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activity for purposes of meeting the participation | | requirements of this chapter using the same criteria as is | | used for any individual in the ASPIRE-TANF program. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §3788, sub-§12, as amended by PL 1997, c. 530, Pt. A, | | §26, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 12. Developing resources. To assist the department in its | | efforts to encourage job placement opportunities and provide the | | services necessary to ensure self-support to recipients of TANF | | assistance, the department may contract with public and private | | agencies to establish job placement opportunities. |
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| | | In order to assist in the development of job placement | | opportunities, the department in cooperation with the Department | | of Labor and other state agencies shall explore the feasibility | | of developing a shared approach to technology to support access | | to information talent banks, national job banks, Maine's job | | listings and any other job opportunity listings, to facilitate | | linking program resources listings and to coordinate case service | | providers. |
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| | | In addition, all public and private agencies are subject to the | | following requirements. |
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| | | A. All agencies that receive funds from any state | | department or division must provide at least one workforce- | | MaineServe opportunity for an ASPIRE-TANF participant. |
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| | | B. All state agencies that provide funding for child care | | or transportation services must require that recipients of | | TANF be given priority for those services. |
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| | | C. All agencies that receive funds from any state agency | | for the treatment of drug or alcohol abuse must require that | | recipients of TANF be given priority for those services. |
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| | The department shall work with and shall contract with agencies | to work with families in which there are multiple barriers to | achieving employment and shall provide those agencies incentives | for working with the families to achieve employment. For each | family placed with an agency, the department shall pay a fee. | For each family member placed in full-time employment, the | department shall pay a premium. For each family member placed in | full-time employment in a job that provides health care benefits, | the department shall pay an additional bonus payment. The | commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this | subsection. |
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