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.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 239B.17

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Iowa Code 239B.1
  • Family: means a family unit that includes at least one child and at least one parent or other specified relative of the child. See Iowa Code 239B.1
  • Family investment agreement: means the agreement developed with a participant in accordance with section 239B. See Iowa Code 239B.1
  • Family investment program: means the family investment program under this chapter. See Iowa Code 239B.1
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • JOBS program: means the promoting independence and self-sufficiency through employment job opportunities and basic skills program created in section 239B. See Iowa Code 239B.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 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.
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