Table of Contents Secs. 17b-680 to 17b-688a. (Formerly Secs. 17-483 to 17-488, 17-490, 17-492a,
17-492b and 17-492d). Definitions. Information on available programs. Assessment; employability plan; referral; monitoring; penalties. Department of Social
Services; administration of JOBS program; duties; report. Demonstration work
preparation and supportive work employment program. JOBS opportunities coordinator; advisory committee. Job training program for certain recipients of AFDC.
Supportive work and grant diversion programs in selected sites. Funds; training
for placement in supported work and skilled technical programs. Supported work
program; public awareness campaign. Sections 17b-680 to 17b-688a, inclusive, are
repealed, effective July 1, 1997. Sec. 17b-688b. Interagency information and case management system established. The Labor Commissioner shall establish a computerized interagency information and case management system within the Labor Department for the purpose of administering contracts for employment services for recipients of temporary family
assistance. Such information shall include, but not be limited to, all statistical and relevant data for the administration of such contracts. The Labor Department and the Department of Social Services shall continually revise and update said system with data concerning such recipients for the purpose of (1) assisting in the implementation and
operation of the temporary family assistance program and (2) meeting federal work
participation requirements of the temporary assistance for needy families program. Sec. 17b-688c. Employment services program for recipients of TANF established. Regulations. The Department of Social Services shall administer an employment services program for the purpose of providing employment services to recipients
of benefits under the temporary assistance for needy families program pursuant to Title
IV-A of the Social Security Act. Said program shall include the provision of employment
services to recipients of temporary family assistance that will enable them to become
employed and independent of cash assistance within twenty-one months of receipt of
temporary family assistance. The Department of Social Services shall not enter into or
renew any contractual obligations for the employment services program that extend
beyond June 30, 1998. Within fifteen days after execution of such contractual obligations, the Department of Social Services shall send to the Labor Department a copy of
such contracts for the information of the Labor Department. The Commissioner of Social
Services shall implement policies and procedures necessary to carry out the purposes
of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation
form, provided notice is published in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days
of implementation of such policies and procedures. Final regulations shall be submitted
to the legislative regulation review committee no later than November 15, 1997. Policies
and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final
regulations are effective. Sec. 17b-688d. Memorandum of understanding for employment services for
TANF recipients. Pilot program. Report to General Assembly. (a) The Labor Department and the Department of Social Services shall enter into a memorandum of understanding, to be effective not later than September 1, 1997, for the purpose of enhancing
the effectiveness of the delivery of employment services to recipients of temporary
assistance for needy families. The memorandum of understanding shall include, but not
be limited to, providing for (1) the identification and reduction of duplicative services;
(2) the coordination of contracts for employment services; (3) the maximization of federal funds through the JOB Training Partnership Act which may include seeking any
necessary federal waiver; and (4) studying the feasibility of integrating services to provide a one-stop process for recipients seeking services. Sec. 17b-688e. Administration of employment services program for TANF recipients. (a) In accordance with section 17b-688c, the Department of Social Services
shall administer the employment services program for the purpose of providing services
to recipients of benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
pursuant to Title IV-A of the Social Security Act. Sec. 17b-688f. Reliable transportation pilot program. Within available appropriations, the Department of Social Services, in conjunction with the Labor Department
and Department of Transportation, shall establish a two-year pilot program designed to
assist Connecticut workers and job seekers who lack reliable transportation in securing
reliable transportation to employment, educational programs, job training and child care. Sec. 17b-689. (Formerly Sec. 17-281a). Definitions. For the purposes of this section and sections 17b-63, 17b-78, 17b-118 and 17b-134, an "employable person" means
one (1) who is sixteen years of age or older but less than sixty-five years of age; and
(2) who has no documented physical or mental impairment or who has such an impairment which is expected to last less than two months, as determined by the commissioner,
