Agenda - 10-06-1997 - 10c - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

30 forth in G.S. 143-16.1 shall not be applicable for fiscal year 1997-98. Until the counties have prepared their county plans and the State has prepared the State Plan in accordance with this Part and that State Plan has been enacted by the General Assembly and it becomes law, the provisions of the State Plan submitted to the federal government on October 16, 1996, shall remain in effect. State Plans submitted after the 1997-98 fiscal year shall be enacted by the General Assembly and become law in order to be effective. (c) Utilizing GCV=,menu Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, an independent evaluator shall evaluate the operation of the Work First Program in the Standard Program Counties and in the Electing Counties, based on criteria established by the State Auditor in consultation with the Standard Program Counties and the Electing Counties. The. evaluation shall include - a review of the Electing Counties' methodologies and the impact of those methodologies upon the Work First Program. The independent evaluator shall present a report of the findings to the 2000 General Assembly. The Department shall select the independent evaluator to perform the evaluation. The report shall include the followin 1) Whether the Electing County/Standard Program County system should be continued or modified, and the rationale for the . recommendation; (2) Five-year projections as to the impact of continuing the Electing County/Standard Program County system, based on anticipated outcome measures related to child well-being, economic data, and other means of measuring the success of the system; (3) Whether the numbers of Electing Counties should be expanded and under what conditions. Any Electing County may elect to contract for its own independent evaluation. Any Electing-`County that elects to contract for its own independent evaluation shall submit a report of its evaluation to the Department for inclusion in the report described in this subsection. The report shall be presented to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Human Resources, the Joint Legislative Public_ Assistance Commission, and the Joint Legislative Commission on - Governmental Operations on or before February 1, 2000.- - (d) The Department of Health and Human Services shall study the movement of recipients of Work First Program assistance between counties within the State, particularly the movement of recipients into and out of Electing Counties, and the reasons for movement, including differences in eligibility criteria, benefit levels, and time limits. The Department shall report the results of its study to .the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Human Resources, the Joint Legislative Public Assistance Commission, and the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations ou or before February 1, 2000. (e) The Department of Health and.Human -Services shall monitor the following and report its findings quarterly to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Human Resources and the Joint Legislative Public Assistance Commission: _ (1) The number of Work First Program recipients anticipated to remain without work and lose benefits due to time limits unposed by federal and State law and local policy; (2) Efforts being made by counties and the State to intensify efforts designed to prevent recipients from losing benefits where they are— making reasonable efforts to become and remain employed; and (3) The reasons recipients who are subject to termination for failure to meet work requirements were unable to find work. ___ _ Pace 274 Senate Bill 352