239B.17 PROMISE JOBS program.
1. Program established. The promoting independence and self-sufficiency through employment job opportunities and basic skills program is established for applicants and participants of the family investment program. The requirements of the JOBS program shall vary as provided in the family investment agreement applicable to a family. The department of workforce development, economic development authority, department of education, and all other state, county, and public educational agencies and institutions providing vocational rehabilitation, adult education, or vocational or technical training shall assist and cooperate in the JOBS program. The departments, agencies, and institutions shall make agreements and arrangements for maximum cooperation and use of all available resources in the program. The department of human services may contract with the department of workforce development, the economic development authority, or another appropriate entity to provide JOBS program services.
2. Program activities. The JOBS program shall include, but is not limited to, provision of the following activities:
a. Placing applicants and participants in employment and on-the-job training.
b. Institutional and work experience training for applicants and participants for whom the training is likely to lead to regular employment.
c. Special work projects for applicants and participants for whom a job in the regular economy cannot be found.
d. Incentives, opportunities, services, and other benefits to aid applicants and participants, which may include but are not limited to financial education.
e. Providing services and payments for persons whose family investment program eligibility has ended, in order to help the persons to stabilize or improve their employment status.
97 Acts, ch 41, §18, 34; 2000 Acts, ch 1088, §7; 2006 Acts, ch 1046, §1; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §40; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89
Referred to in §216A.107, 239B.1
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 239B - FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM
Section 239B.2 - Conditions of eligibility.
Section 239B.2A - School attendance.
Section 239B.2B - Eligibility of noncitizens.
Section 239B.2C - Absence from home — incarceration.
Section 239B.3 - Cash assistance.
Section 239B.4 - Departmental role.
Section 239B.5 - Compliance with federal law — prohibited electronic benefit transfer transactions.
Section 239B.6 - Assignment of support rights or benefits.
Section 239B.7 - Income and resource exemptions, deductions, and disregards.
Section 239B.8 - Family investment agreements.
Section 239B.9 - Limited benefit plan.
Section 239B.10 - Minor and young parents — other requirements.
Section 239B.11A - Transitional benefits.
Section 239B.12 - Immunization.
Section 239B.13 - Needy relative payee — protective payee — vendor payment.
Section 239B.14 - Fraudulent practices — recovery of overpayments.
Section 239B.15 - County attorney to enforce.
Section 239B.16 - Appeal — judicial review.
Section 239B.17 - PROMISE JOBS program.
Section 239B.18 - JOBS program participation.
Section 239B.19 - JOBS program availability.
Section 239B.20 - JOBS program health and safety.
Section 239B.21 - JOBS program — workers’ compensation law applicable.
Section 239B.22 - JOBS program — participant not state employee.