prohibiting him from working or participating in an education, training or other work-
readiness program. For the purposes of this section and section 17b-134 an "unemployable person" means one (1) who is under sixteen years of age or sixty-five years of age
or older or fifty-five years of age or older with a history of chronic unemployment; (2)
who has a physical or mental impairment which is expected to last at least six months,
as determined by the commissioner; (3) who is pending receipt of supplemental security
income, Social Security income or financial assistance through another program administered by the Department of Social Services; (4) who is needed to care for a child under
two years of age or an incapacitated child or spouse; or (5) who is a full-time high school
student. For purposes of this section and said section 17b-134, a "transitional individual"
means (A) a person who has a documented physical or mental impairment which prevents employment and is expected to last at least two months, but less than six months
as defined by the commissioner, and who, unless circumstances precluded participation
in the labor force, as determined by the commissioner, has worked in at least three of
the most recent five calendar quarters and earned at least five hundred dollars in each
quarter or who received or was eligible to receive unemployment compensation within
the previous six months; (B) a person whose determination of unemployability or disability, as defined by the commissioner, is pending and who provides medical documentation of a severe physical or mental impairment which is expected to last at least six
months; or (C) until such time as the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services implements its basic needs supplement program in the region in which the person
resides, a person with mental illness or a substance abuser in a treatment plan approved
by the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or by the local welfare
official. A person who is a substance abuser shall be required to participate in treatment,
including counseling, and shall be eligible for assistance while waiting for treatment. Sec. 17b-689a. Labor Department grant program. Section 17b-689b is repealed, effective July 1, 1997. Sec. 17b-689b. Regulations. The Commissioner of Social Services may implement the provisions of subsection (a) of section 17b-78, sections 17b-118, 17b-257 and
17b-689 and section 25 of public act 96-268* while in the process of adopting policy
and procedures in regulation form, provided notice of intention to adopt the regulations
is published in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of implementation. Sec. 17b-689c. Employability plans for TFA recipients. (a) Each person found
eligible for time-limited assistance under the temporary family assistance program after
July 1, 1998, shall be assessed for the purpose of developing an employability plan, as
follows: Secs. 17b-690 to 17b-693. (Formerly Secs. 17-281c, 17-281d, 17-281g, 17-
281h). Work program plan; regulations. Private employers' work training programs for employable recipients. Town plans for delivery of employment and employability services to general assistance recipients; funding. Interagency council
for coordinated employability and employment services for general assistance recipients. Sections 17b-690 to 17b-693, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 1997. Sec. 17b-694. Community Employment Incentive Program. Employment
placement projects. (a) The Labor Commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioners of Social Services and Mental Health, shall administer a grant program, within
available appropriations, to fund employment placement projects for recipients of general assistance or state-administered general assistance, cash assistance or medical assistance or recipients of Medicaid who are eighteen to twenty years of age. A grant may
be awarded to (1) a municipality or group of towns which form a region based on a
project plan providing education, training or other assistance in securing employment,
(2) a private substance abuse or mental health services provider based on a project plan
incorporating job placement in the treatment process, or (3) a nonprofit organization
providing employment services when no municipality or group of towns elect to apply
for such a grant for a given geographic area. A plan may include cash incentives as a
supplement to wages for recipients who work. Sec. 17b-695. (Formerly Sec. 17-655). Definitions. As used in sections 17b-695
to 17b-697, inclusive, the following words have the following meanings: (1) "Underemployed" means an individual: (A) Working part time but seeking full-time work; or (B)
working full time but receiving wages below the poverty level determined in accordance
with criteria established by the Commissioner of Social Services, in cooperation with
the Labor Commissioner; (2) "unemployed" means an individual who is without a job, is
available for work and is seeking full-time work; and (3) "economically disadvantaged"
means an individual who meets the criteria established by the Commissioner of Social
