PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 9 PRINTER'S NO. 1810
No. 6 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY MICHLOVIC, MANDERINO, IRVIS, PIEVSKY, O'DONNELL,
F. TAYLOR, D. R. WRIGHT, ITKIN, DOMBROWSKI, CARN, VEON,
STEWART, LIVENGOOD, KUKOVICH, OLIVER, KOSINSKI, ACOSTA,
TRUMAN, ROEBUCK, FEE, STUBAN, SALOOM, COWELL, DeLUCA,
CAPPABIANCA, BALDWIN, SHOWERS, PRESTON, COHEN, FATTAH,
LINTON, WIGGINS, JOSEPHS, DEAL, GRUITZA, COLAFELLA, PISTELLA,
RUDY, FOX, WASS, BUNT, R. C. WRIGHT, COY, PRESSMANN, HARPER,
LESCOVITZ, MORRIS, FREEMAN, STEIGHNER AND LaGROTTA,
MARCH 18, 1987
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 10, 1987
AN ACT
1 Providing for a grant program for innovative job training
2 projects FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS; and establishing <--
3 requirements and criteria for such projects.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Short title. <--
7 This act shall be known and may be cited as the Innovative
8 Training Grant Act.
9 Section 2. Declaration of policy.
10 The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
11 (1) There is a critical need in this Commonwealth for
12 investment in our human capital to ensure that employers and
13 prospective employers are able to hire workers with suitable
14 skills and to ensure that Pennsylvania workers have access to
1 relevant job training, particularly those who have been
2 dislocated by plant closings and those who have not had the
3 opportunity for regular employment because of lack of
4 marketable skills.
5 (2) Existing State and Federal job training programs do
6 not meet the training needs for all workers in need of
7 training, nor do they meet the needs for all existing
8 businesses and potential businesses in this Commonwealth.
9 (3) A discretionary grant program for innovative
10 training projects not eligible for funding from other sources
11 is needed to develop successful training models to fill needs
12 not met by other programs and to conduct research.
13 Section 3. Use of funds.
14 (a) General rule.--Funds appropriated pursuant to this act
15 are to be allocated by the State Job Training Coordinating
16 Council established pursuant to section 122 of the Federal Job
17 Training Partnership Act (Public Law 97-300, 96 Stat. 1322) for
18 the establishment of pilot job training projects which meet the
19 criteria listed in subsection (b).
20 (b) Criteria.--Any public or private school, institution of
21 higher learning, business enterprise or nonprofit organization
22 may apply for funding under this act. In order to qualify for
23 funding, the proposed training project must meet the following
24 criteria:
25 (1) The project will test a new training model designed
26 for a particular group of workers or a particular type of job
27 and the project contains a research component to measure the
28 effectiveness of the program design.
29 (2) The project is determined by the State Job Training
30 Coordinating Council to be in the best economic interests of
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1 this Commonwealth.
2 (c) Priorities.--The State Job Training Coordinating Council
3 shall give priority in funding to the following projects:
4 (1) Projects which will provide job training for
5 disadvantaged workers, including recipients of public
6 assistance, dislocated workers, individuals who have been
7 unemployed for more than four months and displaced
8 homemakers.
9 (2) Projects located in areas of this Commonwealth with
10 an unemployment rate which is higher than the Statewide
11 average and areas of this Commonwealth where the proportion
12 of the employable population dependent on cash welfare
13 benefits is higher than the Statewide average.
14 (3) Projects which are innovative and have potential for
15 replication elsewhere in this Commonwealth.
16 (d) Review of project applications.--The State Job Training
17 Coordinating Council, when reviewing project applications,
18 should carefully consider all other available funding resources,
19 including, but not limited to, private sector funds, other State
20 or local agency funds, or funds made available under the Job
21 Training Partnership Act.
22 Section 4. Application procedure for grants.
23 The State Job Training Coordinating Council shall annually,
24 by September 1, establish application guidelines and forms,
25 which shall be promulgated in accordance with the procedures
26 established by the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.769, No.240),
27 referred to as the Commonwealth Documents Law.
28 Section 5. Data collection, reporting and dissemination of
29 research.
