AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

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over a two-year period

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are unfavorable, including a high local unemployment rate as determined by the Virginia Employment Commission pursuant to § 60.2-612

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C. In addition to the annual report filed December 1, 1997, the Department shall prepare and file a full assessment of the Program to the General Assembly with a comparison of the results of the previous filed annual reports and the impact of the Program and the Department shall make a recommendation about whether to expand the Program throughout the state.

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The Department shall establish guidelines for the selection of 3,000 participants for the first year of implementation, 3,000 participants in the second year, beginning July 1, 1995, and 3,000 additional participants in the third year, beginning July 1, 1996. Participants shall be residents of areas with demographics and economies reflective of Virginia's poverty areas. The first year participants in the Program shall be drawn from current AFDC recipients who have completed the JOBS Program. Program site selection shall conform with federal requirements for waiver approval. The Department shall also select a control group in numbers required to provide statistically significant comparisons between groups, which are matched to the initial 9,000 participants in the Program. The control group shall not be selected from the Program participant group.

The Secretary of Health and Human Resources shall continue to implement the Program on a phased basis with the goal of statewide application, provided that:

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1. The General Assembly accepts for approval or disapproval the recommendation presented in the final evaluation and assessment by the Department;

FLOOR AMENDMENTS (BRICKLEY) AGREED TO BY HOUSE

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and reenact

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is amended

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, is amended and reenacted

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of Social Services

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of

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on

FLOOR AMENDMENTS (BENNETT) AGREED TO BY HOUSE

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high-school

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an educational or training program

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, transportation

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or shall equal the federal minimum wage, whichever is greater