Services. Sec. 17b-696. (Formerly Sec. 17-656). Grants for centers. "Comprehensive job
training and related services" defined. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall
establish a program of grants for: (1) Comprehensive job training and related services
or job opportunities programs for economically disadvantaged, unemployed and underemployed individuals, including persons of limited English-speaking ability, through
opportunities industrialization centers and other community-based organizations; and
(2) the establishment and operation in the state of these centers and organizations. Sec. 17b-697. (Formerly Sec. 17-657). Criteria for distribution of funds. The
Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing criteria for the distribution of funds under sections 17b-
695 and 17b-696 and this section, and shall adopt regulations, in accordance with said
chapter 54, to further implement the purposes of said sections. The criteria shall include
requirements that: (1) The program receiving state assistance: (A) Involve the Labor
Commissioner in the planning and operation of the program; (B) involve residents in
the region to be served by the program in the planning and operation of the program;
(C) involve the business community in the region to be served by the program in its
development and operation; and (D) give priority to persons who receive assistance
from a town under sections 17b-19, 17b-63 to 17b-65, inclusive, 17b-116 to 17b-138,
inclusive, 17b-220 to 17b-250, inclusive, 17b-256, 17b-259, 17b-263, 17b-287, 17b-
340 to 17b-350, inclusive, 17b-689, 17b-689b and 17b-743 to 17b-747, inclusive, and (2)
a program receiving financial assistance have adequate internal administrative controls,
accounting procedures, personnel standards, evaluation procedures, availability of in-
service training and technical assistance programs and other policies as are necessary
to promote the effective use of funds received under said sections. Secs. 17b-698. Collection of data from job training and placement services.
The Commissioner of Social Services shall collect data from each job training and
placement service funded by the Department of Social Services and serving recipients
of the temporary family assistance program for the purpose of assessing the success of
job placement services in assisting a recipient of either such program to attain self-
sufficiency. Data collected shall include, but not be limited to: (1) The number of clients
served; (2) the number of clients placed in jobs; (3) types of job training received by
recipients and if such training led to employment; (4) cost-effectiveness of job training;
(5) types of jobs obtained by recipients; (6) salary and benefits of those jobs obtained;
and (7) length of those jobs obtained. Sec. 17b-698a. Evaluation of job training programs. The Department of Social
Services shall evaluate the JOBS program, defined by subsection (a) of section 17b-680.
The department shall (1) evaluate the success of said program in assisting participants to
attain self-sufficiency (2) measure the success rate of said program in the placement of
such participants in jobs and (3) measure the rate of retention of such jobs by such
participants.
Secs. 17b-680 to 17b-688a. (Formerly Secs. 17-483 to 17-488, 17-490, 17-492a, 17-492b and
17-492d). Definitions. Information on available programs. Assessment; employability plan;
referral; monitoring; penalties. Department of Social Services; administration of JOBS
program; duties; report. Demonstration work preparation and supportive work employment
program. JOBS opportunities coordinator; advisory committee. Job training program for certain recipients of AFDC. Supportive work and grant diversion programs in selected sites.
Funds; training for placement in supported work and skilled technical programs. Supported
work program; public awareness campaign.
Sec. 17b-688b. Interagency information and case management system established.
Sec. 17b-688c. Employment services program for recipients of TANF established. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-688d. Memorandum of understanding for employment services for TANF recipients.
Pilot program. Report to General Assembly.
Sec. 17b-688e. Administration of employment services program for TANF recipients.
Sec. 17b-688f. Reliable transportation pilot program.
Sec. 17b-689. (Formerly Sec. 17-281a). Definitions.
Sec. 17b-689a. Labor Department grant program.
Sec. 17b-689b. Regulations.
Sec. 17b-689c. Employability plans for TFA recipients.
Secs. 17b-690 to 17b-693. (Formerly Secs. 17-281c, 17-281d, 17-281g, 17-281h). Work program plan; regulations. Private employers' work training programs for employable recipients. Town plans for delivery of employment and employability services to general assistance recipients; funding. Interagency council for coordinated employability and employment
services for general assistance recipients.
Sec. 17b-694. Community Employment Incentive Program. Employment placement projects.
Sec. 17b-695. (Formerly Sec. 17-655). Definitions.
Sec. 17b-696. (Formerly Sec. 17-656). Grants for centers. "Comprehensive job training and
related services" defined.