30 (a) Data collection and report.--The State Job Training
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1 Coordinating Council shall annually, by May 1, prepare a report
2 for the General Assembly containing the following:
3 (1) A list of projects funded under this act and the
4 amount of the grant awarded for each project.
5 (2) Job placement rates for participants in training
6 projects funded under this act.
7 (3) Job retention and promotion rates after six months,
8 one year and two years of each participant in training
9 projects.
10 (4) Training costs for each participant in the job
11 training projects funded under this act.
12 (b) Dissemination of information.--The State Job Training
13 Coordinating Council shall make available to all interested
14 parties information on the job training models funded under this
15 act, including the results of research conducted to test the
16 effectiveness of the job training model tested.
17 Section 6. Effective date.
18 This act shall take effect July 1, 1987.
19 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. <--
20 THIS ACT SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS THE JOINT
21 INITIATIVE DEMONSTRATION ACT.
22 SECTION 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY.
23 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:
24 (1) THERE IS A CRITICAL NEED IN THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR
25 INVESTMENT IN OUR HUMAN CAPITAL TO ENSURE THAT EMPLOYERS ARE
26 ABLE TO HIRE WORKERS WITH SUITABLE SKILLS AND TO ENSURE THAT
27 THE MOST DISADVANTAGED PENNSYLVANIA WORKERS HAVE ACCESS TO
28 RELEVANT JOB TRAINING.
29 (2) MANY INDIVIDUALS DEPENDENT ON PUBLIC WELFARE WOULD
30 LIKE TO WORK, BUT HAVE DIFFICULTY OBTAINING EMPLOYMENT
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1 ADEQUATE TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT DUE TO BARRIERS SUCH AS:
2 (I) LACK OF EDUCATION.
3 (II) LACK OF APPLICABLE OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS.
4 (III) LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD OF WORK.
5 (IV) LACK OF ADEQUATE SUPPORT SERVICES SUCH AS
6 TRANSPORTATION AND CHILD CARE.
7 (3) EXISTING STATE AND FEDERAL JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS DO
8 NOT MEET THE TRAINING NEEDS FOR ALL WORKERS IN NEED OF
9 TRAINING, NOR DO THEY MEET THE NEEDS FOR ALL BUSINESSES IN
10 THIS COMMONWEALTH.
11 (4) THE DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC WELFARE, LABOR AND
12 INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION HAVE SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND
13 RESOURCES WITH WHICH TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS TO ASSIST
14 INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS TO ATTAIN THE SKILLS NEEDED
15 FOR SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
16 (5) A DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAMS FOR INNOVATIVE
17 TRAINING PROJECTS IS NEEDED TO DEVELOP SUCCESSFUL TRAINING
18 MODELS TO FILL NEEDS NOT MET BY OTHER PROGRAMS AND TO CONDUCT
19 RESEARCH.
20 SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS.
21 THE FOLLOWING WORDS AND PHRASES WHEN USED IN THIS ACT SHALL
22 HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN THIS SECTION UNLESS THE
23 CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES OTHERWISE:
24 "ON-THE-JOB TRAINING." A PROGRAM IN WHICH THE TRAINING
25 NECESSARY TO PERFORM A JOB IS PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYER AFTER THE
26 EMPLOYEE IS HIRED AND DESIGNED FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT HAVE
27 TRAINING OR SPECIFIC WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THE JOB.
28 "SUPPORTED WORK." A PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE EMPLOYERS TO HIRE
