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Notice: 8233474

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Division:

Agency for Workforce Innovation

Chapter:

Emergency Contingency Fund for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program

Overview

RULE:

60BB-10.001	Purpose, Intent and General Principles (Repealed)
60BB-10.002	Definitions (Repealed)
60BB-10.003	Participant Eligibility Requirements (Repealed)
60BB-10.004	How to Participate (Repealed)
60BB-10.005	Support Services (Repealed)
60BB-10.006	Employer Participation (Repealed)
60BB-10.007	Position Requirements (Repealed)
60BB-10.008	Cost Sharing or Matching (Repealed)
60BB-10.009	Reapplying for Temporary Cash Assistance Due to an Unanticipated Emergency (Repealed)

PURPOSE:

The new rules set forth in this Notice of Proposed Rule implement emergency assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program. The United States Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) to provide emergency assistance to qualifying states during the country’s economic downturn. Subtitle B of the Act creates the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (“Emergency Fund”), and authorizes states that have an increase in assistance caseloads to request federal grant money in fiscal year 2009 and fiscal year 2010. The Emergency Fund provides grants equal to 80 percent of a state’s increased TANF and maintenance-of-effort expenditures on basic assistance, non-recurrent short-term benefits, and subsidized employment to help families unable to find jobs or to help families with low earnings during this difficult economic time. Florida is receiving grant money from the United States Department of Health and Human Services to, among other things, create subsidized employment projects. Participants must satisfy eligibility criteria to engage in the subsidized employment projects. Therefore, a need exists to adopt a new rule which sets forth these eligibility criteria.

SUMMARY:

The new rules establish a subsidized employment program, provide definitions, describe eligibility criteria for employers and participants, establish position requirements, provide for cost sharing or matching, and incorporate various forms that must be filed with the Agency to participate in the program.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

445.004(c) FS.

LAW:

445.004, 445.024(1)(b), 445.024(1)(c) FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

2/5/2010 Vol. 36/05

COMMENTS:

From 2/5/2010 To 2/26/2010 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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