Sec. 17b-697. (Formerly Sec. 17-657). Criteria for distribution of funds.
Secs. 17b-698. Collection of data from job training and placement services.
Sec. 17b-698a. Evaluation of job training programs.
Secs. 17b-699 to 17b-729.
(P.A. 84-444, S. 1, 3; 84-473, S. 1−4; P.A. 85-458; P.A. 86-291, S. 1−6; P.A. 87-1, S. 6, 7; 87-411, S. 1−3, 5, 7−9, P.A.
89-260, S. 36, 41; 89-280, S. 2−6, 9; P.A. 91-90; P.A. 92-126, S. 29, 40, 48; 92-211, S. 2; P.A. 93-221, S. 5; 93-262, S. 1,
41−43, 87; 93-418, S. 15, 41; P.A. 96-180, S. 48−50; 96-262, S. 9, 11; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 164, 165.)
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(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 119, 165.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997.
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(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 120, 165.)
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997.
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(b) Effective July 1, 1998, the Labor Department shall be responsible for the negotiation, establishment, modification, extension, suspension or termination of contracts for
employment services. The Labor Department may provide administration and services
directly or through the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission or regional
workforce development boards.
(c) The Labor Department and the Department of Social Services shall establish a
pilot program in each of two regions commencing July 1, 1997, for the purpose of
providing employment retention services.
(d) The Labor Department and the Department of Social Services shall report on
the implementation of sections 17b-688b to 17b-688d, inclusive, to the joint standing
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to labor and
human services, the Office of Policy and Management, the Connecticut Employment
and Training Commission and the advisory council established pursuant to section 122
of public act 97-2 of the June 18 special session* on or before February 15, 1998.
(e) Effective July 1, 1997, the Labor Department shall transfer to the Department
of Social Services the sum of nine million dollars. Effective December 1, 1997, the
Labor Department shall transfer to the Department of Social Services the sum of eight
million five hundred thousand dollars. The five million dollars remaining in the budget
of the Labor Department designated for employment services for recipients of temporary
family assistance shall be used for the computerized interagency information management system to be developed pursuant to section 17b-688c, and for the pilot programs
to be established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and for administrative costs
associated with such computerized system and such pilot programs.
(June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 121, 165.)
*Note: Section 122 of public act 97-2 of the June 18 special session is special in nature and therefore has not been
codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 effective July 1, 1997.
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(b) To the extent permitted under section 17b-688c, the Labor Department shall be
responsible for the administration of employment services to recipients of temporary
family assistance under the employment services program administered by the Department of Social Services pursuant to section 17-688c. The employment services provided
by the Labor Department shall include appropriate basic education and occupational
skills training combined with subsidized or unsubsidized work experience and employment, as deemed appropriate by the Labor Department, and any other programs or services deemed appropriate by the Labor Department, to the extent permitted under state
and federal law, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Employment, (2) work-
study, internship or apprenticeship opportunities; (3) adult skills training, including
literacy, mathematics and language proficiency with curriculum related to job opportunities and job search skills; (4) occupational skills training; (5) case management and
counseling in successful work skills; and (6) access to state-subsidized child care and
transportation, where needed. Services may be provided by existing service providers,
including, but not limited to, local or regional boards of education or regional educational
service centers that offer adult education programs, community-technical colleges and
vocational-technical schools.
(c) Not later than January 1, 1999, and annually thereafter, the Labor Department
shall submit a report to the Governor, the joint standing committees of the General
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations, human services and
labor and public employees and the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission. Each report shall contain an evaluation of the operation of the employment services
administered by the Labor Department pursuant to this section, including the number
of persons who receive employment services, their gender and outcomes. Each such
report shall also provide specific information regarding the cost-effectiveness of the
employment services.
(P.A. 98-169, S. 2, 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 96, 121.)
History: P.A. 98-169 effective July 1, 1998; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change in subsection (c) to
correct the reference to the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission.
