.
15 In order to provide opportunities for local agencies to
16 create locally operated and funded local jobs programs, funds
17 may be authorized to support the development of new local jobs
18 programs consistent with the provisions of this act. Pending the
19 availability of funds, the department may enter into contingent
20 commitments with municipal governments to provide funding on a
21 reducing basis over a three-year period.
22 Section 13. Regulations.
23 The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to
24 carry out this act no later than January 1, 2000.
25 Section 14. Expenditure of funds.
26 (a) Administrative costs.--The secretary shall minimize to
27 the greatest extent possible the extent to which funds available
28 for this program are expended on anything other than participant
29 wages. The secretary shall establish guidelines for limiting
30 administrative costs, and, in the case of community-based
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1 agencies, may take into account the size and administrative
2 capabilities of the agencies in the guidelines.
3 (b) Municipalities and community-based agencies.--At least
4 50% of the funds available annually for the JOBS Program shall
5 be expended on JOBS projects sponsored by local or community-
6 based agencies.
7 (c) Use of funds.--For the 1999-2000 fiscal year and each
8 year thereafter, funds provided for this program shall be used
9 for the following:
10 (1) Program participant and supervisor wages and
11 authorized benefits.
12 (2) Contracted services for participants, such as
13 assessment, training, case management, job readiness and
14 placement and tools and supplies.
15 (3) Program and project administration and supervision.
16 (4) Site development and materials, except that the
17 secretary is authorized to reject any JOBS project that would
18 include an unreasonable level of expenditures for such items.
19 Section 15. Funding.
20 (a) Source of funds.--Funding for the JOBS Program shall be
21 provided, first, from funds appropriated to meet the State
22 Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) requirements under the Personal
23 Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
24 (Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105) for the Temporary
25 Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program; and, if these
26 funds should be insufficient to meet the objectives of this act,
27 from Federal funds received under the Personal Responsibility
28 and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act for the Temporary
29 Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Should these funds
30 be insufficient to meet the objectives of this act, the General
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1 Assembly will appropriate such additional funds as are
2 necessary.
3 (b) Additional funds.--The secretary shall seek waivers of
4 Title I through III of the Job Training Partnership Act (Public
5 Law 97-300, 29 U.S.C. § 1501 et seq.) authorized under the 1997
6 Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Bill (Public Law 104-208),
7 and of the Workforce Investment Act (Public Law 105-220)
8 authorized under section 192 of that act, in order to secure
9 additional funding that would maximize the education, training,
10 wages and benefits of participants.
11 Section 16. Effective date.
12 This act shall take effect July 1, 1999, or immediately,
13 whichever is later.
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