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10 <br /> 91 Develon and imolement a system to monitor and evaluate the <br /> impact of the Work First Program on children and families, <br /> including the impact of the Wore First Program on the economic <br /> security and health of children and families, child abuse and <br /> neglect. caseloads for child oretective services and foster care. <br /> school attendance, and academic and behavioral performance. <br /> State and county agencies shall ceo-e._t,- in providing information <br /> needed to conduct these evaluations, sharng data and information <br /> except where prohibited Secincaliv bv frederal law or regulation: <br /> L) Monitor the performance of counties relative to their County Plans <br /> and the overall goals of the Work First Program'and report every <br /> six months to the Director of the Budget and the Joint Legislative - <br /> Public Assistance Commission and annually to the General <br /> Assembly on the counties' attainment of the outcomes and goals: <br /> 11 Provide quarterly progress reports to the county departments of <br /> social services. the county,boards of commissioners. and the Joint <br /> Legislative Public Assistance Commission on the. performance of <br /> counties in achieving Work First Program eanectaons: <br /> 12 Report to the Joint Legislative Public Assistance Commission and <br /> the House and Senate AA.1212rol2nations Subcommittees on Human <br /> Resources the counties which have requested Electing status, <br /> provide copies of the proposed Electing County PIans to the Joint <br /> Legislative bblic Assistance Commission and the House and <br /> Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Human Resources. and <br /> make recommendations to the Joint Legislative Public Assistance <br /> Commission the chairs of the House and Senate Subcommittees <br /> on Human Resources 'and the General Assembly on which of the <br /> proposed Electing Counly Plans ensure compli ance with federal <br /> and State laws rules and regulations and are consistent with the' <br /> overall 12=os__ es and goals for the Work First Program: and <br /> Make recommendations to the General Assembly for approval of <br /> counties to become Electing Counties which represent. in <br /> -- _7 - - _ -___agUegatP no more than fifteen and one-half percent (15.5%) of. <br /> the total Work First caseload at October 1 of each year and. for <br /> each county submitting.--a plan the reasons individual counties <br /> were or were not recommended. <br /> "S 10SA 27.3 Electing Counties Duties of county boards of commissioners <br /> (al The duties of the county boards of commissioners in Electing Counties under <br /> the Work First Program are as follows: <br /> Establish county outcome and performance goals based on county <br /> economic educational and employment factors and adopt cntena <br /> for determining the progress of the county in moving persons <br /> families to self-sufficiencvs <br /> 2 Establish eligibility criteria for recipients: <br /> Prescribe the method of calculating benefits for recipients: <br /> L4,1_ Determine and list persons and families eligible for the Work First <br /> Program: <br /> t51 If made a part of the county's Work First Program develop and <br /> enter into Mutual Resnonsibility Agreements with Work First <br /> — _ Program recipients and ensure that the services and resources that <br /> are needed to assist participants to comply with the obligations <br /> under their Mutual Responsibility.Agreements are available; <br /> Page 254 Senate Bill 352 <br />