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(P.A. 98-169, S. 5, 8.)
History: P.A. 98-169 effective July 1, 1998.
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(1961, P.A. 503; P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 79-337, S. 2; P.A. 80-395, S. 1, 7; P.A. 81-134,
S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-78, S. 1, 2; 82-147, S. 2, 4; 82-214, S. 2, 3, 6; P.A. 83-535, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-168, S. 1, 4; P.A. 86-415, S.
2, 10; P.A. 87-176; 87-308, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-156, S. 17; 88-236; P.A. 89-62, S. 1, 2; 89-239, S. 3; 89-293; May Sp. Sess.
P.A. 92-16, S. 11, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 96-268, S. 24, 34; June 18 Sp. Ses. P.A. 97-2, S. 78, 165.)
History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-337 allowed
towns to require persons receiving support to participate in education or training programs; P.A. 80-395 required towns
to establish work programs and required assistance recipients to participate in town program or other approved work,
training, education etc. program, amending provisions accordingly and designating former Subsecs. (b) and (c) as (d) and
(e), deleting former Subsec. (d) and inserting new Subsecs. (b), (c) and (f); P.A. 81-134 amended Subsec. (e) to allow
towns to apply the thirty-five dollar payment for each recipient toward the cost of workers' compensation insurance and
added Subsec. (g) providing that workfare participants are included in definition of employee for purposes of workers'
compensation insurance, establishing pay rates for participation in work, training or education program, etc.; P.A. 82-78
redefined "employable person" in Subsec. (c) to add the restriction that the person not be in full-time attendance in high
school; P.A. 82-147 amended Subsec. (a) to allow placement of employable persons in private employers' training programs
and added exceptions for persons participating in such programs to the hour and payment restrictions; P.A. 82-214 amended
Subsec. (a) to (1) require that persons who refuse or wilfully fail to report for work or to participate in the program be
ineligible to apply for assistance for thirty days for the first refusal or failure, sixty days for the second and ninety for the
third and all subsequent refusals or failures, replacing provision whereby ineligibility continued until person reported for
and performed work or participated in education or training program to which he was assigned, (2) give the person the
ability to request placement during ineligibility and payment at his benefit rate at the end of each week's work, (3) specify
that the period of ineligibility commence on the day immediately following the actual date of termination, (4) require
the commissioner of income maintenance to adopt regulations to administer the ineligibility provisions and added the
requirement that payment for work over the budget deficit be within thirty days and amended Subsec. (f) to require
participation by at least two-thirds of the employable recipients within two years of plan approval and to require the
commissioner of income maintenance to develop positions in state agencies for up to twelve per cent of the participants
from each town with a population in excess of one hundred thousand, specifying that if such positions are not developed
and the town has the required number of participants minus twelve per cent the town shall not be denied reimbursement
for the twelve per cent; P.A. 83-535 amended Subsec. (f) to change the requirement from "all" employable recipients
participating after "four" years to "eighty-five per cent" after "five" years, changed the number of positions which the
commissioner has to develop for the placement of recipients from "up to twelve per cent of the workfare participants from
each town whose population exceeds one hundred thousand" to "twenty-five per cent" from each town which has over
"one hundred eighty" participants and added the provision for positions in public or private nonprofit agencies and the
requirement that the commissioners of other state agencies cooperate in the development of positions; P.A. 84-168 amended
Subsec. (a) by adding the one-time limitation on a request for placement during each period of ineligibility and by changing
the payment date from at the end of the week's work to the next scheduled date for assistance payments and amended
Subsec. (f) by removing the requirement that eighty-five per cent of the employable recipients become participants within
five years of plan approval; P.A. 86-415 amended Subsec. (a) to require that if a one-year period elapses, from a prior to
a subsequent refusal, the result shall be a thirty-day period of ineligibility; P.A. 87-176 amended Subsec. (a) by removing
provisions increasing the time a person is ineligible to apply for assistance based on the number of times he refused or
wilfully failed to report or to participate; P.A. 87-308 amended Subsec. (e) to increase the payment for administrative costs
from "thirty-five" to "fifty" dollars; P.A. 88-156 authorized the continuation of the two-thirds placement ratio and required
the commissioner to adopt regulations to establish the criteria for calculating such compliance ration in Subsec. (f); P.A.