29 INDIVIDUALS WITH LITTLE OR NO WORK HISTORY BY PROVIDING
30 COUNSELING AND ASSISTANCE TO ENSURE THEIR TRANSITION TO A FULLY
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1 FUNCTIONING EMPLOYMENT STATUS. SUCH COUNSELING IS PROVIDED AT
2 THE WORKSITE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. ASSISTANCE CAN TAKE THE
3 FORM OF HELPING THE INDIVIDUAL PERFORM THE JOB FOR A SHORT
4 PERIOD OF TIME IF DEEMED NECESSARY AND COULD INCLUDE A WAGE
5 SUBSIDY FOR THE EMPLOYER.
6 "TRANSITIONALLY NEEDY GENERAL ASSISTANCE RECIPIENT." A
7 PERSON CLASSIFIED AS TRANSITIONALLY NEEDY UNDER THE PROVISIONS
8 OF SECTION 432(3)(III) OF THE ACT OF JUNE 13, 1967 (P.L.31,
9 NO.21), KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC WELFARE CODE, INCLUDING THOSE WHO
10 HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR CASH ASSISTANCE.
11 "WORK EXPERIENCE." A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ENHANCE A
12 PARTICIPANT'S EMPLOYABILITY BY HELPING HIM DEVELOP GOOD WORK
13 HABITS AND BASIC SKILLS NEEDED FOR THE WORK ENVIRONMENT THROUGH
14 EMPLOYMENT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS. THE
15 PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEVER WORKED OR WHO
16 HAVE BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR A CONSIDERABLE LENGTH OF TIME.
17 SECTION 4. USE OF FUNDS.
18 FUNDS APPROPRIATED PURSUANT TO THIS ACT ARE TO BE USED FOR
19 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DEMONSTRATION JOB TRAINING PROJECTS FOR
20 WELFARE RECIPIENTS WHICH MEET THE CRITERIA LISTED IN SECTION 5.
21 ONLY PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCILS CREATED PURSUANT TO THE JOB
22 TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT OF 1983 (PUBLIC LAW 97-300, 96 STAT.
23 1322), MAY APPLY FOR FUNDING UNDER THIS ACT.
24 SECTION 5. PROJECT REQUIREMENTS.
25 IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR FUNDING, THE PROPOSED TRAINING
26 PROJECT MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
27 (1) THE PROJECT WILL COMBINE THE RESOURCES OF THE
28 DEPARTMENTS OF PUBLIC WELFARE, LABOR AND INDUSTRY AND
29 EDUCATION TO TEST NEW MODELS OF DELIVERY OF EMPLOYMENT,
30 TRAINING AND EDUCATION SERVICES TO PERSONS DEPENDENT ON
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1 PUBLIC WELFARE OR FOOD STAMPS WHO HAVE MULTIPLE BARRIERS TO
2 EMPLOYMENT.
3 (2) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS MUST PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE
4 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES TO PARTICIPANTS WHICH MEET
5 THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. EACH DEMONSTRATION PROJECT MUST
6 PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:
7 (I) ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
8 NEEDS AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDIVIDUALIZED EMPLOYMENT
9 PLAN AGREED TO BY THE PARTICIPANT.
10 (II) CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR PARTICIPANTS WHO
11 ARE NOT READY TO IMMEDIATELY ENTER EMPLOYMENT. CASE
12 MANAGEMENT WOULD INCLUDE OBTAINING NEEDED JOB TRAINING
13 SERVICES IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN AS WELL AS NECESSARY
14 SUPPORT SERVICES SUCH AS CHILD CARE, TRAINING,
15 TRANSPORTATION, AND THE PROVISION OF SUPPORTIVE
16 ASSISTANCE DURING TRAINING AND FOLLOW-UP.
17 (III) ADULT BASIC EDUCATION, ADULT DIPLOMA PROGRAMS,
18 PREPARATION FOR GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA AND ENGLISH
19 AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.
20 (IV) VOCATIONAL SKILLS, WORK EXPERIENCE, SUPPORTED
21 WORK OR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.
22 (V) JOB READINESS TRAINING, JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE,
23 JOB DEVELOPMENT AND JOB PLACEMENT SERVICES.
24 (VI) SUPPORT SERVICES, SUCH AS DAY CARE,
25 TRANSPORTATION AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, NEEDED TO ENSURE
26 SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO EMPLOYMENT.
27 (VII) PROJECTS SHOULD ENSURE THAT TRANSITIONALLY
28 NEEDY PERSONS RECEIVE SUPPORT PAYMENTS DURING TRAINING.
29 (3) IN ADDITION TO SERVICES LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (2),