88-236 added provision exempting a town liable to support a general assistance recipient from including the recipient in
the town's work, education or training program if the recipient is not a resident of the town providing support in Subsec.
(f); P.A. 89-62 deleted the references to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and added a reference to the minimum hourly
wage pursuant to Sec. 31-58 in Subsecs. (a) and (g); P.A. 89-239 amended Subsec. (c) by excluding from the definition
of "employable person" one who is without a permanent domicile and is temporarily residing in an emergency shelter for
the homeless; P.A. 89-293 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize a work program to include substance abuse counseling; May
Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re retention of ten dollars per week by person participating
in program and provision permitting a person deemed ineligible for assistance due to refusal to participate in program to
be reinstated during the period of ineligibility, increasing period of ineligibility for refusal to participate in program to
ninety days, adding Subdivs. (1), (2) and (3) establishing grounds for the imposition of a ninety-day period of ineligibility,
and deleting requirement that the commissioner adopt regulations to administer the ineligibility provisions of this section,
amended Subsec. (c) by redefining "employable person" and defining "unemployable person", amended Subsec. (e) by
deleting provision granting a town fifty dollars per month for administrative costs for each employable recipient who
participates in the program, amended Subsec. (f) by adding a provision permitting the commissioner to exempt a town
from the requirements of the Subsec. and added Subsec. (h) requiring towns to develop an employability plan for each
employable recipient; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-281a transferred to Sec. 17b-689 in 1995;
P.A. 96-268 amended Subsec. (c) to add definitions of "employable person who is job-ready" and "employable but not
job-ready", effective July 1, 1996; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 deleted former Subsecs. (a) and (b) re towns required to
offer work programs for employable persons, deleted definitions of an "employable person who is job-ready" and a person
who is "employable but not job-ready", added definition of "a transitional individual," deleted former Subsecs. (d) to (h)
re work plans established for employable persons and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 1997.
See Sec. 17b-118 re circumstances where assistance to employable persons is prohibited.
Cited. 232 C. 599, 604, 612. Cited. 233 C. 557, 564.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 232 C. 599, 604, 605, 608.
Subsec. (c):
Cited. 233 C. 557, 563, 564.
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(P.A. 96-268, S. 27, 34; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 164, 165.)
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(P.A. 96-268, S. 26, 34.)
*Note: Section 25 of public act 96-268 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force
and effect according to its terms.
History: P.A. 96-268 effective July 1, 1996.
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(1) The Department of Social Services shall perform an initial assessment in the
following areas: Education, employment and training history, basic educational needs
and other social service needs, including transportation, child care, child support, domestic violence, substance abuse and mental health.
(2) Following completion of the initial assessment conducted pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, the Department of Social Services shall refer each such
person to the Labor Department which shall, in conjunction with the regional workforce
development boards, (A) conduct any further assessment of such person, as deemed
necessary by the Labor Department to complete such person's employability plan, not
later than six months after the initial assessment, (B) finalize the employability plan,
(C) identify the services such person requires to fulfill his employability plan, and (D)
refer such person for appropriate employment services, including the services identified
in subsection (b) of section 17b-688e.
(b) The Department of Social Services shall assess each person found eligible for
time-limited assistance under the temporary family assistance program on or before July
1, 1998, who is not currently reporting earnings to the Department of Social Services,
at the time of redetermination. The Department of Social Services shall conduct such
assessment in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, unless
substantially similar assessment has already been completed for such person. Following
the completion of such assessment by the Department of Social Services, the Department
of Social Services shall refer such person to the Labor Department for further assessment
in accordance with subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 98-169, S. 3, 8.)
History: P.A. 98-169 effective July 1, 1998.
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(P.A. 80-395, S. 4, 7; P.A. 82-147, S. 1, 4; P.A. 83-83; P.A. 85-564, S. 5, 12; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 17, 19, 89;
P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 95-265, S. 5, 7; P.A. 96-180, S. 51, 166; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 164, 165.)
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(b) In order to receive funding, a project plan shall be submitted to the commissioner
no later than August first, annually. Funds shall be disbursed by the commissioner no
later than September first, annually. Projects shall be funded based on the number of
recipients to be served and the level of services to be provided.
(P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 19, 41; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 96-268, S. 28, 34; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 79,
165; P.A. 99-279, S. 25, 45.)
History: P.A. 93-418 effective July 1, 1993 (Revisor's note: P.A. 93-262 and 93-435 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993);
P.A. 96-268 amended Subsec. (a) to include recipients of stipends issued pursuant to the grant program established in Sec.
17b-689a, effective July 1, 1996; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to the repealed
grant program in Sec. 17b-689a with state-administered general assistance, cash assistance or medical assistance, and by
allowing grants to be awarded to certain nonprofit organizations providing employment services, effective July 1, 1997;
P.A. 99-279 amended Subsec. (a) to expand eligibility for the grant program to Medicaid recipients who are eighteen to
twenty years of age and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1999 (Revisor's note: In codifying this section the
Revisor's editorially reinstated a deleted comma after the word "assistance" in the phrase "... or state-administered general
assistance, cash assistance or ...").
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(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-13, S. 1, 7; P.A. 93-262, S. 49, 87.)
History: Sec. 17-476 transferred to Sec. 17-655 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 replaced references to commissioners of human
resources and income maintenance with commissioner of social services, effective July 1, 1993 (Revisor's note: The
reference to "commissioner of labor" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "labor commissioner" for consistency
with title 31); Sec. 17-655 transferred to Sec. 17b-695 in 1995.
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(b) As used in this section, "comprehensive job training and related services" include: Recruitment, counseling, remediation, motivational prejob training, vocational
training, job development, job placement and other appropriate services enabling individuals to secure and retain employment at their maximum capacity.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-13, S. 2, 7; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: Sec. 17-477 transferred to Sec. 17-656 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and
department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-656
transferred to Sec. 17b-696 in 1995.
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(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-13, S. 3, 7; P.A. 84-363, S. 1; P.A. 93-262, S. 50, 87.)
History: P.A. 84-363 deleted requirements that (1) the distribution of assistance among regions within the state be
equitable, with priority being given to regions with high unemployment or underemployment, and (2) financial assistance
to any program may not exceed twenty-five per cent of the cost of the program, including costs of administration, and also
deleted a subsection which allowed the commissioner, with the approval of the governor, to make a distribution of funds
in excess of the twenty-five per cent limit if he determined that the excess distribution was necessary to further the purposes
of Secs. 17-476 and 17-477 and this section; Sec. 17-478 transferred to Sec. 17-657 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 replaced reference
to commissioner of human resources with commissioner of social services and deleted reference to commissioner of income
maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-657 transferred to Sec. 17b-697 in 1995 (Revisor's note: In 1999 the references
to "17b-115 to 17b-138" and "17b-689 to 17b-693, inclusive," were changed editorially by the Revisors to "17b-116 to
17b-138" and "17b-689, 17b-689b", respectively, to reflect the repeal of certain sections by section 164 of June 18 Sp.
Sess. P.A. 97-2).
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(P.A. 95-194, S. 26, 33; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 80, 165.)
History: P.A. 95-194, S. 26 effective July 1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced a reference to aid to families
with dependent children with temporary family assistance, effective July 1, 1997.
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(P.A. 95-194, S. 27, 33; 95-351, S. 21, 30.)
History: P.A. 95-194, S. 27 effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-351 replaced "job training programs funded by the Department
of Social Services and utilized by recipients of the aid to families with dependent children program and the general assistance
program" with "the JOBS program" as the subject of the department's evaluation and made technical changes, effective
July 1, 1995.
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