30 EACH DEMONSTRATION PROJECT SHALL DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE
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1 SERVICE MODELS WHICH WILL COMBINE VOCATIONAL SKILLS, WORK
2 EXPERIENCE OR SUPPORTED WORK WITH SKILLS SPECIFIC LITERACY
3 TRAINING AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES NEEDED TO HELP THE MOST
4 EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS.
5 (4) CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, DETERMINATION OF
6 ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT OF 1983
7 (PUBLIC LAW 97-300, 96 STAT. 1322), AND REFERRAL TO OTHER JOB
8 TRAINING AND EDUCATION SERVICES WHEREVER POSSIBLE SHALL BE
9 PROVIDED AT THE COUNTY ASSISTANCE OFFICE. THE LOCAL OFFICE OF
10 EMPLOYMENT SECURITY SHALL LOCATE SPECIALIZED STAFF AT THE
11 DEMONSTRATION SITE TO PROVIDE JOB PLACEMENT SERVICES TO BOTH
12 THOSE WHO DO NOT REQUIRE MORE INTENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND
13 TRAINING SERVICES AND THOSE WHO HAVE COMPLETED TRAINING AND
14 ARE READY FOR JOB PLACEMENT.
15 (5) THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT MAY ALSO DEVELOP
16 SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS WHO FALL INTO ONE
17 OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING TARGET GROUPS:
18 (I) INDIVIDUALS WITH AN EDUCATION GRADE LEVEL UNDER
19 THE SIXTH GRADE.
20 (II) MOTHERS RECEIVING AID TO FAMILIES WITH
21 DEPENDENT CHILDREN WITH ONE OR MORE CHILDREN UNDER THE
22 AGE OF SIX.
23 (III) MOTHERS RECEIVING AID TO FAMILIES WITH
24 DEPENDENT CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN RECEIVING WELFARE
25 BENEFITS FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS.
26 (IV) HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.
27 (V) EX-OFFENDER/HALFWAY HOUSE CLIENTS.
28 (VI) INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED OR ARE
29 PARTICIPATING IN DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT PROGRAMS.
30 (VII) OTHER TARGET GROUPS WITH PARTICULAR NEEDS.
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1 (6) PROJECTS WHICH ARE INNOVATIVE AND HAVE POTENTIAL FOR
2 REPLICATION ELSEWHERE IN THIS COMMONWEALTH.
3 SECTION 6. REVIEW OF PROJECT APPLICATIONS.
4 THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, IN COOPERATION WITH THE
5 DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION, SHALL GIVE
6 SPECIAL CONSIDERATION TO PROJECTS WHICH CAN DEMONSTRATE THE USE
7 OF OTHER AVAILABLE FUNDING RESOURCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
8 TO, PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDS, OTHER FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL AGENCY
9 FUNDS, OR FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE UNDER THE JOB TRAINING
10 PARTNERSHIP ACT (PUBLIC LAW 97-300, 96 STAT. 1322).
11 SECTION 7. DATA COLLECTION, REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND
12 EVALUATION.
13 (A) EVALUATION.--THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, IN
14 COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY AND
15 EDUCATION, SHALL CONDUCT AN EVALUATION WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE
16 COMPLETION OF PROJECTS FUNDED UNDER THIS ACT.
17 (B) DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING.--THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
18 WELFARE, IN COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND
19 INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION, SHALL WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF COMPLETION OF
20 THE PROJECT FUNDED UNDER THIS ACT PREPARE A REPORT FOR THE
21 GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTAINING THE FOLLOWING:
22 (1) A LIST OF PROJECTS FUNDED UNDER THIS ACT AND THE
23 AMOUNT OF THE GRANT AWARDED FOR EACH PROJECT.
24 (2) JOB PLACEMENT RATES FOR PARTICIPANTS IN TRAINING
25 PROJECTS FUNDED UNDER THIS ACT.
26 (3) JOB RETENTION RATES FOR PARTICIPANTS.
27 (4) JOB RELATEDNESS TO TRAINING OF JOBS OBTAINED BY
28 PARTICIPANTS.
29 (5) TRAINING COSTS FOR EACH PARTICIPANT IN THE JOB
30 TRAINING PROJECTS FUNDED UNDER THIS ACT.
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1 SECTION 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
2 THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JULY 1, 1987.
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